Rhetorical Appeals Quiz 15 (30 MCQs)

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1. Which rhetorical appeal should be used to convince your parents or guardians that you should be allowed to have a pet cheetah?
2. Match the technique to the appropriate appeal:appeal to trustworthiness
3. Why does qualifying your arguments often help you build trust with your audience?
4. How can artifacts influence the identity of a community?
5. Which rhetorical appeal is most associated with logical reasoning and evidence?
6. ..... is a short story about an interesting or funny event or occurrence.
7. Which rhetorical appeal can be strengthened by the speaker's tone of voice, body language, and overall demeanor during a speech?
8. Which rhetorical appeal is being used in the statement 'Model Cindy Crawford agrees that this is the only wrinkle cream a woman needs.'?
9. An advertisement claims that 9 out of 10 dentists recommend a specific toothpaste. This is an example of which persuasive technique?
10. This is prejudice towards one side or preference to interpret facts in a certain way. (Se trata de prejuicio hacia un lado o preferencia por interpretar los hechos de cierta manera.)
11. Which rhetorical appeal is primarily used in the following text?"The data is perfectly clear:this investment has consistently turned a profit year-over-year, even in spite of market declines in other areas."
12. "Canada currently has the lowest police to population ratio (185 officers/100, 000 population) of any ..... G7 country" (Stamatakis, 2020, para. 4).
13. What is the main focus of the rhetorical appeal "logos" ?
14. An author writes a persuasive essay on the importance of education reform, using statistics about literacy rates and dropout rates. This strategy primarily utilizes:
15. What rhetorical appeal uses logic and reason?
16. In the following excerpt which Rhetorical Appeal is being used?"They've worked against everything we've worked so hard to build, and they don't care who gets hurt in the process. Make no mistake, they're the enemy, and they won't stop until we're all destroyed." answer choices
17. An advertisement that uses this will try to make you feel a certain way ..... usually prideful, happy, or sad.
18. An appeal to ethics, experts, and endorsements is also called .....
19. Ethos definition
20. Identify the appeal:'Imagine the joy of a child receiving a gift.'
21. Which rhetorical appeal is most likely being used when a speaker references their own experience or expertise?
22. The dog barks every time someone knocks on the front door. When the delivery person comes to the door today, I will hear the dog bark.
23. What is a common effect of using pathos in writing?
24. In the sentence "Studies show that students who read regularly perform better in school, " which rhetorical appeal is being used?
25. An advertisement claims that 9 out of 10 dentists recommend a specific toothpaste. This is an example of which rhetorical appeal?
26. A commercial shows a happy family using a product to evoke feelings of joy and happiness. Which rhetorical appeal is being used?
27. Which appeal does the follow quote MOST represent?"That determination of ours, extending over all these years, was proved, for example, during the quarter century of wars following the French Revolution."
28. "Nearly 25% of all car accidents are caused by drivers using cell phones while driving" is an example of which mode of persuasion?
29. "By donating only fifty cents a day, you can help give a child clean drinking water" is an example of .....
30. The appeal to logic and reason is also called .....