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Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 10 (60 MCQs)

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1. Our beloved principal always puts students first.
2. "We shall not surrender, and even if ..... we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds ..... "-Winston ChurchillWhat rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?
3. Brutus:If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
4. A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else ..... two contrasting ideas.
5. "You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least."
6. What is the definition of appeals?
7. They put me in the oven to bake.Me, a deprived and miserable cake.Feeling the heat, I started to bubble.Watching the others, I knew I was in trouble.-"The Life of a Cupcake", by Shelby Greer
8. What is the term for language that is used to evoke strong emotions?
9. A child's mind is a hungry puppy; feed it well.
10. The repetition of consonant sounds is:
11. The movie titles "30 Days of Night" and "50 First Dates" are examples of .....
12. Which rhetorical device uses a short personal story to emphasize a point?
13. The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device?Jack is like a squirrel
14. What is the term for a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction?
15. Implied meaning rather than literal meaning.
16. Which of the following is an example of anaphora?
17. General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization:Come here to this gate!
18. Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, / Shrunk to this little measure?
19. An example of a synecdoche is
20. I have been one acquainted with the night.I have walked out in rain-and back in rain.I have outwalked the furthest city light.I have looked down the saddest city lane.I have passed by the watchman on his beatAnd dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
21. The constant complaints of our opponents make me feel as though I'm in a large drumthat is being beaten by a small child.
22. This refers to the writer's use of vivid and descriptive language that appeal to the senses in order to add depth to his/her work.
23. To use words to mean the opposite of their literal meaning
24. If I personify something, then I give it what?
25. Which of the following rhetorical devices uses the repetition of consonant sounds in the middle of or at the end of several closely connected words.
26. How do you know when ANTITHESIS is being used?
27. Complete the analogy.Smart is to intelligent as tasty is to .....
28. The repetition of the same initial consonants of words or of stressed syllables in any sequence of neighboring words
29. "It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped ..... I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will." The example above contains what rhetorical device?
30. Love is an ideal thing, marriage is the real thing.
31. "The sun shone brightly upon the golden fields of wheat."-UnknownWhat rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?
32. What the author's purpose in writing an article about the beauty of the pumpkin patch in the full autumn season with leaves, fall flowers, and other items of fall?
33. A reference to an object or person by naming only a part of the object or person
34. What 3 things must you do to score a 1 in Row A of the thesis?
35. This rhetorical device that is an arrangement of words or sentences in similar grammatical form to show the ideas are equal in importance. Examples of this are: "Easy come, easy go.Like father, like son.I have a dream."
36. What is an example of a False Dilemma fallacy?
37. Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'She sells seashells by the seashore'?
38. What is a statement called that claims or criticism is not true?
39. We are here to struggle, we are here to fight, we are here to win. We are not here to give up, we are not here to back down, we are not here to lose!
40. A student says, "You should really try these baked Cheetos. They have 500 calories less than the regular Cheetos. In fact, they have 700 fewer calories than french fries." The student is using which type of rhetorical device?
41. Means:A phrase or sentence that is repeated in reverse order using the exact same words and grammatical pattern
42. A reference to another work of literature, person, or event.
43. A type of metaphor in which the comparison is made explicit through the use of words such as like, as, similar to, or resembles.
44. Shows things as equal through comparison
45. "For the end of a theoretical science is truth, but the end of a practical science is performance."-Aristotle
46. A comparison of one pair of variables to a parallel set of variables: "America is to the world as the hippo is to the jungle."
47. Which rhetorical device involves asking a question to make a point rather than to elicit an answer?
48. Pathos uses ..... to appeal to the viewer/reader?
49. "Are we to stand around, arms crossed, and do nothing?No, Now is the time to act! '' Is an example of a .....
50. Asserting that two ideas that seemingly cannot be true at the same time are true
51. The regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses
52. The author's attitude toward a subject.
53. "Pour me a glass of red."
54. Steve was let go from his job after business slowed down.
55. ..... is a Greek word meaning SUFFERING, or EMOTION.
56. Writing that is not meant to be taken literally
57. Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up'?
58. This form of rhetoric uses logic
59. What is the art of persuasion through speaking and writing?
60. These cars are taking market share because their engineering is superior, the quality of their materials is superior, and the workmanship of their assembly is superior.
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