Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 14 (25 MCQs)

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1. Name the strategy that presents the opposition as having negative characteristics or using negative labels.
2. A smoke detector is endorsed by the National Firefighters Association.
3. What is exigence?
4. When this person says, '' As a three-time Olympic gold medalist, I can assure you that this energy drink will improve your fitness and stamina, '' they are using .....
5. What strategy involves attacking a person or group instead of focusing on the actual argument?
6. I'm not saying you should study, but it might help you to answer these correctly.
7. What is ethos and how does Douglass use it?
8. Which technique involves using words that have strong emotional appeal but do not provide factual information?
9. A student gives a goofy answer in class and the teacher responds, "that's an interesting point of view."
10. Rhetorical context is
11. What is the main goal of the transfer technique in media advertising?
12. A non-profit group wants to raise money to help save unwanted pets so they create a social media campaign that shows dogs alone in shelter kennels.
13. An exaggeration used to emphasize a point. It is used to make a point strongly, to draw the reader's attention back to the writer or to demonstrate the difference between two things.
14. "Fork over the French fries, Phillip!" shouted his younger sibling.
15. "Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You." This is an example of
16. A study reports that 78% of teens say they do not get enough sleep to feel rested at school.
17. "It probably would've been close to time for me to break fast. He would have come to pick me up, and we would have went to go get something to eat. And then we would have smoked some weed after, right? And then I would have had to have been home around 7, 8 o'clock, right?" (Adnan Syed). What is the repetition of the same words at the BEGINNING of sentences and clauses called?
18. What is the rhetorical strategy that involves making an argument at the most opportune moment?
19. If you fail, retake it. If you fail again, study. If you fail again, try it all over.
20. This can be defined as a statement, sentence, or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic.
21. The feeling created in the reader by the writer is called .....
22. A statement that is universally accepted or known to be true. Usually it is utilized by the writer/speaker to create a point of commonality, create interest/shock, or to appeal to the audience's logic.
23. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.This is an example of what strategy?
24. "Imagine someone were looking at college athletes 200 years in the future. They would call this the Age of Hypocrisy."
25. We have tried negotiating with the shop owners, but they will not listen. We stopped protesting, but they kept their racist signs up. The only solution is to go back to protesting.