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Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 20 (60 MCQs)

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1. Persuading by appealing to the audience's emotions-Ex. "Choose our security system because no price is too much to pay for peace of mind."
2. The use of words that sound like the noise they describe, such as buzz, crash, hiss, growl, thump, or swish.
3. An indirect or passing reference to an event, person, place, or artistic work
4. What Greek philosopher discussed the theorem that there are three means of persuasion in the 4th century BC?
5. A brief story about something that happened to the speaker, usually something funny or interesting
6. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following statement:"Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country."
7. "our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, are constants in our character." Barack Obama, Inauguration AddressThis quote is an example of
8. Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'The silence was a heavy weight on my chest'?
9. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness ..... " excerpt from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. This is an example of ..... ?
10. Comparing two things or instances in time often based on their structure and used to explain a complex idea in simpler terms
11. Identify the term for the combination of contrasting words.
12. A text that persuades the reader to the writer's point of view
13. Deliberately de-emphasizing something in order to downplay its importance
14. "Time is a thief."
15. Adds emphasis; creates dramatic effect
16. Seven sea shells down by the sea shore is an example of .....
17. If multiple meanings of a word are used, or the meaning of a particular word or phrase is not clear it has:
18. States what a rhetor is trying to prove
19. Is, "As nutty as a fruit cake" an example of antithesis?
20. What is the term for a rhetorical device that involves the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses?
21. Mrs. Williams is Wonder Woman. Weekly.
22. When one or more words are omitted from a sentence
23. What is the term for the repetition of the same grammatical structure within a sentence?
24. Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentences?"The gushing stream flows in the forest.""The sack fell into the river with a splash."
25. Speech is silver, but silence is gold.
26. The quote "There only remain a hundred and twenty thousand children of poor parents annually born" from Swift's "A Modest Proposal" is an example of:
27. Grouping language in threes
28. All of the following are examples of ..... "revolution of hope", "instruments of war", "chains of poverty"
29. What is emphazied in antithesis?
30. The repeated use of a word.
31. Identify the rhetorical device in this statement:'Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.'
32. I came, I saw, I conquered" is an example of
33. Clauses that may begin each phrase of a piece the same(ex:Alice ran into the room, into the garden, and into our hearts)
34. These are techniques writers use to enhance their arguments and communicate more effectively.
35. In Obama's 2004 DNC speech, the most often used rhetorical device is:
36. The children's novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is actually a(n) ..... about religion that features Aslan as Christ and Edmund as Judas
37. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, " is an example of:
38. What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:"And that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
39. Everyone loves pizza.
40. SPOT THE DEVICE:"Put to sleep" instead of "euthanize""Dearly departed" instead of "died"
41. Lists 3 or more words, phrases, or clauses of equal importance using commas to separate.
42. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
43. Excerpt:"Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer."-UnknownWhat rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?
44. "To think on death it is a misery, / T o think on life it is a vanity;/ to think on the world verily it is, / to think that here man hath no perfect bliss.' Peachum
45. The bright red light beamed into the stark room.
46. How can pathos be effectively used in advertising?
47. What is hypophora?
48. The following is an example of what?"Why did I open my mouth?"
49. The veterinarian says that an Australian Shepard will be the perfect match for our active lifestyle.
50. A mild or pleasant term used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one
51. The flower was as blue as the sky.
52. The rhetorical repetition of the word or phrase that ends one phrase at the beginning of the next phrase
53. "In Springfield, the murder rate has gone up 75%, while in Shelbyville, the rate has only increased by 10%."
54. Which rhetorical device is used: "People who eat chocolate are happier than those who don't, so you should eat chocolate more often."
55. The deliberate omission of a word or words that are readily implied by context
56. Which literary device involves the use of a word or phrase that is less expressive or direct but considered less distasteful or offensive than another?
57. Imagine Maya, Emma, and Scarlett are making a funny video. Which of the following best describes what they are doing?
58. Come on, what's the worst that could happen?
59. "Hammer is to nail as comb is to hair"(This has a smilie but is not a simile)
60. A Rhetorical Question is:
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