Rhetoric Quiz 31 (20 MCQs)

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1. An attempt to convince the audience that God is on the side of the speaker or writer and that failure to side with the speaker's or writer's argument will be the equivalent of a failure to defend God
2. Independent or Dependent? If they take me with them.
3. Imagine Luna, Abigail, and David are watching a Ford Mustang commercial. What can they deduce about the authors of the commercial?
4. Saying one small event will cause worse events to happen
5. The "SPACE" components of the "SPACECAT" acronym deal with what? (a)
6. "It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity."
7. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury:not only do we have fingerprints, a lack of an alibi, a clear motive and an expressed desire to commit the robbery.....We also have a video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more opening and closing."
8. Which type of rhetorical appeal is used in the following sentence: "Miley Cyrus appears in Oreo advertisements."
9. Identify the device present in this example:Throughout the play we are made to witness the force of politics to shape and shatter lives.
10. Which of the following is an example of a rhetorical question?
11. What rhetorical device is illustrated in the example below? " ..... as evidenced by their presence today, have to come to realize their destiny is tied up with our destiny."
12. The new MaaacBook Pro X is the only laptop designed by Bill Kates. It's the only laptop you must buy.
13. Uses pretty words that have no meaning
14. Example:he was a real Romeo with the ladies
15. ..... appeals to the speaker's status or authority, making the audience more likely to trust them.
16. The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. It is not generally acceptable for formal writing, but gives a work a conversational, familiar tone. These can include local or regional dialects.
17. True or False:Pathos is considered the strongest form of persuasion.
18. A brief reference to a famous person, event, book, song, etc. The most commonly used one of these from a book comes from the Bible
19. The windows of the house glared at me as though they were angry.This is an example of?
20. A writing form that uses repetition creating a feeling of rhythm and balance