Rhetoric Questions Quizlet

What is a rhetorical device?

A tool of language that makes communication more effective

What fallacy is the following an example of? "Mini Mike Bloomberg is a LOSER who has money but can't debate and has zero presence, you will see. He reminds me of a tiny version of Jeb "Low Energy" Bush" (Donald Trump)

Ad Hominem

What is a fallacy?

An error in reasoning

What rhetorical device is the following an example of? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness" (Charles Dickens)

Anaphora

What fallacy is the following an example of? "Einstein said 'God does not play dice with the universe,' therefore God must exist."

Appeal to Authority

What rhetorical device is the following an example of? "An empty stream, a great silence, an impenetrable forest. The air was thick, warm, heavy, sluggish." (Joseph Conrad)

Asyndeton

What fallacy is the following an example of? "Smoking pot is against the law because it's wrong; I know it's wrong because it is against the law."

Circular Argument

What rhetorical device is the following an example of? "I know that any time we send troops into harm's way, it is a risk that some will not come back. However, there are innocent women and children being murdered, and we cannot stand idly by."

Concession

What rhetorical device is the following an example of? "May God bless you. May God keep you. May He make His face to shine upon you. Face the dawn, fear the dawn, own the dawn."

Epiphora

What fallacy is the following an example of? "A pocket watch is complex, and it's clear that it must have been designed intelligently by a watchmaker. Living beings and the world are similarly complex. Thus, they must also be the product of intelligent design." (William Paley)

False Analogy

What fallacy is the following an example of? "You can either get married or be alone for the rest of your life."

False Dichotomy

What fallacy is the following an example of? "All the boys I've dated have been good-for-nothing pieces of trash; therefore, all males must be good-for-nothing pieces of trash."

Hasty Generalization

What rhetorical device is the following an example of? "What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured." (Kurt Vonnegut)

Hypophora

What rhetorical device is the following an example of? "You must have been a chicken in a previous life."

Invective

What rhetorical device is the following an example of? "Only choice"

Oxymoron

What rhetorical device is the following an example of? "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers."

Polysyndeton

What fallacy is the following an example of? "Kevin's dog scratched his leg, and that night he had a fever. Kevin concluded that his dog must have infected him with something."

Post Hoc

What fallacy is the following an example of? Father: "Son, why are you such a disappointment? You got an 87 on the math test." Son: "The weather is so lovely today."

Red Herring

What rhetorical device is the following an example of? "Is hell hot?"

Rhetorical Question

What fallacy is the following an example of? "If we allow the children to choose the movie this time, they are going to expect to be able to choose the school they go to or the doctors they visit."

Slippery Slope