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Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 17 (30 MCQs)

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1. Which argument would use the following words to change a person's perspective of a topic:I have been a lawyer for 25 years and have won 95% of my cases in this matter.
2. Identify the device present in this example:Throughout the play we are made to witness the force of politics to shape and shatter lives.
3. Is oxymoron and antithesis the same thing?
4. You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes-Michael Jackson, "Thriller"
5. The repetition of consonant sounds in the middle of two or more words in proximity to one another.
6. Identify the rhetorical devices used in the following sentence: "For no government is better than the men who compose it, and I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best."-John F. Kennedy
7. A hyperbole is an exaggeration that is obvious and not supposed to be taken literally.
8. Which rhetorical device is being used when a word is used to stand for something else that it has attributes of or is associated with?
9. Which of the following is a "rhetorical question" ?(Meaning a question that doesn't need to be answered.)
10. ..... is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text.
11. Identify the rhetorical device in the sentence 'The wind whispered through the trees'.
12. The strength of an argument relies on the .....
13. Which rhetorical appeal is primarily concerned with the logical structure and evidence of an argument?
14. What is a 'fallacy'?
15. Drive a hard bargain
16. What is a technique that speakers/authors use to persuade their audience?
17. I stayed home from school today because I was sick as a dog
18. In the sentence 'The pen is mightier than the sword, ' which rhetorical device is being used?
19. A comparison to one situation to another situation ("I need my phone like fish needs WATER!")
20. "Yes, we're in pain now. We are in mourning and we are in shock."Is this juxtaposition?
21. Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.
22. A writer's words are his paintbrush.
23. Identify the simile
24. ..... means:a repeated grammatical pattern
25. A commercial for the new iPhone compares it to the previous model, showing all the ways in which the new one is better. Which rhetorical device is used?
26. If I try to explain something by associating it with something more familiar to you, I am making an
27. "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. "-William Shakespeare
28. "I have never done anything wrong ever in my entire life."~ Mona Lisa Saperstein
29. Boom Clap by Charlie XCXBoom clap / The sound of my heartthe beat goes / on and on and on and on and .....
30. When you mention something or someone well known from history, literature, politics, or pop culture (TV, Movies, YouTube, etc).
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