Rhetoric Quiz 224 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is a work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule called?
2. "The water sparkled like a thousand diamonds in the sunlight."What rhetorical device is used?
3. What rhetorical device is being used in this movie quote?"Do I have a mark on my face? It hurts. Not so much here or here, but right here."
4. Which of these Rhetorical Devices does this best represent?"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury:we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery ..... We all have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut."
5. The writer's attempt to convince his reader to agree with him
6. Who knows what Silicon Valley is up to these days
7. "Free at last ..... "
8. Which of the forms of evidence below is the weakest evidence a speaker can use to make a point?
9. O speak about yourself as someone unimportant or bad; to belittle yourself
10. Why is it important not to present a biased argument as a public speaker?
11. The point of highest interest in a literary work.
12. Information that is incorrect but not spread in a malicious way (accidental)
13. In the article, successful head coaches were compared to .....
14. What is the height of the action called?
15. ..... is a comparison of two or more things using 'like' or 'as'.
16. A figure of speech that compares or equates two or more things that have something in common
17. What would differ about the audience for a letter versus a speech?
18. When an object, animal, or idea is given human attributes/ characteristics
19. Karen is rich; ....., her cousin Kate is poor.
20. A stylistic device in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions