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Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 35 (25 MCQs)

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1. The emotional appeal in rhetoric is known as:
2. Which rhetorical appeal is primarily concerned with the credibility or ethical character of the speaker?
3. Sentences such as "Nonpeople rented for a few hours, a few days, a few weeks" (53) are examples of
4. A thesis statement that does not list all the points the writer intends to cover
5. Word choice that sets the mood is called .....
6. "that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
7. Changing "the boy looked at the girl" to "the boy's longing gaze at the girl was not reciprocated" is an example of .....
8. An appeal to emotions is called
9. This is the study of persuasive language
10. "The shackles of injustice" is an example of which rhetorical device?
11. " ..... our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating:'For Whites Only." '
12. What is it called in a rhetorical situation when you acknowledge your opponent's argument, and refute it before they can speak
13. What rhetorical devices are used in "I Have a Dream" speech?
14. "I have a dream that my four little children will [ ..... ] I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia [ ..... ] I have a dream today!"What type of persuasive rhetoric is this?
15. What example of figurative language is represented in the quote below? "Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared todream before" - "The Raven, " Edgar Allan Poe
16. The speech contains information, examples, statistics, etc.
17. How does Martin Luther King Jr. use the rhetorical appeal of pathos in his letter?
18. "He accepted the book, looked at it as though it were his enemy" (88) is an example of
19. A comparison between two things using like or as.
20. "But it is not in despair that I paint you that picture. I paint it for you in hope ..... because the nation, seeing and understanding the injustice in it, proposes to paint it out."
21. When a speaker uses a repetitive structure of words or phrases within a sentence or a group of sentences. By making each compared item or idea in a sentence follow the same grammatical pattern, a parallel construction is created.
22. A form of parallelism that emphasizes opposites
23. A word or combination of words that are meant to make the reader feel a strong emotion
24. A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. They can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical.
25. In rhetoric, what is the term for an appeal to the audience's emotions?
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