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Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 17 (60 MCQs)

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1. An allusion is a reference to a well-known .....
2. A commercial that focuses on a product's value for a low cost is relying on
3. Which literary device involves the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses?
4. The following is an example of what?How a Doctor Diagnoses Diseases are Like How a Detective Investigates Crimes
5. This method of persuasion requires a credible authority to convince the audience. (a)
6. Sock:Foot as Gloves:Hand, is an example of .....
7. "It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballot; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land." Which of the following is NOT an allusion from this section?
8. Use of the words such as "liberty, freedom, and nation" are examples of which rhetorical device?
9. "The next time you text & drive:picture your parents having to identify your body in the morgue."This is an example of .....
10. The art of using words to persuade in writing or speaking
11. A horse is a horse, of course, of course. And no one can talk to a horse of course. That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed
12. What is the main goal of using rhetorical devices in language?
13. I'm not insulting you. I'm just describing you.
14. The references made to James Madison, when California joins the U.S.A. and to Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, etc. are examples of
15. Questions that don't require an actual answer that encourage the listener to reflect on what the implied answer to the question must be.
16. The appeal to the emotions of an audience by creating an emotional response and connection to the argument made by the speaker.
17. Alliteration Definition:
18. The use of multiple times of the same word or phrase to emphasize key concepts.
19. An argument that begins with the support and ends with the thesis or generalization is called
20. Rhetorical Appealpersuading by appealing to the audience's emotion (emotional)
21. Which of the following sentences uses parallelism properly?
22. This is Greek for "time" .....
23. "You'll make the right decision because you have something that not many people do:you have heart" is an example of which rhetorical appeal?
24. According to Martin Luther King, Jr., why couldn't white Americans truly empathize with the demonstrators?
25. The following sentence is an example of which rhetorical device?We stand indicted in the public opinion, rejected by men, hated by many.
26. Which rhetorical device is evident in the phrase 'Let freedom ring'?
27. Writing, "I'm done. I'm done. I'M DONE!" consecutively is an example of .....
28. An extended metaphor or analogy of two strikingly different things
29. An ..... is a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is.
30. What is the purpose of using parallelism in rhetoric?
31. Means:repetition of one or more words at the END of successive phrases or clauses
32. Food at KFC tastes better than food at McDonalds!What type of persuasive rhetoric is this?
33. A figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa (The word "suits" refers to businessmen)
34. Define the roots:Frag/Fract
35. "The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft buried with their bones." What does this quote mean?
36. Which of the three appeals is present in the following: "I cannot believe how much love people have shown me. I have received thousands of good wish cards and gifts from all over the world. Thank you to all of them. Thank you to the children whose innocent words encouraged me. Thank you to my elders whose prayers strengthened me."
37. Compares two things by stating one is the other-The eyes are the windows of the soul.
38. A commercial that attempts to pull at your heart-strings to persuade you to buy their product is an example of which rhetorical appeal?
39. Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure; a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences.
40. "SO IT WAS at Lexington and Concord. SO IT WAS a century ago at Appomattox. SO IT WAS last week in Selma, Alabama."
41. They are the means to persuade the audience through logic (logos), emotion (pathos), and ethics (credibility).
42. Which rhetoric device is being used here?"They stand with pride, covered by fear, rejected by the hearts of men."
43. What is the key characteristic of a metaphor?
44. The average life expectancy for Americans is 78 years old.
45. JFK: "Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us."
46. Which rhetorical device uses the same grammatical structure to create rhythm in the writing?
47. "My feet are killing me."
48. People who exercise regularly are 40% happier than those who do not. Therefore, everyone should exercise regularly!
49. What rhetorical device is present: "So I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for."
50. Figurative language where things are compared without using "like" or "as."
51. Deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs
52. What type of rhetoric or figurative language is featured in this excerpt from Winston Churchill's speech during WWII?"We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be ..... "
53. Which word means "a pattern of repetition, usually at the beginning of a sentence, used to emphasize structure?"
54. Character descriptions that show just how opposite the characters are is a type of juxtaposition known as
55. What, do you think I was born yesterday?The above is an example of:
56. "The trees grasped the poor flying leaf with its claws" is an example of .....
57. The speaker of a work is .....
58. In 'Letter from Birmingham Jail, ' Dr. King makes a distinction between just and unjust laws. Which of the following best describes an unjust law according to Dr. King?
59. Which rhetorical device provides emotionally charged language?
60. A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. Regardless of whether or not the work aims to reform human behavior, satire is best seen as a style of writing rather than a purpose for writing.
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