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Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 7 (30 MCQs)

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1. A way to persuade an audience using shared values, customs and stories.
2. I know that feeling. When I was young, my family lived in Indonesia for a few years, and my mother didn't have the money to send me where all the American kids went to school. So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday-at 4:30 in the morning.
3. Which type of rhetoric uses personal stories and beliefs?
4. What strategy might an author use to ensure their central idea is clear to the reader?
5. Why might an author choose words with strong connotations?
6. Giving human qualities to an inanimate object or animal
7. Identify a rhetorical device used by an author to enhance the persuasiveness of a text.
8. Rhetorical Strategy: "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." -Bill Clinton's first inaugural address-1993
9. When something is suggested without being concretely stated
10. Which of the following best defines the term "rhetoric" as used in English Language Arts?
11. Brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life, or of a principle or accepted general truth
12. "While Mr. Boutwell is much more articulate and gentle than Mr. Conner, they are both segregationists, dedicated to the task of maintaining the status quo."
13. A new cell phone company advertises that their users can stay easily connected with family members because of the reliable service.
14. What does it mean to cite facts and statistics?
15. Please donate to my cousin. She is going through her third round of chemotherapy and the medical bills are piling up.
16. Arguments made using logic
17. "After he ate the chocolate chip cookies, guilt poked and chewed at Anthony."What human characteristic is being given?
18. Mathematical analysis that relies on studies
19. "Phineas Gage had a crowbar go through his head but survived. The damage to certain parts of his brain shows that brain damage can change your personality."
20. His neighbors refer to him as another Ghandi because he solves their problems peacefully.
21. The food was dreadful and the service was criminal.
22. Kennedy's "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" is a/an
23. ..... is the rules that govern sentence structure in a given language.
24. This strategy intentionally exaggerates conditions for effect.
25. Which rhetorical strategy involves using words that have strong emotional associations to persuade the audience?
26. Sarah had a sick baby and desperately needed time off from work, but her boss didn't want to give her any. When she came back to work, she was fired. It's people like Sarah who prove we need a paid parental leave policy.
27. I would have to grow a third arm to complete the same amount of work my spouse does in an hour.
28. Which of these examples are using emotion?
29. What do you want out of life?
30. "A Holocaust survivor describes what he remembers from the crematoria. He remembers blue flames coming out of a skull."
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