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Beginning rhetoric terms
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What is rhetoric?
A persuasive argument
A rock band
The art of writing and speaking effectively
A disease old people get
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Is this active or passive voice? Peter was throwing the football at practice.
passive
active
3
This word means extreme greed
avarice
loathsome
pestilential
exquisite
4
Is this active or passive voice? Peter was thrown the football by Jack.
active
passive
5
Jumbo-shrimp, icy-hot, and thundering-silence are all examples of....
simile
methaphor
oxymoron
analaogy
6
Logos is...
an appeal to reason
an appeal to proof
an appeal to logic
all of the above
7
Details that support the dominant impression would be
The darkness of the solitary man
The fact that the man is alone
The empty bench and empty bottle
The barren dark trees
8
An author creates pathos through the use of...
none of the above
the structure and order of the piece
appealing to shared values
vivid diction, anecdotes, and inspirational quotes
9
Which of the following is an example of apostrophe?
"The ocean waves kissed the shore."
"O, death, where is your sting?"
"The pen is mightier than the sword."
10
This word means disgusting
avarice
pestilential
loathsome
exquisite
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Ethos appeals to...
All of the above
Emotion
Logic
Ethics
12
Which of the following is an idiom?
Let's get back to the drawing board
The ball is in your court
I woke up on the wrong side of the bed
You're barking up the wrong tree
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Pathos is an appeal to...
credibility
hunger
emotions
logic
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The connotation of a word is its
meaning in context
literal meaning
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An author or speaker creates an appeal to logic through...
the structure of the piece
the use of strong , fitting analogies and metaphors
all of the above
utilizing case studies, statistics, and facts
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An author or speaker builds ethos by...
appealing to a person's duty; shared ethics
citing credible sources
all of the above
using his or her position or giving a confident delivery
17
The dominant impression of this picture is best described as
happiness
solitude
triumph
anger
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a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something
synecdoche
metonomy
19
Which of the following is a metonomy?
"The suits took over the sports bar again"
"The White House issued a statement"
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replace the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated
metonomy
synecdoche
21
Which of the following is/are a synecdoche?
"he has a great set of wheels!"
"The new kid has the nicest ride!"
"hey, man, nice threads!"
"all hands on deck"
22
This word means extremely beautiful
exquisite
avarice
loathsome
pestilential
23
This word means "relating to disease; harmful"
pestilential
exquisite
loathsome
avarice
24
Which rhetorical mode tells a story?
Description
Narrative
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The way the author/speaker makes the reader feel is...
tone
mood
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The author's attitude toward a subject is his/her...
mood
tone
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True or fallse? Narratives can have elements of description and vice versa?
False
True
28
When society comes up with a more polite way to say something, it's called a
euphemism
slight
paradox
idiom
29
Which figurative device is "a seeming contradiction?"
oxymoron
paradox
methaphor
euphemism
30
The dominant impression of this photo is best described as
terror
defeat
loneliness
solitude
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The dictionary definition of a word is its
connotation
denotation
