Rhetoric Quiz 7 (20 MCQs)

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1. Repeating the exact same words at the end of one sentence or clause and the beginning of the next.
2. True or false:You are always the intended audience for a text if you are reading, watching, or listening to it.
3. You love your dog; so buy this dog food, as it will help him to get all his nutrients.
4. A question that is not expected to be answered, used for effect or to emphasize an obvious point (example:Can birds fly? There's no point, is there? Is this a joke?)
5. Use of informalities in speech or writing; local or regional dialects can be included
6. Signs are only rhetorical if they are used symbolically
7. Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is .....
8. Repetition at the beginning of a line. Example: "We demand truth. We demand justice. We demand equality."
9. Word choice (this is one of the 5 elements of tone)Example:The student was angry. Vs. The student was furious.
10. You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.
11. The speed at which a piece of writing moves along.
12. The use of many conjunctions; has the effect of slowing the pace or emphasizing the numerous words or clauses
13. Read this excerpt from Common Sense:The least fracture now will be like a name engraved with the point of a pin on the tender rind of a young oak. What kind of figurative language does Thomas Paine use here?
14. The technique of repeating the same word and phrase
15. Writing whose chief aim is to explain, tell, inform, or give background.
16. Synthesize
17. "Any ..... is an imperfection marked by urgency; it is a defect, an obstacle, something waiting to be done, a thing which is other than it should be."
18. Advertisers generally use how many of the persuasive strategies in advertising?
19. I cried, "No pain! No gain!"
20. Crafting sentences with items placed in comparable grammatical structures