Intro to Rhetoric PRACTICE Quiz- RFK

What is the subject of this speech?

• Racism in America

• The death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• The candidate's qualifications to be

  president

• The Civil Rights March in Montgomery,

  Alabama

Answer explanation

King's assassination occurred during the 1968 presidential campaign. Candidate Robert Kennedy is speaking to the crowd at one of his rallies about this horrific event. Kennedy himself, brother of John F. Kennedy, would tragically be assassinated just 2 months later.

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Who is the audience of the speech?

• Black people only

• Grieving Americans

• White people only

• Republicans

Answer explanation

All Americans were grieving at the tragic assassination of Dr. King.

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What is the predominant rhetorical appeal?

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

Answer explanation

Kennedy's cry for calm from the American people is full of emotion after receiving this tragic news.

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The fact that the speech is being given by a presidential candidate lends itself to what rhetorical appeal?

• pathos

• logos

• ethos

Answer explanation

Not just ethos- but automatic ethos as well!

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Consider the following phrase: In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States,

What rhetorical strategy is being employed here?

• anaphora

• antithesis

• epistrophe

• paradox

Answer explanation

There is also synchises (parallel structure) in this phrase.

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Consider the following sentence: In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it is perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in.

What rhetorical strategy is used in the main clause?

• antithesis

• synchises

• tautology

• ellipsis

Answer explanation

ABCD=ABCD structure is Pronoun-Noun Phrase-Pronoun-verb = Pronoun-Noun-Pronoun/verb WHAT/KIND OF NATION/WE/ARE AND(CONJUNCTION) WHAT/DIRECTION/WE/WANT

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What type of sentence is this: "In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it is perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in."

• Cumulative Sentence

• Periodic Sentence

Answer explanation

The emphasis in the sentence is on the "direction we want to move in," which is at the end of the sentence. This will be the set up for most of the diction and syntax questions. You choose one or the other.

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"In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it is perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in." Does this syntax have a rhetorical climax?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

Remember, sentences that are periodic often also have a rhetorical climax they build to. You could also have a rhetorical climax over a series of sentences.

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Consider the following sentence: For those of you who are black - considering the evidence there evidently is that there were white people who were responsible - you can be filled with bitterness, with hatred, and a desire for revenge.

What rhetorical strategy (-ies) is/are being used in this sentence?

• tricolon and polysyndeton

• tricolon

• tetracolon

• tricolon and asyndeton

Answer explanation

Only the tricolon applies here. There is a coordinating conjunction (and) to end the list, so there is no asyndeton nor polysyndeton.

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Choose two answers: "For those of you who are black - considering the evidence there evidently is that there were white people who were responsible - you can be filled with bitterness, with hatred, and a desire for revenge." What best describes the diction?

• weak

• positive connotation

• emphatic

• negative connotation

Answer explanation

You will only have to choose between two of these on the actual test: CONCRETE OR ABSTRACT, HIGH or LOW, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SIMPLE OR ELABORATE, EMPHATIC OR WEAK.

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