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Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 4 (30 MCQs)

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1. What is the purpose of using emotive language in writing or speech?
2. Are you kidding me with that behaviour?
3. "Let the whitefolks have their money and power and segregation and sarcasm and big houses and schools and lawns like carpets, and books, and mostly-mostly-let them have their whiteness." ~ Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
4. The following excerpts are an example of which rhetorical device?"You have something special inside of you.""I'm gonna say it again:You have a gift inside of you."
5. Comparison using "like" or "as."
6. Which rhetorical device is characterized by the use of exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally?
7. An argument based on a personal attack on someone's character.
8. Your words have power. The power to hurt, the power to help. Give power and use them wisely. A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds. Don't let your words be a cause.
9. What is the definition of detail?
10. A reference to a person, place, poem, book, event, or movie outside of the story that the author expects the reader will recognize.
11. Ethos is an appeal to
12. SPOT THE DEVICE: "Chocolate is my Achille's heel" "He is such a Romeo with the ladies"
13. "If I know one thing, it's that I know nothing, " is an example of:
14. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:You, the people have the power-the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
15. A repeated word or phrase, used for emphasis.
16. Putting two contrasting elements together that are so unlike that the effect is surprising, witty, or even startling.
17. They say he's closed the eyes of many a man and opened the eyes of many a woman. This is an example of .....
18. When the author gives hints about what will occur later in the story
19. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following quote: "My love is like a red, red rose" (Robert Burns).
20. When a speaker uses words or phrases intended to inspire emotion in the reader, it is known as
21. What is the rhetorical device used in the sentence:'I've told you a million times to clean your room!'?
22. Mike likes his new bike.
23. Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in that historic effort?
24. The following excerpt is mostly an example of what type of language?"See, I know sometimes it's fun hanging out with them. You laugh. You joke. But that don't mean much. It's easy to be friends when things are going well. But what about when things ain't going well?"
25. The following is an example of, "I will be tired today, I will be tired tomorrow, I will be tired next week, so please do not ask me to do anything for you."
26. Which of the following is an example of parallel structure?
27. What is the name of the literary device that uses 'like' or 'as' to make a comparison between two different things?
28. Jay-Z in a shoe commercial is which rhetorical device?
29. Which of the following rhetorical devices uses language with strong emotional connotations?
30. By donating only fifty cents a day, you can help give children in need clean drinking water.
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