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Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 21 (60 MCQs)

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1. Identify the figurative language used in the sentence:'The wind whispered through the trees.'
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3. What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:"Fail to prepare and you prepare to fail."
4. Which is the definition of an analogy
5. Since my little brother has to start school before me, I should let him shower first.
6. Comparing two unlike things that actually have something in common
7. The NEW Subway wrap is the single greatest thing in the world! Get one today!
8. Which of the following is an example of Pathos (Appeal to Emotion)?
9. Two ideas, places, or characters placed beside each other for contrasting effect.
10. The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew (Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner).
11. A brief recounting of a relevant episode.
12. Repeating of words/ phrases/ ideas that you want your audience to remember.
13. Identify the rhetorical device: "The leaves danced in the wind."
14. This is a repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several subsequent clauses or phrases.
15. "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the streets, we shall fight in the hiss; we shall never surrender."
16. He was a Good Samaritan yesterday when he helped the lady start her car.This sentence uses
17. Finding a new friend is like discovering a hidden treasure.
18. Ethos, logos, and pathos are all examples of what?
19. A short story that is used to make a point
20. Get the flu shot, so the flu doesn't get you! Influenza can lead to serious complications and even death for people in high risk groups. Protect yourself.
21. A type of figurative language that exaggerates to show strong feeling or effect
22. A construction in which one word seems to be in the same relation to two or more other words but in fact is not
23. "These high heels are killing me" is an example of what kind of rhetorical device?
24. Administer an anesthetic to (a person or animal). Desensitize
25. A brief reference to a famous person or event-often from literature, history, Greek mythology, or the Bible. Example: "He was a real Romeo with the ladies."
26. Which of the following rhetorical devices involves a statement that appears to contradict itself, but in reality expresses a truth?
27. Explaining the characteristics of a subject
28. -a statement that says less than it means; often used for comedic effect.
29. Which of the following rhetorical devices uses repeating grammatical structures and contrasting ideas?
30. "What was it you hoped to teach us? It occurs to me that maybe you just wanted us to know the depths of your hatred."Is this example HYPOPHORA?
31. Which rhetorical device appeals to people's emotions?
32. What is the art of persuasion?
33. "For man holds in his hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life"
34. Because I do not hope to turn againBecause I do not hopeBecause I do not hope to turn ..... T.S. Elliot
35. Using a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part.
36. The following excerpt contains an example of which rhetorical device?"I know you may say it don't matter, it don't matter, they don't affect me."
37. Logical Fallacy refers to:
38. The wooden floor groaned when we walked on it.
39. Defects that weaken arguments; by knowing them, you can evaluate arguments you make, read, and hear.
40. I could talk more deeply about all the troubles our country faces, but I do not wish to open Pandora's Box today. Instead, I am here to motivate you.
41. Which rhetorical device is the following an example of? "It is an outrage that the school wants to remove the vending machines. This is taking our freedom away!"
42. Her friends were ..... she had won the lottery ..... again.
43. The repetition of the first consonant sound, occurring close together in a series
44. "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." -Yoda, Star Wars
45. Juxtaposition is .....
46. Which rhetorical device involves appealing to the audience's emotions to persuade them?
47. An opposing view that awakens or invades a rhetor's claim
48. How does an appeal to logos differ from an appeal to pathos in persuasive writing?
49. Which literary device involves a play on words, often achieved through the use of words with similar sounds but different meanings?
50. Give an example of ethos being used in a persuasive speech.
51. What would differ about the audience for a letter versus a speech?
52. Repetition at the beginning of a line. Example: "We demand truth. We demand justice. We demand equality."
53. "This house is as clean as a whistle" is an example of which rhetorical device?
54. Are we a nation that tolerates the hypocrisy of a system where workers who pick our fruit and make our beds never have a chance to get right with the law? Are we a nation that accepts the cruelty of ripping children from their parents' arms? Or are we a nation that values families, and works to keep them together?
55. Complete the analogy.Pencil:write::knife: .....
56. Kobe Bryant is pictured next to Vitamin Water. The caption says, "3 championships and counting ..... 1, 845 bottles of vitamin water and chugging ..... 1 MVP award and long overdue. Try Vitamin Water, it works for Kobe."
57. Which of the following is an example of Circular Reasoning (repeating the same information)?
58. What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? is an example of
59. Which rhetorical device involves the use of exaggeration for emphasis or effect?
60. The repetition of first letters (or sounds) in words that come together in a phrase or sentence.
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