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Rhetoric Quiz 426 (20 MCQs)

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1. Repetition is used in the quote below from The Declaration of Independence. What is its purpose/use? "Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends."
2. Rhetorical technique of setting up a false choice using two extremes.
3. Placing two things side by side so as to highlight their DIFFERENCES
4. He is considered the founder of shorthand
5. The advil ad uses what kind of appeal?
6. Arguing that since something is popular and everyone is doing it, you should as well
7. Who is considered the father of rhetoric?
8. What is the definition of Tone for Rhetoric?
9. What does the following paradox most likely mean? "I close my eyes so that I can see."
10. Blaming or exaggerating someone's argument or another organization to prove a point
11. If you are prosperous, you are
12. Repetition of conjunctions in close succession
13. New word or a new use for an old word, or the act of making up new words
14. When an author, speaker, or advertiser carefully chooses to repeat words or phrases at the end of successive sentences.
15. What is the meaning associated with a word?
16. Scientific studies have shown that by simply repeating something, your audience is more likely to .....
17. The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect. [It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom.]
18. Why does Granholm continuously return to the metaphor of Rosa parks as a warrior in "Remembering Rosa parks" ?
19. Telling a story in order to support a thesis
20. Persuasive strategy is the opinion of the author.
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