Rhetoric Quiz 268 (20 MCQs)

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1. A speaker's choice of words. Analysis of word choices looks at they add to the speaker's message.
2. Rhetorical appeal to the credibility of the speaker.
3. This fallacy presents an issue in terms of exaggerated threats or dangers.
4. What did Fezziwig do every Christmas Eve for his employees?
5. All of the following nouns are ABSTRACT except
6. Good things come to those who wait
7. " I gradually gained a bit of satisfaction from being considered an extremist. Was not Jesus an extremist in love? ..... Will we be extremists for hate or extremists for love?This is an example of:
8. Never was there more happiness. Never was there more joy. Never was there more freedom.
9. Which of the three components is the most effective?
10. Descriptive language used to appeal to a reader's senses:touch, taste, smell, sound, and sight.
11. What is another term for author's attitude?
12. I enjoy reading this new magazine ....., it has good articles.
13. "Free at last, free at last." This is an example of which rhetorical device?
14. The use of labels or loaded words or language to create negative feelings about a person, group, or thing.
15. If a free society can not help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich" is an example of .....
16. " ..... our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating:'For Whites Only." '
17. A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. These can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical. There are many more possibilities. Ex. "Plan ahead:it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark" -Richard Cushing
18. "Mom, did you know that, according to newsweek.com, having a cell phone at school does not lead to lower grades. A study of 1, 700 high school students found that there is absolutely no correlation between these two things. I can have my phone without my grades suffering."
19. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words"This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent"
20. "These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve."