Rhetoric Quiz 346 (20 MCQs)

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1. Nearly 25% of all car accidents are caused by drivers using cell phones while driving.What type of rhetorical appeal does this make?
2. Comparing by saying one thing is to another
3. Logical fallacy in which partway through an argument, the arguer goes off on a tangent, raising a side issue that distracts the audience from what the topic really is
4. Form of repetition in which a grammatical pattern is repeated
5. Just because you acknowledge and respect a person's viewpoint does NOT mean you have to agree with it
6. Recurrence of initialconsonant soundsA snake slithered silently inthe moonlight.
7. Attacking the person making the argument rather than the argument itself. (a)
8. When listening to a speech about a product, the announcer states, "This product is especially appealing to simple people just like you and me." This is an example of which propaganda technique?
9. When I was in high school, I was on the track team. We traveled all over the country for competitions.
10. Seizure of private property
11. Suggesting that association with a person or product can make you special
12. 99% of students at Plainfield East love English class.Using this statistic is an example of using
13. Using excessive, untrue, or insincere praise in an attempt to ingratiate oneself with the audience, and therefore make them more likely to accept your opinion
14. Children are dying of cancer, please send a check or money order to the American Cancer Society
15. Using phrasing that is grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter.
16. Ways of writing, such as irony, sentence structure, repetition, allusion, figurative language, etc that impact the reader and contribute to purpose.
17. The time and location that a speech is given.
18. When an argument presents a conclusion that is unrelated it is
19. A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. Often has a comic effect; however, a serious effect is also possible. Often, this figure of speech produces irony.
20. What is the term we use in non-fiction writing, especially persuasive writing, to describe an author's opinion?