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Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 4 (60 MCQs)

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1. A word that imitates the sound it refers to
2. The dark sky threatened as the icy blasts of winder rattled the windows, while inside the family sat peacefully in the warm glow of the log fire.
3. What comprises the best argument?
4. Asking questions to your reader that do not need an answer
5. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: "Speech is silver, but silence is gold."
6. Anytime you see that a celebrity is being used in a commercial, what rhetoric can you assume is being used?
7. "I have a dream that four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character" (King 5).This is an example of what rhetorical technique?
8. Definition for:Antimetabole (an-tee-meh-TA-boe-lee)
9. Which of the following is an example of a rhetorical device?
10. The "target audience"
11. Lily, Avery, and Evelyn are playing a game of 'Grammar Guru'. Evelyn just used a technique called 'asyndeton'. Can you guess what it is?
12. Identify the metaphor
13. In paragraph two, King makes this statement, "This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope ..... " This is an example of what?
14. What is the definition of allusion?
15. Comparison using "like" or "as." Example: "She was as quiet as a mouse."
16. Which of the following is a Hyperbole?
17. An appeal to emotions is an appeal to .....
18. Which rhetorical device refers to emotions or passion?
19. Which of the following rhetorical devices can be seen in the following excerpt: "We will rise from the golden hills of the west. We will rise from the windswept northeast ..... We will rise from the lake-rimmed cities."
20. Excerpt:"This tax is a burden on hard-working families."-UnknownWhat rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?
21. Identify the rhetorical device in the following sentence:'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.'
22. Casually referencing something that is well known
23. Which rhetorical device is used: "My client has been an upstanding member of society and has never been in trouble before this incident. This was a one-time incident, your honor."
24. If you want your audience to feel scared in order to encourage them to make change based on your argument, you should use .....
25. If an argument is coherent it
26. Which of the following is NOT an element of ethos?
27. Which symbol represents pathos?
28. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
29. She is worried because the more she sleeps, the more tired she feels in the morning instead of waking up well rested.
30. Repetition of the initial consonant sounds beginning several words in sequence
31. Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences?
32. A statement that says less than it means; often used for comedic effect. Example: "I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain."
33. Brutus:Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all freemen?
34. Brutus:Who is here so rude (uncivilized) that would not be a Roman? [ ..... ] Who is here so vile that will not love his country?
35. What is an example of personification in food advertising?
36. Which of the following is NOT an example of an onomatopoeia?
37. Compares things using "like" or "as"
38. Someone saying "What nice weather we are having" in the middle of a thunderstorm.
39. Which of the following is an example of pathos?
40. What example of rhetorical devices is this?
41. Definition for:Anadiplosis (an-uh-dih-PLO-sis)
42. What rhetorical device is being used in this sentence? 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.'
43. What is the effect of using parallelism in a speech?
44. The repetition is both at the end and at the beginning.
45. Sam's mom screamed, "I told you a million times to pick up your room!"What is Sam's mom "using" to get her point across?
46. What is the rhetorical device used when two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect?
47. Which rhetorical device involves presenting three related ideas in succession for emphasis and rhythm?
48. Involves the repetition of vowel sounds within words
49. What is the emotional significance of the quote 'To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment'?
50. Comparison without using "like" or "as." Example: "He felt lost in a sea of nameless faces, "or, "The teacher planted seeds of wisdom."
51. What is the rhetorical device that uses language to evoke an emotional response in the audience?
52. Using multiple conjunctions in a list
53. Say something again or a number of times
54. . Select the sentence that illustrates the use of proper parallel construction.
55. His words were like daggers to her heart.
56. Interpret the use of rhetoric in: "I will fight for you with every breath in my body-and I will never, ever let you down." -Donald Trump
57. Which literary device is used to describe the use of a part of something to refer to the whole thing?
58. A question posed by the speaker which has an obvious answer, no answer, or is the argument the speaker or writer intends to answer in an effort to further prove their argument
59. Addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail.
60. Which rhetorical device does the below scenario depict?$^{Rachael has to convince her parents to let her go out with her friends on Friday night. This is her argument:}$$^{"Mom and Dad I would like to go out with my friends Friday night. I know you said no and I understand. However, in the past 6 months, I have come home on time and I have straight A's." }$
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