Rhetoric Quiz 327 (20 MCQs)

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1. This is an appeal to authority and credibility.
2. What is the correct pattern of Passive Voice?
3. This refers to the use of words that are similar in sound, structure, or meaning. For example, "To err is human; to forgive is divine" (Alexander Pope).
4. The presentation of something as being smaller or less important than it actually is
5. Which is an example of ethos?
6. Which rhetorical appeal appeals to the audience's logic and reasoning?
7. Intend for the word or words to have a meaning that is different than the literal meaning
8. Charts and Graphs
9. What is the audience?
10. In rhetorical analysis, your job is to evaluate how authors use language to create arguments and accomplish a purpose, not necessarily to evaluate the merits of their arguments.
11. Pick the term that matches the definition:the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
12. In the line below, what kind of technique is the author using to create his/her style? "So far, so good. On duty at 10 o'clock ..... a few words about the ice problem with Lookout Reginald Lee, who shared the same watch ..... a few more words about the cold ..... but mostly just silence, as the two stared into the darkness."
13. In an opinion essay, the argument that the writer acknowledges as the opposition.
14. What figurative language can be identified in the following quote to help Hamilton convince his audience of his worthiness. "I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal Tryin' to reach my goal, my power of speech:unimpeachable"
15. What literary device is MOST used throughout the speech?
16. When an inference or conclusion is drawn on the basis of insufficient evidence
17. Figure of addition and emphasis which intentionally employs a series of conjunctions (FANBOYS:for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) not normally found in successive words, phrases or clauses; the deliberate and excessive use of conjunctions in successive words or clauses.
18. Which of following is imagery
19. Choose A, B, C, D
20. What is the effect of Lincoln's allusion to the Declaration of Independence in the opening paragraph of the Gettysburg Address?