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Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 14 (60 MCQs)

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1. Explain the use of charged language in the following sentence: "The brutal and inhumane treatment of animals in factory farms must be stopped."
2. Kennedy supports the United Nations.
3. MLK's "I Have a Dream" ..... Which line is repeated throughout the speech?
4. Rhetorical analysis is the examination of .....
5. Definition of term:contrasting opposing ideas or terms to emphasize a point
6. MLK's "I Have a Dream" ..... "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" (104-107).Based on this statement, how does King feel about the future of America?
7. Rhetorical appeal concerned with how to reach an audience emotionally
8. You ain't nothin' but a hound dog / Quit snoopin' 'round my door-Elvis Presley
9. Attempt by the speaker to convince the public that his/her views reflect those of the common people and that they are also working for the benefit of the common person.
10. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?"We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as .....
11. What is the primary purpose of rhetoric?
12. Appealing to the audience's emotions to persuade them.
13. Which rhetorical device is used?The story told of a pauper, a person without wealth, who had big dreams.
14. Referencing a famous person, event, or thing to explain something else.
15. Rhetorical Devicethe combination of two words of opposite meaning for dramatic, comedic, or provocative effect
16. Which answer accurately lists the structure of a rhetorical analysis body paragraph?
17. Ethos is the way a writer or speaker
18. How does King's letter exemplify the use of kairos?
19. When a year is the best AND the worst in your life, it can be labeled
20. An appeal to the ethics and credibility of a speaker or source is called
21. "You are easy on the eyes, but hard on the heart" is an example of:
22. Which of the following best defines the term rhetorical device?
23. Deafening silence
24. The appeal based on the character, credibility, or reliability of the writer:
25. A Rhetorical Device is the use of language that is meant to have .....
26. The three rhetorical appeals are .....
27. To convince based on the authority of the speaker or expert sources
28. Rhetorical Devicewhen someone says something that says less than what they actually mean (they are downplaying)
29. The emotional appeal in rhetoric is known as:
30. Which rhetorical appeal is primarily concerned with the credibility or ethical character of the speaker?
31. Sentences such as "Nonpeople rented for a few hours, a few days, a few weeks" (53) are examples of
32. A thesis statement that does not list all the points the writer intends to cover
33. Word choice that sets the mood is called .....
34. "that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
35. Changing "the boy looked at the girl" to "the boy's longing gaze at the girl was not reciprocated" is an example of .....
36. This is the study of persuasive language
37. "The shackles of injustice" is an example of which rhetorical device?
38. " ..... our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating:'For Whites Only." '
39. What is it called in a rhetorical situation when you acknowledge your opponent's argument, and refute it before they can speak
40. What rhetorical devices are used in "I Have a Dream" speech?
41. "I have a dream that my four little children will [ ..... ] I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia [ ..... ] I have a dream today!"What type of persuasive rhetoric is this?
42. What example of figurative language is represented in the quote below? "Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared todream before" - "The Raven, " Edgar Allan Poe
43. The speech contains information, examples, statistics, etc.
44. How does Martin Luther King Jr. use the rhetorical appeal of pathos in his letter?
45. "He accepted the book, looked at it as though it were his enemy" (88) is an example of
46. "But it is not in despair that I paint you that picture. I paint it for you in hope ..... because the nation, seeing and understanding the injustice in it, proposes to paint it out."
47. When a speaker uses a repetitive structure of words or phrases within a sentence or a group of sentences. By making each compared item or idea in a sentence follow the same grammatical pattern, a parallel construction is created.
48. A form of parallelism that emphasizes opposites
49. A word or combination of words that are meant to make the reader feel a strong emotion
50. A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. They can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical.
51. In rhetoric, what is the term for an appeal to the audience's emotions?
52. Which word means "giving something human-like characteristics?"
53. The art of persuasion/ manipulation is also known as
54. A type of figurative language in which two unlike things are compared using like, as, than, or resembles.
55. A figure of reasoning in which one or more questions is/are asked and then answered, often at length, by one and the same speaker; raising and responding to one's own question(s). A common usage is to ask the question at the beginning of a paragraph and then use the paragraph to answer it.
56. In war the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor.
57. What device involves saying one thing but meaning the opposite?
58. An appeal to logic is .....
59. Which types of evidence are NOT CONSIDERED second-hand?
60. Rhetorical appeals are also known as
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