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Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 9 (25 MCQs)

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1. "Immediately following the first attack, I implemented our government's emergency response plans."
2. A polite or mild word or expression used to refer to something embarrassing, taboo, or unpleasant.
3. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas usually in parallel structure
4. Identify the rhetorical device used in Lincoln's words: "But in a larger sense, we can not dedicate ..... we can not consecrate ..... we can not hallow ..... this ground."
5. The emotional weight or associations that a word carries beyond its dictionary definition is called:
6. A metaphor where something being compared is referred to by something closely associated with it- "coke" or "soda" for a soft drink.
7. We refer to the three modes of persuasion as .....
8. An appeal to basic logic or reason; progression of ideas
9. Houses near the coast should be built at least ten feet above sea level because statistics show that waters rise to these heights at least once every twenty years.
10. Errors in reasoning; trying to persuade others using untrue statements
11. Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, and lines
12. "O, happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die." ..... Juliet from Romeo and Juliet talking to the dagger
13. A boss is yelling at his staff member for a major mistake. He says "Do you want to get fired?"
14. Giving human characteristics to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions
15. Which rhetorical device uses a comparison to something very different to help someone understand a larger idea?
16. Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive lines, clauses or sentences, thereby lending them emphasis.
17. Key strategies that are used to appeal and persuade an audience. These appeals are also important devices to understand when constructing or deconstructing an argument.
18. "Withdrawal of U.S. troops will become like salted peanuts to the American public; the more U.S. troops come home, the more will be demanded." ..... Henry Kissinger
19. A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect to make a point
20. Which of the following refers to a writer's attempt to persuade the audience through their emotions?
21. Something that makes plain or clear; anything presented to support an assertion
22. "Like the Nazis, ante bellum whites had known quite a bit more than I ever wanted to learn" (117). This sentence contains
23. Which of the following types of figurative language is represented in the example below? A text incorporates sound reasoning supported by the citation of relevant statistics in order to attract monetary support for legislation proposed to protect endangered species.
24. ..... government of the people, by the people, for the people .....
25. What example of figurative language is represented in the quote below? "Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that so musically wellsFrom the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells-From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells." - "The Bells, " Edgar Allan Poe
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