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Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 14 (25 MCQs)

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1. Using emotion to support a claim or opinion is
2. ..... is representing ideas as greater than is actually the case.
3. A reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.
4. To ask a question of an audience to engage them without having a response from the audience is called .....
5. ..... came up with the ideas of ethos, pathos and logos.
6. A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.
7. What appeal is Sojourner Truth using when she makes the following statement?"Look at me! Look at my arm. I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me. And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man ..... when I could get it ..... and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman?"
8. "It's like being a kid in a candy store" is an example of .....
9. "I came, I saw, I conquered." ..... Julius Caesar This quote's main rhetorical device in use is
10. What is the primary purpose of Dr. King's 'Letter from Birmingham Jail'?
11. Which of these is an ethical or moral argument?
12. What is the art of persuasion involving the strategic use of language and communication techniques to influence an audience?
13. The attitude of a writer toward a subject is called .....
14. The same word is repeated in immediate succession
15. Which of the following is a characteristic of a well-structured argument in rhetoric?
16. What is the purpose of using hyperbole in rhetoric?
17. Several parts of a sentence or several sentences expressed in similar grammatical form; "I came, I saw, I conquered."
18. An exaggeration used to prove a point is called .....
19. Writing using a repeated grammatical structure is called
20. Read this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence:Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. Which of these rhetorical devices is most clearly used here?
21. What is the appeal to ethics and credibility, establishing the speaker's authority and trustworthiness?
22. Particular point in a narrative in which the conflict or tension hits the highest point.
23. The first to write about rhetoric as an important way to persuade your audience
24. The writer's reason for creating a text is called:
25. Inductive reasoning is weaker than deductive reasoning because it:
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