Rhetoric Quiz 43 (20 MCQs)

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1. A(n) ..... sentence switches the placement of the verb before the subject of a sentence as if in a question.
2. What is the effect of isocolon?
3. Appeals to audience's sense of moral judgment and ethics through credibility
4. Tone can be defined as
5. What does curmudgeon mean?
6. Mrs. Stewart couldn't think of another question, but she really wanted there to be 20.
7. When a writer bases a claim on an isolated example or asserts a claim is "certain" rather than possible.
8. The righteous are a light that shines on the world
9. A question asked to make people thing a little deeper and not requiring an answer
10. "Juice Box, now 100% all natural."
11. She dances like a chicken on hot coals.
12. The right to vote
13. Also called a rebuttal, this part of an argument addresses the opposing view and proves it wrong or ineffective.
14. "I'm not afraid to die. I'm not afraid to live. I'm not afraid to fail. I'm not afraid to succeed. I'm not afraid to fall in love. I'm not afraid to be alone. I'm just afraid I might have to stop talking about myself for five minutes."
15. The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established party by the setting and party by the author's choice of objects that are described
16. A statement in which opposite ideas are contrasted is an example of
17. The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing often including ethos, pathos, & logos.
18. The reason why someone is speaking or writing; the goal the speaker wants to achieve.
19. Cake can cause cancer.
20. Martin Luther King, Jr. used the phrase "Five score years ago ..... " in his "I Have a Dream" speech. This is a reference to President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, which originally began with "Four score and seven years ago ..... "