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Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 48 (25 MCQs)

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1. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:She's older than dirt.
2. "Implied though not plainly expressed" is the definition of .....
3. The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of a successive phrases, clauses, or lines
4. Death crept in without a word and stole what was most dear to me
5. "Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not."
6. What is the term for a reference to a person, place, or event, especially from literature, history, or the Bible? These references can be direct or indirect.
7. Persuading by appealing to the audience's emotions-Ex. "Choose our security system because no price is too much to pay for peace of mind."
8. The use of words that sound like the noise they describe, such as buzz, crash, hiss, growl, thump, or swish.
9. An indirect or passing reference to an event, person, place, or artistic work
10. What Greek philosopher discussed the theorem that there are three means of persuasion in the 4th century BC?
11. Which rhetorical device is the video?
12. A brief story about something that happened to the speaker, usually something funny or interesting
13. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following statement:"Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country."
14. "our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, are constants in our character." Barack Obama, Inauguration AddressThis quote is an example of
15. Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'The silence was a heavy weight on my chest'?
16. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness ..... " excerpt from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. This is an example of ..... ?
17. Comparing two things or instances in time often based on their structure and used to explain a complex idea in simpler terms
18. Identify the term for the combination of contrasting words.
19. A text that persuades the reader to the writer's point of view
20. Deliberately de-emphasizing something in order to downplay its importance
21. "Time is a thief."
22. Adds emphasis; creates dramatic effect
23. Seven sea shells down by the sea shore is an example of .....
24. If multiple meanings of a word are used, or the meaning of a particular word or phrase is not clear it has:
25. States what a rhetor is trying to prove
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