Rhetorical Devices, Persuasive Techniques, and Speeches

What is the purpose of using repetition in a speech?

• To distract the audience, decrease understanding, and decrease memorability.

• To reinforce key points, enhance understanding, and increase memorability.

• To confuse the audience, make the speech longer, and decrease memorability.

• To bore the audience, decrease understanding, and decrease memorability.

Which rhetorical device involves the use of similar grammatical structures or patterns?

• antithesis

• hyperbole

• parallelism

• metaphor

What is an allusion in a speech?

• A technique used to create humor in a speech.

• A reference to a person, place, event, or work of literature in a speech.

• A form of repetition used to emphasize a point in a speech.

• A type of rhetorical device used to persuade the audience in a speech.

Which rhetorical device involves asking a question without expecting an answer?

• rhetorical question

• interrogative question

• inquisitive question

• query question

What is restatement in a speech?

• Repeating the entire speech word for word.

• Adding new points or ideas to the speech.

• Skipping over the main points or ideas in the speech.

• Summarizing or rephrasing the main points or ideas in a speech.

Give an example of a famous speech that uses repetition as a rhetorical device.

• Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech

• John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address

• Barack Obama's 'Yes We Can' speech

• Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Identify the parallelism in the following sentence: 'I came, I saw, I conquered.'

• I arrived, I observed, I triumphed.

• I arrived, I observed, I failed.

• I arrived, I observed, I retreated.

• I came, I saw, I conquered.

In a speech, what is the purpose of using rhetorical questions?

• To confuse the audience and make the speech more difficult to understand.

• To provide factual information and educate the audience.

• To entertain the audience and make the speech more enjoyable.

• To engage the audience, provoke thought, and emphasize a point.

What is an example of an allusion in a famous speech?

• Abraham Lincoln alluding to the Declaration of Independence in his Gettysburg Address speech.

• John F. Kennedy alluding to the Bible in his inaugural address.

• Winston Churchill alluding to Shakespeare in his 'We Shall Fight on the Beaches' speech.

• Martin Luther King Jr. alluding to the Gettysburg Address in his 'I Have a Dream' speech.

How does restatement contribute to the effectiveness of a speech?

• By confusing the audience and making the speech less clear.

• By reinforcing key points and enhancing audience understanding.

• By repeating irrelevant information and distracting the audience.

• By contradicting the main points and causing confusion.