Worksheets10.5 Rhetoric Test Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 25mins
"As your doctor, I highly recommend you quit smoking."
What is the purpose of a persuasive speech?
to inform the audience
teach the audience how to do something
argue with the audience
to convince the audience to agree with your topic
What is the "tone" of a speech?
The feeling the passage evokes from the reader
The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject
The time and place of the speech
The summary of events in the speech
Please change the school week to only four days because students need a day to decompress and relax.
Call to Action
Metaphor
Repetition
Allusion
How would allusion be defined?
a reference to a famous person, place, or event
words that involve one of the five senses
two lines working as a unit
a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds
"The real estate agent said his new farm listing was like the Garden of Eden." Which persuasive technique is used in this sentence?
Metaphor
Allusion
Repetition
Call to Action
Which is NOT an example of Repetition?
Home sweet home.
Smile, smile, smile at your mind as often as possible.
Get ready; get set; go.
I like to go to school.
What does the metaphor mean above?
"As the first runaway slave to speak publicly, I asked for abolition immediately and I called for slaves to lead the fight in this cause." Which persuasive technique is this sentence?
Metaphor
Call to Action
Repetition
Allusion
