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Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 11 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the term used to describe the author's attitude toward their material, the audience, or both?
2. "What's not to like?"
3. "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided" is which device?
4. How the author uses language and words to accomplish a goal
5. ..... is a special kind of contrast between appearance and reality-usually one in which reality is the opposite of what it seems.
6. What term matches the example?A poem uses the same grammatical structure in several lines to create a pattern
7. A strategy where an author organizes his/her description by placing two items close together or side by side in the text for comparison or contrast effect.
8. Something (especially a clue) that is intended to be misleading
9. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle peppers.
10. What do I have to do in the Visual Analysis-OPTIC/Rhetoric practice 3 assignment?
11. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: "We must not only plan for the future but also act in the present."
12. The overall feeling, or atmosphere, of a text often created by the author's use of imagery and word choice is called .....
13. A connection between two objects that shows them as the same.
14. Which of the following is an appeal to emotions?
15. Which of the following sentences best illustrates the concept of antithesis?
16. For emphasis to intentionally impact the reader, Octavia Butler uses "short sentences" such as "My left arm" that are actually
17. The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion attitude, or color.
18. What is the primary purpose of a rhetorical analysis essay?
19. Repeating of WORDS or PHRASES ..... Example:MLK, Jr. repeated "I have a dream."
20. An implied or direct reference to a common piece of knowledge between speaker and audience
21. He was brave. He was bold. He was selfless.
22. Statement that seems to contradict itself, but which, upon further examination, contains some kernel of truth or reason.
23. Can anyone look at the record of this Administration and say, "Well done" ? Can anyone compare the state of our economy when the Carter Administration took office with where we are today and say, "Keep up the good work" ?
24. Which rhetorical device provides logic or evidence to the speech?
25. What does the term 'occasion' refer to in writing?
26. Appeal to emotion
27. A literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts
28. A brief, interesting story used to make a point is called:
29. Which part of the sentence is an allusion:Something weird is going on ..... my spidey sense is tingling.
30. Faulty or mistaken logic is called
31. The repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses
32. The purpose of a text or speech is .....
33. Martin Luther King, Jr. appeals mainly to .....
34. Words or statements that are fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated
35. Paradoxes, hyperboles, and metaphors are smaller, isolated rhetorical choices that may fall under the umbrella of .....
36. Question asked just for effect or to put emphasis on a point when no real answer is expected
37. Looking at the speaker's moral character or personality
38. The art of persuasion is called
39. Deliberately expressing an idea as less important than it actually is, either for ironic emphasis or for politeness and tact.
40. In the opening paragraph of his letter, King says that he rarely pauses to answer criticisms, but he is replying to the clergymen because
41. -Repetition of the same word in a sentence-Repetition of parts of a sentence-Repetition of repeating clauses
42. An appeal using one's reputation or credibility
43. Rhetorical ..... are techniques that writers use to enhance arguments and convey ideas.
44. A diagram that illustrates the relationships among speaker, audience and subject.
45. What is the term for the context in which communication takes place, including the speaker, audience, and purpose?
46. Which means everything you do-playing games, surfing the web, enjoying photos and videos-becomes more personal, immediate, and immersive ..... This is an example of what?
47. When FDR says in his speech, "we must become like a trained and loyal army" which rhetorical device is being used?
48. Repeats a word or phrase in successive phrases- "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh?" (Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare)
49. Asking something with an obvious or known answer intended to make a point or to guide the audience
50. Which kind of rhetoric would try to use a professor or a writer to convince a group of people?
51. The following is an example of, " "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation"
52. In literature, what is the purpose of using a rhetorical question?
53. Reasoning that is evidence-driven to reach a tentative theory.
54. Using the same structure (in a list or series in a sentence) ..... Ex:We are going to learn to cook, to sew, and to clean.
55. The repetition of words or phrases for emphasis or effect.
56. She dances like a chicken on hot coals.
57. King compares himself to early Christian prophets because they
58. Why was King in Birmingham?
59. What rhetorical device is another word for metaphors, similes, and personification?
60. This rhetorical appeal uses emotion
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