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Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 10 (60 MCQs)

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1. Persuasive appeals in literature include all of the following EXCEPT
2. A certified nutritionist would have ethos when speaking at a health food convention.
3. An act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
4. What term matches the example?
5. From the TedEd video about Caesar, Brutus joins the conspiracy because
6. Rhetorical Appealpersuading by using logic and reasoning (logic)
7. What figurative device is Kennedy using here: "we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty."
8. A mistaken belief, especially one based on an unsound argument, is called
9. Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
10. The grammar of one phrase is inverted in the following phrase, such that two key concepts from the original phrase reappear in the second phrase in inverted order.
11. Tools that writers and speakers use to enhance their persuasiveness
12. Which type of appeal would most likely employ facts?
13. What rhetorical device does King use in the phrase 'justice too long delayed is justice denied'?
14. "Let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California." This is what type of figurative language?
15. Rhetorical Devicea brief reference to a famous person or event ..... often from literature, mythology, history, or the Bible
16. Who the writer is speaking to
17. What is the primary purpose of using alliteration in a speech?
18. A strategy of credibility, authority, or "character." This strategy demonstrate the author's trustworthiness, expertise and honesty in order to persuade the audience to act.
19. Which rhetorical appeal is being used when a speaker gains the trust of their audience?
20. A person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast
21. Identify the rhetorical question in the following passage: "Who knows what the future holds? Who can predict the twists and turns of fate?"
22. A rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general and from this it draws a conclusion about something more specific.
23. What rhetorical element is being used in this statement?"Dog noses are wet to help absorb scent chemicals."
24. Popular view ..... Example:Changing which team is your favorite based on which team is winning/popular
25. What does parallelism achieve in writing?
26. A type of writing form that has repetition. It creates a feeling of balance and rhythm
27. These are the three rhetorical appeals.
28. In rhetorical analysis, what is the purpose of identifying the audience?
29. Asked to engage the audience without expecting a response ..... Example:when your teacher asks "Are you ten years old?!"
30. But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.
31. Watson asks, "Why has the word become such an uncomfortable one?" What rhetorical device is Emma Watson using at this moment of her speech?
32. "No law that we now have on the books ..... and I have helped to put three of them there ..... "
33. "Oh no, she's all there. Too much there is the problem." (ex from Driving Miss Daisy, an older woman's mental fitness)
34. Rhetorical Devicecomparison of two unlike things using like or as
35. "Daisy, Daisy, Daisy" she stated with anger.The above is an example of:
36. Arguments in which the speaker attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings ..... Example:If you want to keep your family safe, you need to buy this system ..... "
37. What effect does Kennedy's repetition of "pledge" have on the audience?
38. "Don't you surrender! Suffering breeds character; character breeds faith; in the end faith will not disappoint. You must not surrender ..... "
39. In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check ..... America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check that has come back marked "insufficient funds."
40. The appeal to the audiences logic and reasoning. Example: "The data clearly shows that this type of investment consistently turns a profit, even in the worst of economic downturns."
41. The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning.
42. A short, entertaining story
43. Words that are emotionally charged are known as
44. Combining two contradictory terms to create a new phrase or thought
45. True or False:I should not consider the text's argument elements as rhetorical choices because rhetorical analysis are different sections of the AP test.
46. "Lazy" is an example of what?
47. Using logic and reasoning to come to a conclusion or to argue to persuade.
48. When two strongly contrasting ideas, expressed using parallel structure, are placed side-by-side.
49. What rhetorical device is present:" ..... but also so that their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too-reclaim those parts of themselves they abandoned ..... "
50. What is one reason that Thomas Paine thinks the colonies stand a good chance against the British?
51. Select the rhetorical device that matches the quote:"We have been reduced to a state of cowardly helplessness."
52. Which rhetorical device appeals to the emotions of the audience?
53. MACDUFF:O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart cannot conceive nor name thee!
54. "Wednesday, I will send to Congress a law ..... the broad principles of that bill will be in the hands of the Democratic and Republican leaders tomorrow. After they have reviewed it, it will come here formally as a bill ..... "
55. Type of Appeal:The Center for Disease Control advises everyone to get a flu vaccination.
56. Are rhetorical devices and literary devices different?
57. The aspect of someone's character that is presented to or perceived by others.
58. The credibility or trustworthiness of the speaker or writer, often shown through qualifications and reliability or using celebrities.
59. The scientists and medical professionals recommend that we all wear masks during the pandemic.
60. Select the rhetorical device that matches the quote:"The solution to this problem is like road to recovery, and this road has a lot of obstacles."
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