Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 53 (25 MCQs)

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1. Complete the analogy.Pencil:write::knife: .....
2. Kobe Bryant is pictured next to Vitamin Water. The caption says, "3 championships and counting ..... 1, 845 bottles of vitamin water and chugging ..... 1 MVP award and long overdue. Try Vitamin Water, it works for Kobe."
3. Which of the following is an example of Circular Reasoning (repeating the same information)?
4. What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? is an example of
5. Which rhetorical device involves the use of exaggeration for emphasis or effect?
6. The repetition of first letters (or sounds) in words that come together in a phrase or sentence.
7. Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words that do not rhyme?
8. Which literary device involves the repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words in a phrase?
9. SPOT THE DEVICE: "We won't win this war without more boots on the ground"
10. A type of metonymy when a whole is represented by naming one of its parts. "Nice set of wheels!" Wheels = Car
11. Which word is the antecedent in the following sentence:Bill said he felt sick.
12. Which of the following is NOT an example of figurative language mentioned in the text?
13. What is a repeated word or phrase used for emphasis? There are two common types:anaphora and epistrophe.
14. What Rhetorical Appeal is used here?According to a study by CNN, 28% of teenagers report that they could manage without a TV.
15. Addressing a person/entity not present
16. Extended comparison of similar things
17. "Elderly American ladies leaning on their canes listed toward me like towers of Pisa." -Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
18. Figurative
19. Logos uses ..... to appeal to the reader/viewer
20. An appeal to emotions.
21. "But why watch me die like Eliza on the ice?" ~ Stephen Sondheim, "Not Getting Married Today"or"Chocolate is my Kryptonite"
22. Which rhetorical appeal appeals to emotions and feelings?
23. The appeal to credibility or ethics is also called
24. A question used for effect rather than response (ex:Sure! Why not?)
25. Several parts of a sentence or several sentences expressed in similar grammatical form to show that the ideas are equal in importance.