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Rhetoric Quiz 278 (20 MCQs)

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1. The word Rhetoric is from what language?
2. "I see trees of green, red roses too I seem them bloom, for me and you And I think to myself What a wonderful world I see skies of blue, and clouds of white, The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself What a wonderful world"
3. Think about the text from What is Rhetoric? by Gideon Burton and "Address to Congress on Women's Suffrage" by Carrie Chapman Catt to answer the questions.What is Rhetoric? by Gideon Burton and "Address to Congress on Women's Suffrage" by Carrie Chapman CattBehold our Uncle Sam floating the banner with one hand, "Taxation without representation is tyranny, " and with the other seizing billions of dollars paid in taxes paid by women to whom he refuses "representation." Behold him again, welcoming the boys of twenty-one and the newly made immigrant citizen to "a voice in their own government" while he denies that fundamental right to thousands of public school teachers from whom many of these men learn all they know of citizenship and patriotism. "Address to Congress on Women's Suffrage" by Carrie Chapman CattPart AWhich type of persuasive appeal is being used by the speaker?
4. An over-exaggeration used for emphasis or effect (example:There is enough food in this fridge to feed an army!)
5. The way a writer or speaker presents a topic-persuade, inform, entertain
6. A type of figurative language in which one thing is said to be another thing.
7. A person can have ethos if he can convince the audience that he
8. ....., it is also important that true friends be there for you. Which transition word adds more proof to the statement?
9. The content of a memoir must include
10. Choose the most effective method of persuading someone that you love them.
11. This is used as a means of convincing an audience via the authority or credibility of the persuader
12. The popular TV program features the 'living dead'.
13. How can kairos help in persuading the audience?
14. A contradiction.
15. From the Greek, literally means "teaching." Has the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles.
16. True or false are there 2 types of rhetoric?
17. What doe "ethos" stand for in the rhetorical triangle?
18. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:You, the people have the power-the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
19. Playing on audience's emotions by distracting them from the facts
20. Is the words used correctly? He bases his fear of heights to the time his dog fell out of the second floor window and died.
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