Rhetoric Quiz 362 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which appeal relates to the audience's sense of right and wrong?
2. Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words."Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
3. After the woman saw a ..... of her dead dog, she contacted the local news immediately
4. Which appeal tries to convince the audience through their emotions?
5. What does ablution mean?
6. What does each letter in the acronym SPACECAT mean?
7. (n.) a quality or writing or speaking that evokes pity or sadness
8. "Is it not better to be safe than sorry?"What rhetorical devise is used?
9. The audience that is physically present when a speech is delivered.
10. True or false:Ethos appeals show you the speaker's credibility-that is that the speaker is an expert or has called upon expert opinions to support his or her claims.
11. Animal Farm is a famous
12. Flexible term that describes the variety, the conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing
13. An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning
14. Which rhetorical device is evident in the sentence: "The crown's decision was final."
15. Your friend tells you, "if you do not move away from the street, you will die!" in an effort to scare you from standing near the road. Which appeal is your friend using?
16. The use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme.
17. The following is an example of which rhetorical device? The best way to communicate with a fish is to drop them a line.
18. Identify the type of sentence:Do your homework
19. Which of the following should you NOT include in your essay?
20. What appeal does Ethos focus on?