Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 25 (30 MCQs)

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1. An umbrella term for simile and metaphor.
2. A rhetorical question .....
3. Students should be required to wear uniforms because it allows everyone to fit in since everyone is wearing the same thing.
4. "I came, I saw, I conquered." ..... Julius CaesarThis quote's main rhetorical device in use is
5. Identify the rhetorical device in this statement: "I must be cruel to be kind."
6. Telling a story in order to support a thesis
7. What literary device is used to create a special effect or feeling by making some type of interesting or creative comparison?
8. Which rhetorical device is used in this sentence? "Children should shake free from their helicopter parents and prove they have grown up."
9. At the end of Toy Story 3 we see an adorable snippet of the infamous "balcony scene" with a hedgehog as Romeo and a Little Green Man as Juliet. He quotes, "But soft what light through yonder window breaks, " and the LGM quotes, "Romeo, oh Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo." This snippet is an example of
10. A student says, "Vote for Jane! She's kind-hearted and respectable. She's also in the Pep Squad!" Which rhetorical device does the student use?
11. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:They don't exactly have an ordinary relationship.
12. Repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses, thereby lending them emphasis
13. What is literally meant by a "rhetorical analysis" essay?
14. "This policy is a plague on our city, a cancer to our way of life" contains an example of
15. "Tis but a scratch" is an example of a(n) .....
16. A factual statement is:
17. Antony:Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me.
18. Fill in the blank: "The associations people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition. Many words have ..... that create emotions or feelings in the reader."
19. "We pledge" -this phrase repeated six times throughout a passage to emphasize honor and unity
20. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:'The pen is mightier than the sword.'
21. The following statement is an example of: "You have no idea what you're talking about; you've only lived here for six months."
22. What is an explicit comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as' called?
23. I'm currently between jobs, but I'm sure I'll find something soon.
24. Since 87% more wrecks happen when people text and drive, stricter laws need to be put in place regarding texting and driving.
25. What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:"We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne ..... "
26. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following quote: "His tender heir might bear his memory" (Shakespeare).
27. Putting two contrasting elements together that are unalike:
28. What rhetorical appeal is primarily concerned with the logical structure and evidence of an argument?
29. When you repeat yourself over and over what rhetorical device are you using?
30. The rose in Tupac's poem was a metaphor for .....