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Final Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of "Loaded Words"?

a)

Logic that you should because a large number of others do

b)

A person speaks of his or her experience to make a point

c)

Use of specific words and connotations to get to emotions

d)

Aims to make people associate positive or negative feelings

2.

Which persuasive device involves a person speaking of their experience to make a point?

a)

Bandwagon

b)

Testimonial

c)

Transfer

d)

Snob Appeal

3.

What does the "Bandwagon" persuasive device mean?

a)

Use of specific words and connotations to get to emotions

b)

Aims to make people associate positive or negative feelings

c)

Logic that you should because a large number of others do

d)

A person speaks of his or her experience to make a point

4.

What is the purpose of the "Transfer" persuasive device?

a)

Aims to make people associate positive or negative feelings

b)

Use of specific words and connotations to get to emotions

c)

Logic that you should because a large number of others do

d)

A person speaks of his or her experience to make a point

5.

What does the "Plain Folks" persuasive device involve?

a)

Intentional manipulation of data or statistics to assist your claim

b)

Argues that it is good for people like you and your loved ones

c)

Use of something will make you part of a better group

d)

Attacks the person rather than addressing the issue

6.

What is the definition of "Misuse of Statistics"?

a)

Argues that it is good for people like you and your loved ones

b)

Intentional manipulation of data or statistics to assist your claim

c)

Use of something will make you part of a better group

d)

Attacks the person rather than addressing the issue

7.

Which persuasive device involves attacking the person rather than addressing the issue?

a)

Snob Appeal

b)

Plain Folks

c)

Name-calling

d)

Misuse of Statistics

8.

What does the "False Analogy" logical fallacy involve?

a)

Tries to scare an audience into feeling a certain way

b)

Forces the issue to come to only two possible sides

c)

Discredits an issue by judging the speaker’s character

d)

Argues two things are alike when they only have slight similarities

9.

What is the definition of "False Dilemma"?

a)

Tries to scare an audience into feeling a certain way

b)

Forces the issue to come to only two possible sides

c)

Discredits an issue by judging the speaker’s character

d)

Argues two things are alike when they only have slight similarities

10.

What is the purpose of the "Appeal to Fear" logical fallacy?

a)

Tries to scare an audience into feeling a certain way

b)

Forces the issue to come to only two possible sides

c)

Discredits an issue by judging the speaker’s character

d)

Argues two things are alike when they only have slight similarities

11.

Which logical fallacy discredits an issue by judging the speaker’s character?

a)

False Analogy

b)

False Dilemma

c)

Appeal to Fear

d)

Ad hominem

12.

Persuasive appeal that uses convincing reasons and the logical evidence that supports those reasons

(a)  

13.

Persuasive appeal that's used to stir feelings or emotions in the reader

(a)  

14.

Persuasive appeal based on character, credibility, and/or reliability of the author

(a)  

15.

What is the purpose of the "Snob Appeal" persuasive device?

a)

Argues that it is good for people like you and your loved ones

b)

Use of something will make you part of a better group

c)

Intentional manipulation of data or statistics to assist your claim

d)

Tries to scare an audience into feeling a certain way

16.

Writing, usually nonfiction, that influences the reader.

a)

ethos

b)

persuasion

c)

tone

d)

repetition

17.

Persuasive devices are important tools which we can use to convince others to agree with our viewpoint.

a)

True

b)

False

18.
A logical fallacy is _____.
a)
an error in reasoning or logic
b)
something used to support a solid argument
c)
a gap in learning
d)
none of the above
19.

What is this sentence an example of?

"If you're not a Greader, you're a Soc. And everyone knows that Socs are the enemy."

a)

Loaded Language

b)

False Dilemma

c)

Direct Adress

d)

Name Calling

20.

What is this sentence an example of?

"Only the best for my family.  That’s why we eat Kraft."

a)

Plain Folks

b)

Misuse of Statistics

c)

Snob Appeal

d)

Name-calling

21.

Persuasive devices are important tools which we can use to convince others to agree with our viewpoint.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Persuasive writers often use __, or special patterns of language that help to clarify ideas and engage readers.

a)

identical concepts

b)

contrast devices

c)

counter argument

d)

rhetorical devices

23.

In "The Outsiders", Ponyboy's narration is used by the author to evoke feelings of sadness and anger in the reader(s). What persuasive device is S.E. Hinton using?

a)

Ethos

b)

Imagery

c)

Logos

d)

Pathos

24.

What persuasive device is used in this quote from "The Outsiders"?

"All I could think was: We started it. We started it. We started it!"

a)

Pathos

b)

Repetition

c)

Loaded Language

d)

Bandwagon

25.

What logical fallacy does Darry use in this quote to Ponyboy?

"You just don't use your head."

a)

False Dilemma

b)

Bandwagon

c)

Ad Hominem

d)

Circular Reasoning

26.

What logical fallacy does Dally use in this quote he says to Ponyboy?

"You either get tough like me, or you get hurt. There's no in-between."

a)

Repetition

b)

Ad Hominem

c)

False Dilemma

d)

Loaded Language

27.

What literary device is used in this quote?

"Soda attracted girls like honey attracted flies"

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Simile

28.

What literary device is used in the following quote:

"I leaped out the window and heard timber crashing and the flames roaring right behind me. "

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Imagery

29.

What literary device is used in this quote from "The Outsiders"

"I was reminded of Jack London's books"

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Allusion

d)

Hyperbole

30.

Which literary device compares two things using like or as?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Allusion

d)

Personification

31.

What literary device is an exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Allusion

d)

Hyperbole

32.

What literary device compares two seemingly unrelated things by stating that one thing is another, implying a likeness or analogy between them

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Allusion

33.

What literary device gives something non-human, human attributes

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Allusion

34.

What literary device makes an indirect reference to something well-known, like a person, place, event, or work of art, that the writer assumes the reader will recognize

a)

Simile

b)

Allusion

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

35.

What literary device is used in this quote:

"Here!" Dally handed me a shirt about sixty-million sizes too big."

a)

Similie

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Oxymoron