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Argument and Persuasion

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

We should abolish the death penalty. Even Taylor Swift is opposed to it.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Bandwagon

c)

Straw Man

d)

Appeal to Authority

2.

My opponent is an untrustworthy liar and an idiot. Therefore, you should believe me.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Circular Reasoning

c)

Cherry-picking the evidence

d)

Ad Hominem

3.
I met a tall man who loved to eat cheese. Now I believe that all tall people like cheese.
a)
Ad Hominem
b)
Hasty Generalization
c)
Affirming the Consequent
d)
Appeal to Irrelevant Authority
4.
If you don't study, you'll fail your test. Then you will do poorly in the class and you GPA will fall. You won't get into a good college, so you'll never get a decent job and you'll end up poor and homeless.
a)
Slippery Slope
b)
Circular Reasoning
c)
False Dilemma
d)
Affirming the Consequent
5.
After Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenseless by cutting military spending.
a)
ad hominem
b)
red herring
c)
straw man
d)
sentimental appeal
6.

40 million people can't be wrong! Buy the new Iphone XIV today!

a)

Bandwagon

b)

False dichotomy

c)

Post hoc

d)

Straw man

7.
This image illustrates which rhetorical appeal?
a)
ethos
b)
pathos
c)
logos
8.
speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices
a)
straw man
b)
either/or
c)
false analogy
d)
hasty generalization
9.

Families communicate less and less in the past forty years since feminism became mainstream. Feminism is to blame for this deterioration in the family.

a)

ad hominem

b)

appeals to emotion

c)

faulty causality

d)

bandwagon

10.

I know you don’t like the kitty-cat sweater that Grandma knitted for you, but she worked so hard on it and it will make her happy to see you wear it in the family holiday photo.

a)

bandwagon

b)

hasty generalization

c)

scare tactic

d)

sentimental appeal

11.

"They've worked against everything we've worked so hard to build, and they don't care who gets hurt in the process. Make no mistake, they're the enemy, and they won't stop until we're all destroyed."

a)

logos

b)

ethos

c)

pathos

12.

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery… We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut."

a)

logos

b)

ethos

c)

pathos

13.

"You know me - I've taught Sunday School at your church for years, babysat your children, and served as a playground director for many summers - so you know I can run your preschool."

a)

logos

b)

ethos

c)

pathos

14.

"You'll make the right decision because you have something that not many people do: you have heart."

a)

logos

b)

pathos

c)

ethos

15.

This form of rhetoric uses logic

a)

logos

b)

ethos

c)

pathos

16.

This form of rhetoric uses an expert or a celebrity

a)

logos

b)

pathos

c)

ethos

17.

This form of rhetoric uses an emotional appeal.

a)

logos

b)

ethos

c)

pathos

18.

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing is called

a)

persuasion

b)

arguing

c)

rhetoric

d)

complaining

19.

What is the dominant appeal is used here?

a)

ethos

b)

pathos

c)

logos

20.

What is the dominant appeal is used here?

a)

ethos

b)

pathos

c)

logos

21.
Ethos is an argument based on
a)
facts.
b)
character.
22.
a comparison of two things and uses the words "like" or "as"
a)
metaphor
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
personification
23.

Identify the device present in this example:

Throughout the play we are made to witness the force of sham politics to shape and shatter lives.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Imagery

c)

Paradox

d)

Satire

24.

What would “Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her" be an example of?

a)

Allegory

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Imagery

d)

Allusion

25.

Sam's mom screamed, "I told you a million times to pick up your room!' What is Sam's mom "using" to get her point across?

a)

An Allegory

b)

A Simile

c)

Imagery

d)

A Hyperbole

26.

The confetti rained down from the sky creating a feeling of immense joy in all that stood below. What is this an example of?

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Imagery

d)

Hyperbole

27.

What is “if it ain't broke, don't fix it" an example of?

a)

Allusion

b)

Anecdote

c)

Aphorism

d)

Anaphora

28.

An anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. Why do author's use this device?

a)

An anaphora is used to appeal to the emotions of the audience, in order to persuade, inspire, motivate, and encourage them

b)

An anaphora is used to appeal to the logic of the audience, in order to persuade, inspire, motivate, and encourage them.

c)

An anaphora is used to appeal to the credibility of the speaker, in order to persuade, inspire, motivate, and encourage them.

d)

An anaphora is used to sound really cool.

29.
What is rhetoric?
a)
The art of argument/persuasion
b)
The art of entertainment
c)
The art of analysis
d)
The art of informing
30.

30 years later and teenagers are still addicted, but now to vaping and texting. 30 years later and parents are even less involved in teens' lives than they were. 30 years later and God has been taken out of the picture and replaced with materialism...

WHAT DEVICE and WHAT TONE?

a)

hopeful tone through ethos

b)

frustrated tone through anaphora

c)

annoyed tone through bias

d)

humorous tone through jokes

31.

And we've come here from every crack, crease, and crevice of our country to our Capital to say that, for all those whose cares have been our concern, we're ready.

a)

parallelism

b)

repetition

c)

antithesis

d)

alliteration

32.
a)

pathos

b)

logos

c)

simile

d)

allusion

33.
a form of a regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or strategically placed paragraphs
a)
syntax
b)
anaphora
c)
repetition
d)
loose/periodic sentence
34.
in general: restated words, phrases, or clauses to emphasize its meaning
a)
syntax
b)
repetition
c)
anaphora
d)
rhetorical question
35.

the placing of opposite or contrasting ideas and/or words within the same sentence or very close together to emphasize their disparity.

a)

antithesis

b)

asyndeton

c)

diction

d)

polysyndeton

36.
In war the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor.
a)
Diction
b)
Parallelism
c)
Asyndeton
d)
Antithesis