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Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 53 (30 MCQs)

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1. What is a brief reference to a famous person or event-often from literature, history, Greek mythology, or the Bible? Can help to simplify complex ideas. Example: "He was a real Romeo with the ladies."
2. The definition of a RHETORICAL QUESTION is .....
3. Which rhetorical appeal aims to evoke emotions in the audience?
4. When a writer uses STRONG emotional words to influence or change a point of view
5. The following is an example of what kind of rhetorical device?"Strong in the force, you are." Yoda, Star Wars
6. Persuading by using logic and reasoning.
7. Similar words, phrases, or clauses to show that ideas have the same level of importance:
8. The Declaration of Independence appeals to "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God" as an example of:
9. "The dark, dank dungeon was where the dastardly dragon doomed us all. "Is this alliteration?
10. Rhetorical appeal used to appeal to an audience's sense of logical reasoning
11. What is the primary purpose of a conclusion paragraph in an essay?
12. Name the rhetorical device."Don't you ever talk about my friends! You don't know any of my friends. You don't look at any of my friends. And you certainly wouldn't condescend to speak to any of my friends."
13. Which rhetorical device is used in the phrase:'The thunder roared angrily in the night'?
14. Which rhetorical device is used in the example:'The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky'?
15. Rhetorical technique that gives objects human qualities.The sun smiled happily down on us.The clouds cried drops of rain.
16. Repetition of consonant sounds.
17. What is the term for a figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, or vice versa?
18. A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth."
19. What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
20. In addition to anaphora and parallelism, the following sentence uses which of the following rhetorical devices: "Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed."
21. ..... a struggle against the common enemies of man:tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself."
22. Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence from Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Moon Landing Speech:'That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.'?
23. Which literary device involves the use of exaggeration for emphasis or effect?
24. Which of the following is the dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word?
25. Rhetorical Devices use words in a certain way to convey meaning or to persuade.
26. The following statement is an example of:"I saw a basketball player sneeze, so all basketball players have allergies."
27. Jumbo shrimp is an example of which rhetorical device?
28. Which rhetorical device uses facts, reasoning, and evidence to support a claim or argument?
29. Which is an example of an ALLUSION?
30. Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence from Jesse Jackson's 1984 DNC Address:'If, in my high moments, I have done some good, offered some service, shed some light, healed some wounds, rekindled some hope, or stirred someone from apathy and indifference, or in any way along the way helped somebody, then this campaign has not been in vain.'?
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