Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 9 (25 MCQs)

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1. Comparison using "like" or "as." Example: "She was as quiet as a mouse."
2. Which of the following is a Hyperbole?
3. An appeal to emotions is an appeal to .....
4. Which rhetorical device refers to emotions or passion?
5. Which of the following rhetorical devices can be seen in the following excerpt: "We will rise from the golden hills of the west. We will rise from the windswept northeast ..... We will rise from the lake-rimmed cities."
6. Excerpt:"This tax is a burden on hard-working families."-UnknownWhat rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?
7. Identify the rhetorical device in the following sentence:'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.'
8. Casually referencing something that is well known
9. Which rhetorical device is used: "My client has been an upstanding member of society and has never been in trouble before this incident. This was a one-time incident, your honor."
10. If you want your audience to feel scared in order to encourage them to make change based on your argument, you should use .....
11. If an argument is coherent it
12. Which of the following is NOT an element of ethos?
13. Which symbol represents pathos?
14. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
15. She is worried because the more she sleeps, the more tired she feels in the morning instead of waking up well rested.
16. Repetition of the initial consonant sounds beginning several words in sequence
17. Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences?
18. A statement that says less than it means; often used for comedic effect. Example: "I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain."
19. Brutus:Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all freemen?
20. Brutus:Who is here so rude (uncivilized) that would not be a Roman? [ ..... ] Who is here so vile that will not love his country?
21. What is an example of personification in food advertising?
22. Which of the following is NOT an example of an onomatopoeia?
23. Compares things using "like" or "as"
24. Someone saying "What nice weather we are having" in the middle of a thunderstorm.
25. Which of the following is an example of pathos?