Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 66 (25 MCQs)

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1. An advertisement that uses this will try to get you to see the company as reliable, honest and credible.
2. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech starts many paragraphs with the title of the speech. This is an example of which kind of repetition?
3. The substitution of mild or less negative word or phrase for a harsh or blunt one, as in the use of "pass away" instead of "die"
4. Two terms that are very closely related and both mean to compare 2 items for contrasting effect, are:
5. "When it is finally ours, this freedom, this liberty, this beautiful/and terrible thing ..... "
6. Did you watch the video?
7. What rhetorical device involves the repetition of a grammatical structure in a sentence?
8. What is a comparison using "like" or "as" ? An example is as follows: "She looked like a doll.""
9. Which rhetorical device involves the arrangement of two or more ideas for comparison or contrast?
10. Persuading by using logic and reasoning-Ex. "The data clearly shows that this type of investment yields the highest returns."
11. What is the definition of patriotism?
12. What effect does repetition have in a piece of writing or speech?
13. Brutus:With this I depart ..... that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself when it shall please my country to need my death.
14. Using humour to criticise public figures
15. Which literary device is characterized by the repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in close succession?
16. Separating by a class of things or placing ideas into categories following a clear principle or basis
17. What are rhetorical devices?
18. What is the term for a question that is asked for effect, not requiring an answer?
19. "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others."~ George Orwell, Animal Farm
20. Antony:Kind souls, what weep you when you but behold our Caesar's vesture wounded (clothing torn)? Look you here ..... here is himself, marred, as you see, with traitors. (Pulls cloak off Caesar's body)
21. Identify the rhetorical device in the following example:'This place is like a Garden of Eden.'
22. -repetition at the beginning of a line.
23. The following is an example of which rhetorical device?All's fair in love and war.
24. SPOT THE DEVICE:"My fellow citizens:I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors."
25. Antony:Bear with me, my heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause till it come back to me.