Intro to AP Language Quiz 1

What is rhetoric?

• The art of persuasive speaking.

• The art of persuasive writing.

• The art of persuasive speaking and writing.

• The art of using philosophy in speaking and writing.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which Greek philosopher is credited with defining rhetoric?

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Socrates

• Hippocrates

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Besides speeches and essays, what is another example of rhetoric?

• political cartoon

• photograph and paintings

• advertisements

• all the previous examples

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Why does a speaker, writer, or artist need to consider so many rhetorical choices when creating a "text"?

• in order to make lots of money

• in order to appeal to an audience and get them to "buy in"

• in order to become famous

• in order to get more people to listen or view it

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What did Aristotle include in his triangle?

• text, speaker, audience, subject

• context, speaker, audience, subject

• occasion, context, purpose, speaker

• subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What is the "face" or character that a speaker shows the audience called?

• mask

• description

• role

• persona

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When considering S.O.A.P.S., which letter is closely related to the exposition or setting of a story?

• S: subject

• O: occasion

• A: audience

• P: purpose

Which two devices are used to comment or critique?

• metaphor and simile

• Venn diagram and essay

• compare and contrast

• parody and satire

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What is parody?

• A figure of speech that makes a brief indirect reference to something of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.

• An imitation that mocks something else but usually by doing it indirectly.

• An imitation of work of art or text that uses humor and exaggeration to directly mock the artist or work.

• A faculty of observing in any given case the avaible means of persuasion.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3