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Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 5 (25 MCQs)

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1. Appealing to the emotions of the audience, often based on specific examples of suffering or potential threats.
2. When two or more words, phrases, or ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast or any other desired effect
3. How does the use of rhetorical questions enhance an argument?
4. I cried, "Why?! Why my life?"
5. "This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the 'unalienable Rights' of 'Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." '
6. A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization of idea
7. Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence: "Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country."
8. ..... irony is a contrast between what a reader or character expects and what actually exists or happens.
9. What is the rhetorical device that gives human qualities to non-human objects?
10. Claim-Evidence-Warrant
11. What is the purpose of using an analogy in rhetoric?
12. My grandfather excused himself from the room by saying, "I have to see a man about a horse." I grimaced because I knew exactly what that meant ..... he'd be in the bathroom for a long time.
13. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial justice to the solid rock of brotherhood.
14. Which rhetorical device appeals to credibility or ethics of the speaker?
15. Alters or intensifies meaning
16. "He was a real Romeo with the ladies."
17. Which of the following is NOT an instance where rhetoric can be used?
18. Which rhetorical device is used when a speaker addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing?
19. Which rhetorical device is used in the phrase 'I have a dream' repeated throughout the speech?
20. How does Dr. King justify breaking certain laws in 'Letter from Birmingham Jail'?
21. "We find ourselves rich in goods but ragged in spirit, reaching with magnificent precision for the moon but falling into raucous discord on earth. We are caught in war, wanting peace. We're torn by division, wanting unity." ..... Richard M. Nixon
22. "But if we do, I can tell you that in the next election, we'll be talking about some other distraction. And then another one. And then another one. And nothing will change." What type of persuasive rhetoric is being used?
23. A figure of speech that references a person, place, thing, or event. Each of these concepts can be real or imaginary, referring to anything from fiction to folklore to historical events and religious texts
24. People find it easier to remember things in ..... Therefore, when adjectives or phrases are arranged into lists of three, they are more memorable, they are emphasized, and therefore they're more persuasive.
25. Complete this sentence with parallelism:Last summer I learned to play tennis, to swim, and .....
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