Rhetoric Quiz 44 (20 MCQs)

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1. An independent clause with no conjunction or dependent clause
2. Category of rhetoric that is mainly concerned with what happened in the past.
3. "The data is perfectly clear:this investment has consistently turned a profit year-after-year, even in spite of market declines in other areas."
4. This is an appeal to the emotions.
5. Rhetorical technique that gives objects human qualities.The sun smiled happily down on us.The clouds cried drops of rain.
6. Point of view spoken from the reader's perspective (you/your)
7. Which topoi best describes the following:Determining how to classify the idea, what its substance is, and to what degree it has that substance
8. Spaceballs ( ..... of Star Wars)
9. Logical Fallacy:Because students do not do homework virtually when quarantined, we should get rid of all computers.
10. Obvious exaggeration for emphasis or effect
11. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
12. The appeal to ethics and credibility is also called
13. Uses numbers and data to provide truth
14. Which is an example of downplaying?
15. Dance, dance, dance to the distortion
16. Parallel structure:Like father, like son
17. In language arts, what does rhetoric mean?
18. Which Rhetorical Device is shown in the following sentence: "If you don't adopt this puppy now, it will be put down tonight."
19. This appeal relies on research, facts, statistics, etc.
20. After Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenseless by cutting military spending.