Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

More Rhetoric

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rhetoric can appear in

a)

Magazines

b)

Political Speeches

c)

Articles

d)

All of the above

2.

To fully embrace the context and the entire rhetorical situation adds to your

a)

Punctuation

b)

Sophistication

c)

Exigence

3.

The choices that speakers choose to persuade their audience are also called

a)

Connotation

b)

Denotation

c)

Evidence types

4.

The importance of a speaker understanding his/her audience will inform the text on occasion.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

A doctor showing his heart medicine in an ad is an example of

a)

Expert opinion

b)

Emotional Response

c)

Loaded Language

6.

When President-Elect Joe Biden claimed "Insurrection" with the capital events in his speech, that is a demonstration of

a)

Statistics and data

b)

Strong Diction

c)

Logic

7.

When a speaker compares an ideal to a landscape, ocean, or field is using

a)

Figurative Language

b)

Proven Information

c)

Credibility

8.

The exigence is directly connected to the context of a rhetorical situation.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The tone of a speech can often experience shifts throughout.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Analyzing the rhetorical situation means to

a)

Know little about the speaker

b)

Examine the audience primarily

c)

Step inside the event and experience and provide new insight

11.

Your thesis statement should always have

a)

Sophisticated thoughts

b)

A line of reasoning

c)

Pronouns that declare who the writer is

12.

Your evidence should be

a)

Long and extensive

b)

Discussing every angle of the text

c)

Brief and directly connected to claim

13.

Commentary should always be longer than your evidence.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Your claim and thesis are essentially NOT the same things.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The importance of providing evidence is to provide ______ for your claim

a)

Captions

b)

Connections

c)

Candencant oppositions