Rhetoric Quiz 433 (20 MCQs)

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1. A very typical example of characters or things
2. The pervading impression made on the feelings of the reader. This term is typically associated with the feelings created by the description of the setting.
3. What is the figure of speech that uses an ostensible self-contradiction to illustrate a rhetorical point or to reveal a paradox?
4. You read a manual how to put furniture together. The manual's purpose is to .....
5. Placing to words side by side so as to highlight their differences
6. After a big fight with her parents, Mirah decided to run away from home. She put some essentials in her backpack and then ran and ran, until she was so far from town that she found herself in the desert. As she stopped to rest and sip from her water bottle, Mirah realized she had forgotten to say goodbye to her two best friends and her pet puppy. All the way out here, she wouldn't be able to rant to anyone about her annoying family. Mirah sat down and noticed the sand dunes extending far into the horizon in every direction. She sighed, curled up into a ball, and cried. What does the desert symbolize in this story?
7. "Man proposes, God disposes."
8. The arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work.
9. The word scrawny, as in "Jason appeared scrawny, " has a ..... connotation.
10. A comparison of two unlike things stating that one thing IS the other.
11. True or False:you do not need to include all three modes of persuasion in order to have a balanced argument.
12. I could really go for some Chinese food for dinner ....., pizza would be great, too.
13. The act of opposing or fighting against something or someone.
14. I am Kainat.I am Kainat Soomro.I am Muzoon.I am Amina.The above example uses the poetic technique of repetition called .....
15. The process of using conjunctions or connecting words frequently in a sentence to create emphasis
16. Your answer to #2
17. Exaggerated statements or claims used for emphasis
18. Which of the following is an appeal to an audience's sense of emotion?
19. The facts of yesterday and today speak for themselves.
20. How do we define an "either/or" logical fallacy?