Rhetoric Quiz 65 (20 MCQs)

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1. Prose writing that is basedon facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.
2. Which term is being used in the following example:Okay Mother Teresa, tell me how you're going to change the world with your kindness.
3. The teacher considered him a good student, steady if not inspired, willing if not eager, responsive to instruction and conscientious about his work.
4. Obedient behavior toward someone important in order to gain advantage
5. An original model on which something is patterned
6. Bias is "prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair." What kind of writing would be most likely to show bias?
7. Choose the correct answer:an appeal based on logic or reason is called .....
8. True or False:Descriptives don't help readers visualize an idea.
9. What does this quote mean? "Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them."
10. What are the components of a claim?
11. What is Anecdote?
12. True of False ( Allusion can be used to demonstrate ethos )
13. An ad to sell Mac-n-Cheese which features a smiling mom cooking the dish is using
14. Choose the correct term for the following definition:The intention or desire to do harm or evil; ill will.
15. The strict, literal definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color
16. What rhetorical device is used in: "We will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together"
17. [1] The main environmental problem caused by the production of Greek yogurt is the creation of acid whey as a by-product. [2] Because it requires up to four times more milk to make than conventional yogurt does, Greek yogurt produces larger amounts of acid whey, which is difficult to dispose of. [3] To address the problem of disposal, farmers have found a number of uses for acid whey. [4] They can add it to livestock feed as a protein2 supplement, and people can make their own Greek-style yogurt at home by straining regular yogurt. [5] If it is improperly introduced into the environment, acid-whey runoff 3 can pollute waterways, depleting the oxygen content of streams and rivers as it decomposes. To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 5 should be placed
18. An argument that is grammatically sound adds to:
19. What kind of figurative language is this:The night was a thick blanket around me
20. The withdrawal of a statement of opinion