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Rhetoric Quiz 53 (20 MCQs)

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1. The form of argumentative/persuasive appeal that is based on an appeal to the emotions.
2. A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement ..... often have a comic effect; however, a serious effect is also possible.
3. Pathos uses story, imagery and inspiration quotes
4. That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man-when I could get it-and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?-Sojourner Truth
5. What example of figurative language is represented in the quote below? "Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble softThe redbreast whistles from a garden-croft, And gathering swallows twitter in the skies." - "To Autumn, " John Keats
6. Identify the participial phrase.Braking too late, Judy hit the car in front of her.
7. What message does Winston Churchill end the speech with?
8. My grandmother raised seven children all by herself, so when it comes to advice on kids, I trust her.
9. "One third of students who do not pass English with a C or better need remedial classes in college." -This appeal would be BEST categorized as which appeal.
10. Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something. (The Princess Bride)
11. Deliberately de-emphasizing something in order to downplay its importance.
12. This person is also known as the writer, the author, or the rhetor, but can take on a persona as a narrator or character.
13. Choose the correct term for the following definition:Oppressively solemn or sober in mood; grave.
14. My tongue is a dolphin passed out in an elevator.-Jeffrey McDaniel, "Dear America"
15. A scheme in which the author introduces words or concepts in a particular order then later repeats those terms or similar ones in reversed or backwards order.
16. What is the purpose of using Epiplexis as a rhetorical device?
17. Language that uses figures of speech to convey meanings beyond the literal interpretation
18. ..... are ideas about behavior and way of life that the readers or audience have in common.
19. What is the term for language used that is meant to evoke an emotional response in an audience?
20. The Lewis's article was focused through what perspective?
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