Rhetoric and Appeals Quiz

Rhetoric is defined as

• quirks of language that only native speakers understand
• extreme exaggeration
• the art of speaking or writing effectively
• to move by argument to a belief, position, or course of action

Restatement

• Repetition of the same word at the beginning of sentences
• Expressing the same thought with different words
• Contrasting words or images
• Repeating a grammatical structure
• Question asked for effect

Parallelism

• Repetition of the same word at the beginning of sentences
• Expressing the same thought with different words
• Contrasting words or images
• Repeating a grammatical structure
• Question asked for effect

Rhetorical Question

• Repetition of the same word at the beginning of sentences
• Expressing the same thought with different words
• Contrasting words or images
• Repeating a grammatical structure
• Question asked for effect

Anaphora

• Repetition of the same word at the beginning of sentences
• Expressing the same thought with different words
• Contrasting words or images
• Repeating a grammatical structure
• Question asked for effect

Antithesis

• Repetition of the same word at the beginning of sentences
• Expressing the same thought with different words
• Contrasting words or images
• Repeating a grammatical structure
• Question asked for effect

Ethos relies on which of the following?

• emotional appeal
• logic
• imagination
• credibility

Pathos relies on which of the following?

• logic
• emotion
• taste
• trust

The time and place and the reason the text was written or spoken.

• Subject
• Occasion
• Audience
• Purpose
• Speaker

The goal the speaker wants to achieve.

• Subject
• Occasion
• Audience
• Purpose
• Speaker