Rhetoric Quiz 435 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the definition of the purpose?
2. What term describes a category of artistic composition, such as in music or literature, identified by a specific style, form, or content?
3. Because I am an English Teacher, you should take my writing advice.
4. This race is going to be the death of me.
5. Black bugs bleed black blood.
6. A reference to another work of literature, person, or event is .....
7. Purpose or Exigence?A store owner notices they aren't getting as much foot traffic as usual, so they create an ad for an upcoming sale.
8. LeBron James is pictured with Nike gear on in a picture and a quote from LeBron is below the picture that says, "I love Nike apparel. It's always my first choice when I'm working out." This is what type of technique?
9. Which rhetorical device is used in this Bible verse?" When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me."
10. Showing how two items are similar and/or different
11. "The forest eats itself and lives forever." (Kingsolver) (a)
12. Why is ethos an effective persuasive strategy?
13. An appeal based on the character/reputation/credibility of the speaker
14. Remember the Ladies:which word choice means the same as "stir up" ?
15. What was a major interest of Aristotle?
16. An author demonstrates logos when they appeal to their own credibility.
17. An appeal to logic:focuses on the subject matter of the appeal
18. "We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths ..... that all of us are created equal ..... is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall; just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone; to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth." (Inaugural Address, President Obama, 2008)
19. Establishing a clear, contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together or juxtaposing (contrasting) them
20. Using several word near each other that start with the same sound is which rhetorical device?