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Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 5 (60 MCQs)

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1. Using repetition an example of .....
2. What rhetorical strategy involves distorting data to make a point seem more valid than it is?
3. What is the effect of using an anecdote as a rhetorical strategy?
4. Charged words are
5. Shocking statements are an example of .....
6. The art of using language to persuade someone
7. How can an author effectively use pathos in their writing?
8. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a central idea?
9. As a professional restaurant critic for over twenty years, I've eaten many meals, but I can assure you:the new restaurant is the best in the city.
10. True or false:Diction can shape the tone of a written work.
11. What is the effect of an author's use of rhetorical questions in a persuasive text?
12. A figure of speech and literary device that creates heightened effect through deliberate exaggeration.
13. This president said "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself, " allayed the panic of a people gripped by the Depression.
14. Example: "According to the National Institute of Mental Health, around 1 in 5 adults living in the U.S. will experience mental illness in their lifetime."
15. Plan a strategy to determine the author's purpose in a text with effective rhetoric.
16. Ensure the following sentence follows the rules of parallelism:Last summer I learned to play tennis, to swim, and .....
17. What does it mean for a speaker to appeal to the feelings of the audience?
18. Which rhetorical strategy involves the repetition of grammatical structure?
19. Join me in my cause, because people love and trust me like they loved Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Civil Rights movement. This is an example of
20. The combination of reasons and evidence an author uses to convince his/her audience
21. Using cause/effect relationships is an example of .....
22. Which of the following best analyzes the effectiveness of using pathos in a speech about animal rights?
23. Describes the perceived distance between the rhetor (speaker/writer) and the audience
24. This persuasive technique involves selecting powerful connotations of words or phrases to help our argument.
25. Figurative language where non-humans are given human characteristics
26. Shows the differences and/or similarities between two or more things
27. All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players
28. What role does the author's tone play in the persuasiveness of a text?
29. An avant-garde approach in advertising involves:
30. What is another way to say persuasive techniques?
31. We know that all men are mortal. Since John is a man, John is mortal.
32. Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the use of pathos in a persuasive essay?
33. Which of the following phrases is most likely associated with snob appeal in advertising?
34. When a speaker helps the audience feel as if he or she "gets" their point of view, they are .....
35. What rhetorical strategy is employed when fear or anxiety is used to persuade an audience?
36. What is a joke that is a play on words (different possible meanings of words or words that sound the same but have different meanings)?Examples:She had a photographic memory but never developed it. I was struggling to figure out how lightning works, but then it struck me.
37. "If you don't switch to Direct TV, you'll stay in bed, then lose your job, then get body slammed by a lowland gorilla."
38. The rhetorical strategy of emphasizing the negative attributes of a competitor to make the advertised product look better is known as:
39. ..... identifies that class to which a specific term belongs and those characteristics which make it different from all other items in that class.
40. A writer is addressing a group of scientists and uses technical terms throughout the article. How does this word choice affect the formality and audience of the text?
41. Gives examples to explain a difficult concept or get an idea across
42. The use of catchy phrases or jingles in an advertisement is an example of which rhetorical strategy?
43. What is the significance of the author's use of logos in a persuasive text?
44. Using compare and contrast is an example of .....
45. Which rhetorical strategy involves giving an animal, abstraction, or inanimate object human attributes?
46. You're my kryptonite.
47. He isn't the sharpest tool in the shed.
48. Shared values, customs, and stories we tell each other.
49. An appeal based on logic or reason
50. A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt. (Replacing a harsh word with a softer word)
51. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."-George Orwell
52. Repeating the same word or phrase in the same paragraph
53. Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.
54. Using ideological assumptions to hypothesize motivations or actions.
55. Which of the following best describes a testimonial in advertising?
56. When Aristotle says, "All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal, '' he is using .....
57. Which strategy involves persuading the audience to follow the example of a famous person or expert in a particular field?
58. What are the examples? "Drivers in Saipan are not careful enough. I once saw a woman eating a hotdog while driving, as well as a man using his phone while going 60 miles per hour."
59. Groups are more immoral than individuals. For example, when an individual segregationist learns that their beliefs are wrong, they might change their ways. However, if they are in a big group of segregationists, they are more likely to listen to each other than another person telling them they are wrong.
60. A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
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