Speech Chapter 9

the stylistic device that occurs when a sentence contains two contrasting ideas in parallel phrases is called

?

language that describes intangible concepts that are difficult to picture is called

abstract

words that have vague, unclear meanings that can be understood in more than one way are

ambiguous

language that is specific and describes tangible things that the audience can picture is called

concrete

a metaphor makes a direct comparison between items and uses words such as "like" or "as"

false

an audience will be impressed with a speaker who uses long technical words or jargon

false

persuasive language is usually more ____ than informative language

forceful

each of the following are reasons why language choices are important except

language can keep listeners' attitudes and behaviors from being influenced

which of the following is the most concrete description

misha, my two year old, 14 pound, yellow and white longhair cat

Martin Luther king jr's I have a dream speech makes great use of which stylistic device

onomatopoeia

similarly phrased ideas presented in succession are

parallelism

the way language is used to express ideas is called

style

which of the following statements is a simile?

the dude looks like a lady

the only message that counts is the one that gets received

true

vivid language is more likely to take the active voice than the passive

true

when ambiguous words are used deliberately to sway an audience, the outcome is unethical

true

when speakers use generic masculine or feminine words they are helping to maintain sex-biased perceptions

true

you can avoid gender bias by

use words like "police officer" or "mail carrier"

a good example of hyperbole would be

I've told you a million times in the past hour not to use hyperbole