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Rhetoric Quiz 338 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who shall watch the watchmen?
2. An appeal based on credibility
3. The overall feeling established by a text
4. An Ancient Greek word meaning the right, critical or opportune moment-when should the speaker deliver his/her message. When is the most critical or opportune moment to speak?
5. "Critics, beware! There's a new film maker in town." is an example of .....
6. Explaining what a term or concept means
7. True or False:The PURPOSE of a text is how the writer chose to structure his/her writing to achieve a particular goal; the MESSAGE of a text is what the writer wants the audience to know, believe, understand, etc.
8. Describes the author's attitude toward his material, the audience, or both.
9. Which of the following appeals to the audience's emotions?
10. Attacking an opponent's character or motives rather than answering the argument or claim is called-
11. True or False:With alliteration, words do not have to begin with the same letter, just the same sound.
12. Don't be the last person on the block to get your lawn treated-you'll be a laughing stock!
13. The deafening silence drove the man crazy.This is an example of which literary device
14. "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, that is genius." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
15. What does imitatio mean?
16. What was the name of the philosopher who was the first main pioneer of rhetoric?
17. "The dinner was so good; I ate the chicken, and the salad, and the turkey, and the wild rice, and the bread, and the mashed potatoes, and the cranberry sauce." This is an example of a(n) .....
18. Which appeal demonstrates the author's reliability and competence?
19. The purpose of a rhetorical device is to persuade a person to think about a topic from a different perspective.
20. MLK's reference to the "snowcapped Rockies of Colorado" is an example of .....
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