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Rhetorical Triangle/Vocabulary Unit 2 Study Guide

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When thinking about the RHETORICAL TRIANGLE, what should be considered about the speaker's tone?

a)

Whether their microphone works or not

b)

Reason for writing or speaking

c)

Attitude about the subject

d)

Ethos

2.

Name the three techniques that form the Rhetorical Triangle

a)

Ethos

b)

Logos

c)

Porthos

d)

Pathos

3.

Diction refers to

a)

the way the audience feels

b)

an author's attitude

c)

an author's word choice

d)

None of the above

4.

Tone refers to

a)

the author's word choice

b)

the author's attitude

c)

the way the audience feels

d)

None of the above

5.
The content of a memoir must include
a)
personal experience
b)
historical documents
c)
a fable or fairy tale
d)
a scientific report
6.
The writer of a memoir writes about something that 
a)
he/she doesn't give a second thought to.
b)
 required research of several sources.
c)
 impacted his/her life.
d)
 you would see in an argument essay.
7.

A memoir is a...

a)

Story about memories

b)

A literary technique about memories

c)

A story about the life of an author

d)

A literary technique that tells a story about the experiences of someone's life

8.

When writing a memoir, the dialogue is...

a)

Formal

b)

With no characters

c)

Informal

d)

Only the author speaks

9.

Who is the main character in a memoir?

a)

the protagonist

b)

the author

c)

a family member of the author

d)

there is no main character

10.

A memoir can be classified as a ______________________ or narrative.

a)

non-fiction story

b)

biography

c)

fiction story

d)

private letter

11.

A memoir concentrates on a relationship with___________________

a)

genuine ideas

b)

others

c)

yourself

d)

inner thoughts

12.

A memoir is not an autobiography. Why?

a)

It is not about the author.

b)

A story is told from others people's point of view.

c)

All ideas are not related to the setting.

d)

It emphasizes in one spec ific experience in the autho's life.

13.

What is the most common point of view utilized in fiction writing?

a)

3rd person past tense

b)

3rd person present tense

c)

1st person past tense

d)

1st person present tense

e)

none of the options are correct

14.

There is little to no "creative license" offered within the memoir genre.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Which answer choice best captures a common purpose for an author writing a memoir?

a)

To share trials, tribulations, and adversities with their audience

b)

To warn their audience not to make the same mistakes they did in life

c)

To inform their reading with facts regarding their own life

d)

To inform their reader with facts regarding the lives of others

e)

To brag about their own accomplishments to their audience

16.

Memoirs may contain small fallacies or manipulations created by the author.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Studying a memoir's setting leads to a more _______ analysis of it's events and message

a)

narrow

b)

broad

c)

innacurate

d)

global

e)

structural

18.

When analyzing a memoir's impact, it is important to study...

a)

historical events

b)

societal trends

c)

pervading mindsets

d)

stylistic elements

e)

all of the above

19.

Don't talk such drivel!

Given the sentence, what part of speech is drivel?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Gerund

20.

I must apologize for my staff-- their actions were precipitate.

Given this sentence, what part of speech is precipitate?

a)

Adverb

b)

Verb

c)

Noun

d)

Adjective

21.

The opposite of occult

a)

Ancient

b)

Common

c)

Arcane

d)

Scholarly

22.

What is another word for intrinsic?

a)

Absolute

b)

Known

c)

Inherent

d)

Industrial

23.

Match the following

a)

To conjecture or guess; likely idea that lacks definite proof

1.

Surmise

b)

to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

2.

Infringe

c)

Strict, severe; sharp or bitter to the taste

3.

Stringent

d)

by virtue of holding a certain office

4.

Ex Officio

24.

If you commemorate a period of one thousand years, you mark a:

a)

Decade

b)

Century

c)

Bicentennial

d)

Millennium

25.

Which of the following would you not use to describe an approach or setting in which rules are not strictly enforced?

a)

Lax

b)

Lenient

c)

Permissive

d)

Stringent

26.

To bring about suddenly is to

a)

Modify

b)

Stifle

c)

Precipitate

d)

Expostulate

27.

poise, assurance, great self-confidence

a)

bombastic

b)

ingratiate

c)

aplomb

d)

interloper

28.

He delivered a _____ speech that did not even address our problems.

a)

callow

b)

ex officio

c)

bombastic

d)

inveigh

29.

A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality.

a)

interloper

b)

lassitude

c)

occult

d)

epitome

30.

one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

a)

interloper

b)

lassitude

c)

bombastic

d)

epitome

31.

weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

a)

millenium

b)

occult

c)

permeate

d)

lassitude

32.

The reason why the author wrote the text

a)

Message

b)

Speaker

c)

Purpose

d)

Context

33.

The claim or main point

a)

Speaker

b)

Message

c)

Purpose

d)

Audience

34.

Select the sentence that uses commas correctly. 

a)

Well I'm sure, that there is an easier way.

b)

Well, I'm sure that there is an easier, way.

c)

Well, I'm sure that there is an easier way.

35.

Popular music and acting _______________ fields in which few manage to succeed. 

a)

is

b)

are

36.

Almost every ambitious young man and woman eventually ______________ to admit defeat. 

a)

has

b)

have

37.

Choose the correct sentence:

a)

The man with shaky hands picked up the box of books.

b)

The man picked up the box of books with shaky hands

38.

Select the sentence that uses commas correctly.

a)

I did believe it or not, get a 36 on the ACT.

b)

I did, believe it or not, get a 36 on the ACT.

c)

I did believe it, or not, get a 36 on the ACT.

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