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