Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 49 (30 MCQs)

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1. The author's word choice/style of expression to communicate a message.
2. "I have crossed a vast sea of tumultuous teenagers to find you" Is an example of a .....
3. What is the term for a rhetorical device that uses a question to make a point rather than to solicit an answer?
4. "We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight n France. We shall fight on the seas and oceans." This is an example of .....
5. An appeal to trust and ethics is an appeal to .....
6. The following is an example of which rhetorical device? The pen is mightier than the sword.
7. The wind whispered, "hello." Is
8. Relies on words with strongly positive or negative association
9. Logos is based on
10. The following is an example of what kind of rhetorical device?I was so embarrassed, I almost died right there in front of everyone!
11. Evaluate the emotional impact of the quote 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.'
12. Conjunctions are omitted, producing a fast-paced and rapid prose
13. A brief reference to a person, event, object, time period, literary work, etc. (example:Don't be such a Scrooge! The good Samaritan appeared on the scene. His smile is like kryptonite to me.)
14. Attacking a person or group in order to discredit an idea with which the person or group is associated; distracts the reader from the real issue.
15. What is a terse statement which expresses a general truth or moral principle?
16. Identify the term for the omission of conjunctions in a list.
17. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!
18. Diction is
19. Name the rhetorical device: "We've seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, the saying of prayers ..... in English, Hebrew, and Arabic." -George Bush, Address to the Nation on Terrorism
20. An indirect reference to something (usually a literary text, although it can be other things commonly known, such as plays, songs, historical events) with which the reader is supposed to be familiar.
21. "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players" (William Shakespeare, As You Like It).
22. A characteristic spirit of a given culture, era, or community or its beliefs; is a label used to identify an appeal to the moral principles of a culture or individual
23. Which rhetorical appeal is considered the most reliable in argumentation?
24. Use of a concrete object to represent an abstract quality or idea.
25. An ethical appeal to establish credibility and trust.
26. Giving human elements to non-human things
27. A device used to create contrast by placing two parallel but opposite ideas in a sentence
28. "Go into the collar counties around Chicago, and people will tell you they don't want their tax money wasted, by a welfare agency or by the Pentagon. Go in ..... Go into any inner city neighborhood, and folks will tell you that government alone can't teach our kids to learn;" The blue text:
29. Wear Nikes. People will notice, people will talk, because people want them.
30. How does the speaker's tone affect the overall message of a speech?