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Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 16 (60 MCQs)

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1. The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues "A stinging satire on American politics"
2. Identify the tone in the following passage: "The sun rose gently, bathing the world in a soft, golden light, promising a day full of hope and joy."
3. A stylistic device that can be defined as the repetition of phrases or words at the end of the clauses or sentences.
4. In grammar, parallelism, also known as parallel structure or parallel construction, is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure. The application of parallelism affects readability and may make texts easier to process.
5. Which of the following is an appeal to credibility or ethics?
6. Audience appeals are
7. What does the word "ALLUSION" mean?
8. A way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response to an impassioned plea or a convincing story.
9. Ethos tries to appeal to someone's .....
10. In the context of rhetoric, what does 'kairos' refer to?
11. What will the timing be like on AP exam day?
12. One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences.
13. What literary device involves making a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?
14. How do you define logos?
15. According to Kennedy, where do the rights of human beings come from?
16. I went walking with my friends to the pond to do some swimming. What rhetoric is being used here?
17. The act of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
18. Rhetorical Device retpetiotion at the end of a line to emphasize a particular idea
19. Question not asked for information but for the effect (not to be confused with HYPOPHORA)
20. If someone says, "Your phone is to you what a map is to a hiker, " what rhetorical device are they using?
21. The subject matter of Buck O'Neil's speech is .....
22. An anecdote is primarily used in literature to:
23. How would they feel under such conditions? Being confined to a cold, cramped house. Having no freedom beyond the parlor and the kitchen. Watching others taste the sweet opportunities and savory powers that come with social and political choice. Suffering as others make decisions for you that rather harm than help.
24. It is what the writer hopes to accomplish or happen as a result of the writing.
25. Who was the intended audience?
26. What is one way to appeal to pathos?
27. A short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
28. An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. "the movie is a ..... of the horror genre"
29. An appeal used to convince someone by creating an emotional response
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31. When someone makes a literary, pop culture, musical, or other reference in a text/saying, it is called a(n) .....
32. In his opening statement, King says he rarely answers criticisms, but he replies to this because
33. Who is responsible for conveying the intended message effectively to the audience?
34. Which type of appeal may use children and animals to encourage a response?
35. What is the purpose of Jargon?
36. The circumstances (like time, place, and occasion) that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea in a way that it can be fully understood and assessed.
37. We are going to have to let you go .....
38. Questions that are intended to have obvious answers, asked for effect
39. Which is the appeal of ethics, especially, the credibility, authority, and trustworthiness of the speaker?
40. Read the source of the allusion.In Roman mythology, Cupid is the god of love. He often shoots arrows at people to make them love each other.What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?I know I'm playing Cupid, but I think Bob and my cousin should spend more time together.
41. Using language effectively to argue or persuade
42. True or False:The following is an example of a sentence with parallelism "The shape of the rock, and how big it was, and its color reminded me of a small elephant.
43. What example of figurative language is represented in the quote below? "Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble softThe redbreast whistles from a garden-croft, And gathering swallows twitter in the skies." - "To Autumn, " John Keats
44. What is repetition in rhetoric?
45. "Artificial Light increases on average of 6% each year." This is an example of .....
46. This is a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.
47. ..... is used to create imagery and express ideas non-literally.
48. An appeal to emotions is .....
49. Rhetorical Devicea type of metaphor in which objects are given human-like qualities
50. MLK's "I Have a Dream" ..... Which metaphor illustrates the broken promises to "her citizens of color"
51. An appeal to an audience that uses logic, reasoning, evidence, and facts to support an argument ..... appeals to the more rational side of the audience's minds and provides support for the subject matter.
52. Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance using the same grammatical form.
53. It is the element of rhetorical situation which includes the historical background, time, place, and occasion.
54. Giving human qualities to non-living things
55. The noun or pronoun of a following pronoun refers back to is a
56. Which of these is one of the ways to earn the coveted sophistication point?
57. An appeal using emotion
58. Figurative language where the author exaggerates to prove a point.
59. Word order. The structure of how words are put together.
60. In what situation does a writer use appeal to authority?
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