Rhetoric Quiz 431 (20 MCQs)

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1. Part AWhich statement best reflects the central idea of Catt's speech?
2. "We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them."
3. The use of successive verbal constructions (patterns) in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure-usually in a series
4. Which rhetorical elements does Dr. King use in the following quote from the speech? "I have a dream that one day my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
5. An appeal to trust, credibility, and ethics is .....
6. Rhetorical strategy in which contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences.
7. "I came, I saw, I conquered." .....Julius Caesar
8. A beautiful celebrity appears in an advertisement for makeup. You trust her giving this advice because she is so beautiful; this is an example of
9. A student is writing an essay for a political science course. Which of the following fonts and sizes is acceptable for the student to use?
10. What does the term device most closely match?
11. Petition or request
12. Devices (2)? The "pen is mightier than the sword" from Edward Bulwer Lytton's play Cardinal Richelieu.
13. A means of speaking out about issues in a society (it may take the form of rhetoric as well as artistic forms) is
14. Divides genres, author determines the length of the line (a general term for anything that is not poetry)
15. Sentence construction that places equal grammatical construction near each other, or repeats grammatical patterns.
16. What device provides a variety of writing styles and purposes
17. A persuasive technique designed to make people feel that a product or idea is popular and that everyone else is doing it. People feel like they're missing out or falling behind if they don't join the crowd and be a part of the trend.
18. A formal poem lamenting the death of a particular person.
19. Why is this a logical fallacy? "Don't listen to Mr. Fingers when he says walk in the hallways. How can you trust someone who wears bow ties?"
20. The following is an example of, "I will be tired today, I will be tired tomorrow, I will be tired next week, so please do not ask me to do anything for you."