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Rhetoric Quiz 237 (20 MCQs)

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1. What are the techniques used when dicussing satire
2. What rhetorical appeal is being used when a writer evokes an emotional response from their audience to get them to act or think a certain way?
3. The phrase "Ninety percent of all people surveyed said that McDonalds is better than Burger King so it must be true." represents which fallacy?
4. Which of the following was W.E.B. Du Bois not?
5. Rhetorical choice-two ideas or things are put together to draw attention to their similarities OR differences
6. Define the roots:Frag/Fract
7. "You are the bearer of unconditional things/ You held your breath and the door for me/ Thanks for your patience" (Alanis Morissette, "Head Over Feet")
8. "I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama ..... little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers." ..... Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.This is an example of
9. What is the combination of two words of opposite meaning for dramatic, comedic, or provocative effect? Example: "dark comedy" or "open secret."
10. What rhetorical device is being used in the example? "If you plant honesty, you will reap trust, if you plant humility, you will reap greatness, if you plant perspective, you will reap contentment ..... so be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap later."
11. Patrick begins his speech with which appeal?No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do, opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely, and without reserve.
12. The choices that speakers choose to persuade their audience are also called
13. What makes the writer/speaker credible and appeals to the audience's sense of expertise?
14. Are you going to let your dreams get away from you? This is an example of what type of question?
15. "Where now? Who now? When now?"What rhetorical devise is used?
16. The faculty of finding all the available means of persuasion in a given context is the definition for .....
17. What is the definition of an aphorism?
18. Who says, "Et tu, Brute?" which is Latin for, "You too, Brutus?"
19. Over time, 'rhetoricians, ' or students and practitioners specifically of the art of rhetoric, coined and codified a wide assortment of special techniques ..... this is a definition of
20. Responds to the credibility of the speaker and can be swayed to one side by the use of logic and/or emotion.
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