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Can you identify the rhetorical term's definition or example?
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"We are champions for the rights of mankind" (Woodrow Wilson) is an example of:
alliteration
anecdote
aphorism
hyperbole
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"I have all the feeling necessary--all the moral material, to say nothing of the intellectual" (Frederick Douglass) is:
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Kairos
3
"Duty, honor country" (Douglas MacArthur) is an example of:
a rhetorical question
a triad
pathos
alliteration
4
Why did Einstein compare nuclear war to a pandemic?
Because he loves similes
Because it's spread through germs
Because it can't be avoided
Because it affects everyone
5
"My warriors fell around me; it began to look dismal. I saw my evil day at hand" (Black Hawk) is an example of:
antithesis
pathos
alliteration
aphorism
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"God is gold today and rules with pitiless sway in the affairs of man" (Eugene V. Debs) is:
Biblical reference
aphorism
ethos
anecdote
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"Who is there to mourn for Logan? No one." (Chief Logan)
rhetorical question
rhetorical device
rhetoric
rhetorical triangle
8
Which of the following is NOT a rhetorical question?
What's for lunch?
Do we want to save the environment, or do we want to destroy it?
Are women persons?
Are you really taking that tone with me
9
Good public speakers are attentive to their audience.
True
False
10
"May there not be different kinds of patriotism as there are different kinds of liberty?" (Emma Goldman) is:
aphorism
rhetorical question
anecdote
hyperbole
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"It gets dark sometimes, but the morning comes. Don't you surrender." (Jesse Jackson)
alliteration
anecdote
Ethos
Aphorism
12
Which rhetorical term means logic and data?
logos
ethos
pathos
kairos
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Which of the following is an APHORISM?
"I'm Lovin' It" McDonalds
"one two three four I declare a thumb war" anonymous
"To be great is to be misunderstood" Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The manatee has become the mento" Tracy Jordan
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When Florence Kelley talks of children working in the mills as "little beasts of burden" she is using:
aphorism
synechdoche
anecdote
alliteration
15
"we have become accustomed to wonder" (Reagan) uses which power?
Social norms
ideas
laws and government
wealth
16
Which rhetorical term means emotional appeal?
pathos
ethos
kairos
logos
17
"I speak as a Republican. I speak as a woman. I speak as a United States Senator. I speak as an American" (M. C. Smith)
aphorism
Logos
Triad
Ethos
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which of the following is a triad?
Practice makes perfect
"Friends, Romans, countrymen"
Pride and prejudice
Now is the winter of our discontent
19
"I have as much muscle as any man" (Sojourner Truth) is an example of:
anecdote
aphorism
Ethos
antithesis
20
Which of the following is NOT a way of establishing ethos?
describing your accomplishments
using a Biblical reference
lying
referencing or quoting a famous and respected person
21
Which lesson is NOT part of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount?
Judge not, lest you be judged
Blessed are the poor
You are the salt of the earth
Love thy neighbor and hate thy enemy
22
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" (JFK) is an example of:
pathos
Ethos
anecdote
antithesis
23
"I have as much muscle as any man, and can do as much work as any man" (Sojourner Truth) is an example of:
logos
aphorims
triad
pathos
24
Which rhetorical term means trustworthiness and reputation?
Logos
Kairos
Ethos
Pathos
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what is a triad?
using a group of 3 (words or terms) for effect
a catchy slogan or wise saying
a secret society
emotional appeal
26
"The Bible...teaches me that all things I would that men should do to me, I should do so even to them" (John Brown) is:
anecdote
pathos
logos
Biblical reference
27
"Give me liberty or give me death" (Patrick Henry) is all the following EXCEPT:
antithesis
triad
aphorism
pathos
28
"What has the North to do with slavery?" (Angelina Grimke) is an example of:
rhetorical question
pathos
ethos
aphorism
29
"Soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!" (Eisenhower) is:
logos
ethos
triad
anecdote
30
"A House divided against itself cannot stand" (Abraham Lincoln) is an example of
anecdote
triad
aphorism
alliteration
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"I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted..." (MLK) is an example of:
Biblical reference
triad
anecdote
aphorism
32
Rose Schneiderman describing the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire victims as "poor burned bodies" is an example of:
ethos
logos
pathos
kairos
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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" (FDR) is an example of:
anecdote
repetition
hyperbole
aphorism
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Why do Shirley Chisholm and Lucy Stone both rely on Ethos and Logos more than Pathos?
Because pathos is pathetic
Because people respond most to data and logic
Because women are often seen as too emotional
Because they were trained in logic
35
Which is NOT an example of antithesis?
"I have a dream..."
"The fault, my dear Brutus, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves"
"when they go low, we go high"
"I don't care much what people say. I care what people DO"
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What is antithesis?
a question that doesn't expect an answer
the main idea
a brief, interesting personal story
comparing opposite things for effect
37
"For forty years I have been a working editor and publisher of the oldest Negro newspaper in the West" (Charlotta Bass)
Kairos
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
38
The fact that Angelina Grimke gave her speech while the meeting room was under attack shows the importance of:
fire exits
diplomacy
security
context
39
Which is NOT a rhetorical question?
Anonymous "is this mike on?"
Florence Kelley "what can we do to free our consciences?"
Red Jacket "if there is but one religion, why do you differ about it?"
Patrick Henry "shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?"
40
which of the following is an aphorism?
What matters more: being right or being kind?
blood, sweat, and tears
Be the change you want to see in the world
1 out of every 4 children in America is food-insecure
41
Which of the following is NOT one of the six sources of power?
numbers
Ethics
Social Norms
Physical force
42
Which is NOT a reason Susan B. Anthony chose to quote the US Constitution?
to share an anecdote
to use logos (data)
because quotes and references are rhetorically effective
To establish her ethos (authority)
43
Power is neutral; it can be used for good or for evil
True
False
44
"It'll be the ballot or it'll be the bullet" (Malcolm X) is an example of:
antithesis
anecdote
pathos
aphorism
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What is an aphorism?
A memorable and meaningful saying
logic or data
compare and contrast
a question asked to make a point
46
"Why me? Why did I survive?" (Esther Cohen) is an example of:
aphorism
rhetorical question
anecdote
ethos
47
How many sources of civil power are there?
ten
seven
six
twelve
48
"We may falter and stumble, but we cannot fail" --(Roy Wilkins) is an example of:
logos
alliteration
an aphorism
an anecdote
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What is an anecdote?
a brief, interesting personal story
a memorable and meaningful slogan
when multiple words start with the same sound
comparing and contrasting
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"May our country itself become a vast and splendid monument...of wisdom, of peace, and of liberty" (Daniel Webster) is:
anecdote
ethos
triad
Biblical reference