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Rhetoric Quiz 239 (20 MCQs)

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1. It is the bitter, mocking tone of this that separates it from verbal irony or satire.
2. "After years of this kind of disrespect from your boss, countless wasted hours, missed birthdays ..... it's time for you to take a stand."
3. Those who are not guilty shouldn't fear giving up their rights.
4. Use values or moral standards to persuade an audience.
5. This is a specific type of parallelism in which the same word or phrase is repeated at the end of successive sentences.
6. The sun smiled and stretched as she awoke this morning.
7. You were supposed to arrive at work at 12:00 sharp ....., your boss was in a meeting and didn't notice you slip in the back.
8. A usually recurring salient (obvious) thematic element, especially a dominant idea or central theme
9. A question asked without expecting an answer
10. The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning.
11. * Throughout the Middle Ages, rhetoric maintained the status of a science and was studied in.....
12. Which definition closely matches hyperbole?
13. Extended explanations of meaning; usually involves the denotations of words and concepts
14. ..... is a mild or pleasant term used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one.
15. Ethos establishes credibility or trust
16. Based solely on opinion
17. Greek for "character." Speakers appeal to this to demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy to speak on a given topic. It is established by both who you are and what you say.
18. The author changed the sentence from, "He touched her." to "He caressed her. This is an example of .....
19. Incorrect assumption that one event caused another event is called .....
20. The perspective from which a story is presented
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