Rhetorical Process Final Exam UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answer
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Rhetorical Process Final Exam UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
syllogism - CORRECT ANSWER- join major and minor premise to create conclusion
example: all birds lay eggs. a swan is a bird. a swan lays eggs.
enthymeme - CORRECT ANSWER- contains conclusion and an implied premise
(prem...
Rhetorical Process Final Exam UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
syllogism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- join major and minor premise to create conclusion
example: all birds lay eggs. a swan is a bird. a swan lays eggs.
enthymeme - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- contains conclusion and an implied premise
(premise is omitted)
example: where there is smoke, there is fire
--->implied precise: fire causes smoke
anaphora - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence
example: "My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration."
What is an argument from consequences? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a belief is either true
or false based on whether the belief leads to desirable or undesirable consequences
example:
Premise 1: If P, then Q will occur.
Premise 2: Q is desirable.
Conclusion: Therefore, P is true.
What is an argument from authority? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- something must be true
because it is believed by someone who said to be an "authority" on the subject
,example: A commercial claims that a specific brand of cereal is the best way to start the day
because athlete Michael Jordan says that it is what he eats every day for breakfast.
What is an argument from definition? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- using a strategically
reasoned definition to support an argument position.
example: "We are not anti-abortion; we are pro-life."
What is an argument from principle? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- argument that values and
principles should guide decisions.
Example: "We should allow liberal immigration because that is the American Way"
crescendo - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a gradual increase in intensity
climax - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the conclusion of a sequence of phrases or sentences,
each more forceful or intense than the last
enactment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an argument technique in which the speaker
embodies the argument
logos - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- argument through logic or practical reasoning.
, example: "Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, 69 of which are known to cause
cancer."
pathos - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- argument by arousal of emotion, aimed more at feeling
than reasoning.
example: "Ask the 2,900 who died on 9/11 whether profiling should be part of anti-
terrorism."
ethos - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- usually structured as an argument from credibility or
expertise, arising from the characteristics of the person, but may include argument from
authority, attached to a position.
example:"Benjamin Franklin said ..." or "The President of the United States said ..."
what is rhetorical form? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a question asked for effect and not
expecting an answer or declarative statements falsely adopting an interrogative form
hyperbole - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- deliberate and obvious exaggeration used for effect
identification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a proposal which produces in the audience a
powerful feeling of affinity with another person or group, often the speaker
kairos - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the principle of timely, creative response to a particular
situation
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