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Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 12 (30 MCQs)

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1. What appeal is Sojourner Truth using when she makes the following statement?"Look at me! Look at my arm. I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me. And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man ..... when I could get it ..... and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman?"
2. "It's like being a kid in a candy store" is an example of .....
3. "I came, I saw, I conquered." ..... Julius Caesar This quote's main rhetorical device in use is
4. What is the primary purpose of Dr. King's 'Letter from Birmingham Jail'?
5. Which of these is an ethical or moral argument?
6. What is the art of persuasion involving the strategic use of language and communication techniques to influence an audience?
7. The attitude of a writer toward a subject is called .....
8. The same word is repeated in immediate succession
9. Which of the following is a characteristic of a well-structured argument in rhetoric?
10. What is the purpose of using hyperbole in rhetoric?
11. Several parts of a sentence or several sentences expressed in similar grammatical form; "I came, I saw, I conquered."
12. An exaggeration used to prove a point is called .....
13. Writing using a repeated grammatical structure is called
14. Read this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence:Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. Which of these rhetorical devices is most clearly used here?
15. What is the appeal to ethics and credibility, establishing the speaker's authority and trustworthiness?
16. Particular point in a narrative in which the conflict or tension hits the highest point.
17. The first to write about rhetoric as an important way to persuade your audience
18. The writer's reason for creating a text is called:
19. Inductive reasoning is weaker than deductive reasoning because it:
20. Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences?
21. The Focus of an argument .....
22. Rhetorical Analysis Lesson
23. When the speaker presents limited choices as the only choices when in fact additional choices do exist.
24. Define the author's purpose
25. It was so crowded that there must have been a million people at the restaurant!
26. MLK's "I Have a Dream" ..... How has America given her citizens of color "a bad check" that has been returned "marked insufficient funds" ?
27. The creator of a message; the producer of an argument; the composer of a written or spoken text.
28. This is a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
29. ..... is a literary device wherein the author places a person, concept, place, idea or theme parallel to another. The purpose of this technique is to highlight the contrast between two entities and compare them.
30. Linking devices that hold a text together ..... they give a universal meaning to a story.
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