Rhetoric Terms

Rhetoric Terms

12th Grade

15 Qs

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Rhetoric Terms

Rhetoric Terms

Assessment

Quiz

English

12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Sarah Williams

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is an oxymoron?

A figure of speech with contradictory terms

A type of participial phrase

A type of organizational strategy

A method of pacing in writing

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does parallelism achieve in writing?

Creates confusion in the reader

Introduces complex ideas

Adds balance and clarity to a passage

Obscures the main argument

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the definition of pathos?

A method of organizing essays

Appealing to the emotions

A type of participial phrase

A figure of speech

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the purpose of pairing in writing?

To create confusion

To introduce complex ideas

To emphasize words for stronger effect

To obscure the main idea

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does the term 'occasion' refer to in writing?

The author's personal feelings

The context that prompted the writing

The conclusion drawn by the author

The main argument of the piece

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Rhetorical devices

Techniques used to get an audience's attention and/or persuade them of your argument

Arguing that something must be true because most or many people believe it

Errors in reasoning that make an argument invalid

Asking a question of the audience to provoke thought

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Pathos

An appeal to credibility

An appeal to emotion

An appeal to logic

An appeal to authority

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