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Rhetoric Quiz 437 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the purpose of using repetition in writing?
2. An argument that appeals to an audience's sense of logic or reason
3. True or false:It is okay to take an author's text and paraphrase it by plugging in synonyms for the original author's words.
4. And we've come here from every crack, crease, and crevice of our country to our Capital to say that, for all those whose cares have been our concern, we're ready.
5. What part of the story is highlighted in red? Carrie is a 10 year old girl who really wanted a bike. Her mother said that she would have to save up the money herself to buy a bike. Carrie started saving all of her money. Each week when she got her allowance she would save it until she had enough. When she had enough, she went to get it but she could not find it anywhere. Carrie ran crying to her mother. Her mother said, "Let's go look one more time" . They soon found the money hidden behind a shoe in the corner in the floor. Carrie's mother then took her to the store where she was able to buy her bike.
6. Which trope or scheme is used in the following sentence: "If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired, with enthusiasm."
7. What rhetorical device is used in: "We are the people in a quandary about the present. We are the people in search of our future. We are the people in search of a national community. We are the people."
8. It's about balancing the weight or structure of ideas and phrases. In rhetoric, parallelism means balancing two or more ideas or arguments that are equally important.
9. "My coach was a drill sergeant for practice. He yelled at us to run harder, play harder, and be better for most of the practice." This is an example of what?
10. Framing Words
11. One downside of using pathos as the basis of an argument is that better-educated people aren't convinced by it.
12. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences for emphasis.
13. One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two ore more lines, clauses, or sentences
14. Read the following passage and answer the question that follows. "There's a coincidence today. On this day three hundred and ninety years ago, the great explorer Sir Francis Drake died aboard ship off the coast of Panama. In his lifetime the great frontiers were the oceans, and a historian later said, 'He lived by the sea, died on it, and was buried in it.' Well, today, we can say of the "Challenger" crew:Their dedication was, like Drake's, complete." -Ronald Reagan-The Space Shuttle "Challenger" Tragedy Address The rhetorical device being used in this passage is
15. DNN News reported on a story in which they decided to only show an interview with one of the Mayoral candidates running for public office. This is an example of?
16. What is the adjective form form the word allegory?
17. A sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person, either absent or present, real or imagined."Oh death, where is thy sting? Oh grave, where is thy victory?" (1 Cor. 15:55)
18. True or false:someone can use more than one form of rhetorical appeal to persuade
19. Evidence that is in the form of a short narrative about an interesting or amusing incident, usually in order to support a larger point.
20. A general agreement about something; an idea or opinion that is shared by all the people in a group.
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