Rhetoric Quiz 35 (20 MCQs)

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1. Using a brand to instill trust in a product or idea, or a review to convince another is a persuasive strategy called .....
2. "Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee! I have thee not, and yet I see thee still."
3. Define:Asyndeton
4. What tone is Hale conveying in the following passage?"If you think God wills you to raise rebellion you are mistaken"
5. Use of an unreliable narrator
6. Imagine you're a lawyer in a heated debate. Which secret weapon of persuasion would you use to highlight the urgency and importance of your case?
7. Who said it?' ..... we will put the enemy in the position where they will have to choose between giving us freedom or giving us death.'
8. A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.
9. The time period/place in which a text is written; it influences the audience's mood and dictates their values or needs.
10. A fallacy in which an irrelevant topic is presented in order to divert attention from the original issue.
11. Children in America born after 2000 have a 1 in 3 chance of getting diabetes which is directly related to diet.
12. *the outcome or intention for giving the speech.
13. The writer incorporates aspects of their personal experience into the text-look for 'I'
14. A scheme in which the same word is repeated at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences. Example: "I believe we should fight for justice. You believe we should fight for justice. How can we not, then, fight for justice?"
15. "Tell them to be good, tell them to follow their elders, and tell them to mind their manners." -Is an example of what?
16. What is the meaning of syntax?
17. Which rhetorical appeal likes to use charities, celebrities, and professionals to add to their credibility?
18. An appeal to credibility is .....
19. Rhetorical device that appeals to one's ethics and tries to paint the speaker as credible and trustworthy
20. Baby Grand Pianotwo contradictory words put together