Finals Study Guide Quiz

Which rhetorical strategy is used to establish the credibility of the speaker?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Slippery Slope

Identify the rhetorical strategy: 'Will you be an angel and help to save a starving animal today?'

• A) Ethos

• B) Pathos

• C) Logos

• D) Bandwagon

Fill in the blank: 'You can either stare at a blank wall tonight or come out to the party!' This is an example of a ________ fallacy.

• False Dilemma

• Slippery Slope

• Bandwagon

• False Equivalence

Which fallacy is committed when something is claimed to be good because it is popular?

• Bandwagon

• Hasty Generalization

• False Equivalence

• Ad Hominem

Fill in the blank: A ________ clause is lacking either a subject or predicate, making it incomplete.

• Independent

• Dependent

• Fragment

• Complex

Which sentence type contains only one independent clause?

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Fragment

What type of sentence contains one independent clause and one dependent clause?

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Fragment

Which tense is used to describe events that are currently happening?

• A) Past progressive

• B) Present progressive

• C) Future progressive

• D) Past perfect

What is a simile?

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• A comparison without using 'like' or 'as'

• An extreme exaggeration

• Giving human qualities to non-human things.

Fill in the blank: A comma should be placed before and after an ______ phrase.

• independent

• appositive

• dependent

• adverbial