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Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 8 (30 MCQs)

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1. "O, happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die." ..... Juliet from Romeo and Juliet talking to the dagger
2. A boss is yelling at his staff member for a major mistake. He says "Do you want to get fired?"
3. Giving human characteristics to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions
4. Which rhetorical device uses a comparison to something very different to help someone understand a larger idea?
5. Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive lines, clauses or sentences, thereby lending them emphasis.
6. Key strategies that are used to appeal and persuade an audience. These appeals are also important devices to understand when constructing or deconstructing an argument.
7. "Withdrawal of U.S. troops will become like salted peanuts to the American public; the more U.S. troops come home, the more will be demanded." ..... Henry Kissinger
8. A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect to make a point
9. Which of the following refers to a writer's attempt to persuade the audience through their emotions?
10. Something that makes plain or clear; anything presented to support an assertion
11. "Like the Nazis, ante bellum whites had known quite a bit more than I ever wanted to learn" (117). This sentence contains
12. Which of the following types of figurative language is represented in the example below? A text incorporates sound reasoning supported by the citation of relevant statistics in order to attract monetary support for legislation proposed to protect endangered species.
13. ..... government of the people, by the people, for the people .....
14. What example of figurative language is represented in the quote below? "Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that so musically wellsFrom the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells-From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells." - "The Bells, " Edgar Allan Poe
15. Which persuasive technique does Martin Luther King Jr. employ when he discusses the injustices faced by African Americans?
16. The snow is like a blanket of white.
17. What does Kennedy mean when he states we must "convert good words ..... into good deeds" for South America?
18. What is the term used to describe the process of addressing mass audiences as though they were individuals through inclusive language usage?
19. "He refuses to donate any money to the charity. He is a scrooge."The sentence above is an example of which rhetorical device.
20. For with a country as with a person, "What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"
21. An appeal to reason and facts
22. The repetition of a word or words in successive clauses in such a way that the second clause starts with the same word which marks the end of the previous clause."When I give, I give myself."
23. A question posed for effect, not requiring an answer. Example: "How long shall we look the other way while our fellow human beings suffer?" (Michael Harrington, The Other America:Poverty in the United States)
24. Only presenting information that is positive to an idea or proposal and leaving out information opposing it
25. Which of the following is an example of repetition for emphasis in a speech?
26. This is the process of defining a concept by explaining what it is not.
27. The speech appeals to the audience's emotions
28. Which of the following is an example of ethos in rhetoric?
29. Red Jacket is careful to be complimentary to his audience. Why?
30. Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.
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