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UvA Proficiency 2: rhetoric quiz
UvA Proficiency 2: rhetoric quiz
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Which of these quotations did George W. Bush
NOT
produce?
When the president does it, that means that it's not illegal
More and more of our imports come from overseas
Rarely is the question asked: is our children learning?
This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating
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A political speech is an example of:
Judicial rhetoric
Epideictic rhetoric
Deliberative rhetoric
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Using the word “Washington” to refer to America’s political system is an example of:
Synecdoche
Captatio benevolentiae
Periphrasis
Praeteritio
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Praeteritio is:
An overly expansive way of saying something
Appeal to the audience's goodwill by undermining yourself
Attributing human qualities to inanimate objects
Invoking a subject by saying that you won’t
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“All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore Socrates is mortal.” This is an example of:
Syllogism
Enthymeme
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"I realize I’m not the likeliest candidate for this office." This is an example of:
Praeteritio
Captatio benevolentiae
Aposiopesis
Synecdoche
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What are Aristotle’s three branches of rhetoric?
Deliberative, judicial and epideictic
Ethos, pathos and logos
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“Sorry I be but go you must.” This is an example of:
Oxymoron
Hyperbaton
Aposiopesis
Periphrasis
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What are the six parts of a speech - IN ORDER - according to Ad Herennium?
Exordium, division, peroration, proof, refutation, narration
Exordium, narration, division, proof, refutation, peroration
Division, peroration, exordium, refutation, proof, narration
Narration, proof, division, peroration, exordium, division
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What are the five canons of rhetoric?
Invention, arrangement, style, memory, delivery
Exordium, narration, division, proof, refutation
Exordium, narration, memory, style, delivery
Invention, division, narration, style, memory
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A funeral speech is an example of:
Deliberative rhetoric
Judicial rhetoric
Epideictic rhetoric
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What is invention?
Devising an order for your speech
Deciding how to say it
Memorising your speech
Thinking up what there is to say on a topic
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Assonance is:
repetition of consonants at the beginning of words
repetition of vowel sounds anywhere in a word
repetition of consonants in the middle or end of words
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“Five score years ago...” Which ancient witness is Martin Luther King referencing here?
Winston Churchill
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Shakespeare
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Repeating the final word(s) of a clause as the beginning of the next clause is called:
Aposiopesis
Ekphrasis
Anadiplosis
Anaphora
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“Don’t be fooled by the rocks that I’ve got, I’m still Jenny from the block” is an example of:
A pathos appeal
A logos appeal
An ethos appeal
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What is peroration?
Speaker's credentials, connection with audience, ethos
Where you set out the facts of the case, spin the debate
The grand finale, with pathos appeal
The arguments supporting your case, using logos
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What is kairos?
Fitting your speech to the audience in terms of style
A digressive sidetrack or anecdote
Timing: making the right argument at the right time
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What is the meaning of life?
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The question and the answer can’t exist in the same universe
That’s a rhetorical question, I’m not answering that!
Sssh, I’m trying to study for the midterm!
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“The lady’s not for turning!” Who said this?
Sarah Palin
Margaret Thatcher
Samantha Cameron
Cherie Blair
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What is decorum?
Timing: making the right argument at the right time
Fitting your speech to the audience in terms of style
A digressive sidetrack or anecdote
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What is exordium?
Speaker's credentials, connection with audience, ethos
The arguments supporting your case, using logos
Where you set out the facts of the case, spin the debate
The grand finale, with pathos appeal
