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Rhetoric Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is rhetoric?

a)

the art of talking

b)

the art of argument/persuasion

c)

the art of fighting

2.

What does it mean to persuade someone?

a)

to convince someone of something

b)

to explain what something is

c)

to debate with someone

3.

Who can we credit with his groundbreaking work in the field of rhetoric?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Hercules

c)

Sophocles

4.

The three rhetorical appeals are...

a)

ethos, pathos, logos

b)

ethos, pathos, logic

c)

ethics, pathos, logos

5.

Ethos is an appeal to the audience's...

a)

respect and trust

b)

logical mind

c)

emotion

6.

Pathos is an appeal to the audience's...

a)

emotion

b)

logical mind

c)

respect and trust

7.

Logos is an appeal to the audience's...

a)

logical mind

b)

respect and trust

c)

emotion

8.

What is the author's purpose?  In other words, what has motivated Brian Edward Kinghorn to write this article?

a)

to warn the

public against the trend of parents using social media shaming as a tool to

correct their children’s positive behavior

b)

to warn the

public against the trend of parents using social media shaming as a tool to

correct their children’s poor behavior

c)

to praise parents for using social media as a tool to

correct their children’s poor behavior

9.

What are two reasons that Kinghorn gives as he works to support his position that social media shaming is a bad idea?

a)

it does great harm to the parent/child relationship, and parents lose control of how their video content is used once it is posted

online

b)

it does great harm to the parent/child relationship

c)

it does no harm to the parent/child relationship, and parents lose control of how their video content is used once it is posted

online

10.

What person or group of people would oppose Kinghorn’s argument?

a)

social media viewers who commented with messages of support and children

b)

parents who created and posted these videos and their children

c)

parents who created and posted these videos, and social media viewers who commented with messages of support

11.

What argument could someone make who disagrees with Kinghorn’s stance?

a)

the discipline technique is actually ineffective at improving children’s behavior

b)

the discipline technique is actually effective at improving children’s behavior

c)

the discipline technique is actually makes children’s behavior worse

12.

What is one way Kinghorn builds ethos?

a)

He is an Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations

at Millersville University.

b)

He cites published authors and academic publications, such as

the Journal of the American Academy of Psychology and the Law.

c)

He is an Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations

at Marshall University.

13.

What credentials or experience would add to Kinghorn's credibility?

a)

He could include interviews he’s done with people who support public shaming of children.

b)

He could include interviews he’s done with the children who

have been impacted by public shaming.

c)

He could include interviews he’s done with the parents who publicly shame their children.

14.

Does Kinghorn rely more on ethos, pathos, or logos to bolster his argument?

a)

ethos

b)

pathos

c)

logos