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Rhetoric Quiz 254 (20 MCQs)

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1. "Mark but this flea, and mark in this, how little that which thou deniest me is ..... "
2. Who or what is best described as the reason for the speech?
3. You leave me home alone by myself all the time, and I never do anything wrong. I've had an iPad for a year and nothing bad has ever happened to it. That's why I'm responsible enough to get a new cellphone.
4. To swear off; to renounce
5. Which trope or scheme is NOT used in the following sentence: "He's not the sharpest tool in the shed."
6. Type of Appeal:The Center for Disease Control advises everyone to get a flu vaccination.
7. True or false:chronicle can be a verb or a noun.
8. A hyperbole is an exaggeration that is obvious and not supposed to be taken literally.
9. This is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response to an impassioned plea or a convincing story.
10. A fallacy in which a faulty conclusion is reached because of inadequate evidence.
11. What is the commercial image an example of?
12. The meaning of a word beyond its literal definition.
13. I met a tall man who loved to eat cheese. Now I believe that all tall people like cheese.
14. How an author/speaker fulfills their purpose (actions)
15. The bright red light beamed into the stark room.
16. "Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!" (King John, II, i)This sentence is an example of .....
17. Word pictures designed to appeal to the senses.
18. Strategy 1:DO NOT CHOOSE MAIN IDEA ANSWERS = Rhetorical Device questions ask for the persuasive or informative purpose of a specific statement, so be sure to avoid answer choices that are too general.
19. The ironic minimizing of fact; presents something as less significant than it is. The effect can frequently be humorous and emphatic.
20. What is the adjective form of the word parody?
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