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The art of using language effectively and persuasively

• end rhyme
• rhetoric
• allusion
• poetry

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What's a good answer: "Tell me about yourself" ?

• I am 5'9" and 140 pounds with straight teeth. I have 2 cats and 3 dogs and love Netflix and cheese sticks. 
• Well, I am a student. My favorite subject in History. I am active in many clubs, and actually won an award for community service last year.
• Well, what do you want to know? 
• I am a student. My grades aren't great, and I don't do much in school, but I am the oldest in my family, and I want to get out of Merced. 

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Which is the BEST way to ensure your reader understands why your reasons support your thesis?

• Provide as many examples as you can.

• Provide good concrete details and commentary.

• Provide the reader with examples that speak for themselves.

• Provide a long conclusion to explain the examples.

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"I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every southern state..." is an example of

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

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What's the best caption to represent this picture?

• Let's go shopping

• Hey! I got new souvenir

• Good Morning fellas!

• We need to reduce the plastics

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_________________ means: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• antithesis

• parallelism

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What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

• parallelism

• apposition

• asyndeton

• antithesis

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introducing a new method or idea

• groundbreaking

• intellectual

• supremecy

• aerodynamics

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A question that is asked without expecting an answer.

• examples/facts/statistics

• persuasion

• rhetorical question

• allusion

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choose the correct concluding sentence.

Happiness and a stress-free life style go together. Some people constantly complain about petty things. They hunger after luxuries which they cannot afford. They become frustrated and sick. Whereas some others take things easy and keep themselves happy, cool and poised.

• Happiness comes with a relaxed way of living.

• It is always advisable to make a habit experiencing happiness naturally.

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