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Rhetoric Quiz 216 (20 MCQs)

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1. Identify the rhetorical appeal in this example:One study found that organic chicken contained 38% more heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids.
2. What should you include in your speech's introduction
3. Figure of explication in which two things that share at least one attribute are explicitly associated with each other; an overt comparison between two unlike things as though they were similar ..... usually with the words "like" or "as" .
4. Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
5. What are the ways audiences can be identified?
6. Figure of balance in which two ideas contrast, usually through parallel structure; a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences. It creates a definite and systematic relationship between ideas. Ex. "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose" -Jim Elliot "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" -Neil Armstrong
7. Which of the following appeals to the reader's sense of intellect?
8. The prevailing atmosphere or emotion of a work is the-
9. Natasha tried holding her breath, chewing a piece of gum, and poking her belly, but she could not quiet her empty stomach, which rumbled during the chemistry exam.
10. Type of Appeal:Donate just $ 1 a day to starving children. Make sure no one goes hungry under your watch!
11. Repetition of a key word over successive phrases or clauses."We will have difficult times. We've had difficult times in the past. and we will have difficult times in the future." Robert F. Kennedy's Eulogy for Martin luther King, Jr. (1968)
12. Pathos is an argument based on
13. This liteary technique uses words that appeal to your senses
14. Arguments in which the speaker claims to be an expert or relies on information provided by experts ..... Example: "9 out of 10 doctors recommend ..... "
15. What type of rhetorical appeal is this?"As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results."
16. Discovery of valid or seemingly valid arguments to render ones cause probable
17. A spoken, written, or visual text that expresses a point of view; the central point a text is making; a reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong.
18. A reason or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed by another argument
19. Test results, standard research findings, surveys, and eyewitness testimonies are some of the types of evidence used in this type of rhetorical appeal.
20. True or False:Du Bois never finished college.
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