Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 11 (30 MCQs)

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1. Expressing different ideas using the same words or images in order to reinforce concepts and unify the speech.
2. All the experts agree that global warming is real.
3. Which appeal does Henry use with the imagery in this line: "Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?"
4. In this mode of persuasion, the author convinces us with facts and comparisons.
5. "Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo."
6. Citing health information is an example of .....
7. The repeated use of a word or phrase for an intentional effect.
8. A short personal story
9. A rhetorical device that involves the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences
10. In a persuasive speech, which appeal is primarily used when the speaker shares a personal story to connect with the audience emotionally?
11. This appeals to an audience's needs, values, and emotional sensibilities:
12. "There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem."
13. "Hope for SUNNY days, but prepare for STORMY ones, " is an example of which literary device?
14. Used as a means to control, to diminish, to frighten, and to establish a sense of self through eradicating that of another, Violence is carried out with whips, fists, words, gestures, and psychological terror. Reoccurring violence is considered an example of
15. SOAPSTone is an acronym that stands for .....
16. The following is an example of, "I don't like going to 8th period, that place is a zoo."
17. What is the term for a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?
18. What is the meaning of the allusion:Ask me anything, I'm like Google!
19. A form of understatement in which a sentiment is expressed ironically by negating its contrary.
20. "Prosperity already tests the persistence of our progressive purpose."
21. "We will not falter or fail. We will go on to the end. We will fight in France. We will fight on the seas and oceans."This is an example of .....
22. Which of the following is an example of parallelism?
23. Which of the following rhetorical terms refers to the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses?
24. What is the term for the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques?
25. Using emotion to support a claim or opinion is
26. ..... is representing ideas as greater than is actually the case.
27. A reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.
28. To ask a question of an audience to engage them without having a response from the audience is called .....
29. ..... came up with the ideas of ethos, pathos and logos.
30. A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.