Rhetoric Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Rhetoric Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
tone - CORRECT ANSWER- rhetorical element referring to the emotional quality of
writing. Ex: somber, critical, sincere, comical, etc.
style - CORRECT ANSWER- degree of formality or informality in a piece of writing
audienc...
Rhetoric Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
tone - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- rhetorical element referring to the emotional quality of
writing. Ex: somber, critical, sincere, comical, etc.
style - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- degree of formality or informality in a piece of writing
audience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- who a piece of writing is intended for
purpose - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- what you're trying to accomplish with you're writing--
why you're writing
informative writing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Purpose is to inform reader. Refers to
something external to the writing itself.
expressive writing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Purpose is to get thoughts & feelings out.
Doesn't necessarily take audience into consideration.
conative writing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Writing that seeks to affect someone else.
Could be persuasive, entertaining, etc.
phatic writing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Writing that establishes & maintains contact
between speakers or between the reader and the writer. Ex: "What's up?"
metalinguistic writing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- writing about writing; any commentary
on a piece of writing such as a movie review.
logical appeal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Appeal to reader's sense of logic, either inductive
or deductive.
, ethical appeal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An appeal based on the credentials and character
of the author.
pathetic appeal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An appeal to the emotions of an audience.
inductive reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Line of reasoning that is a best guess based
on available data.
deductive reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Line of reasoning that states that if all your
premises are true, then your conclusion/argument MUST be true.
diction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- word choice
register - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- scale along which we measure formality of word
choice; goes from learned to slang, high to low.
parallel structure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When elements (nouns, adjectives, verbs,
phrases, clauses, sentences) are coordinated to have the same form and kind. Ex: Emily ate an
apple, a banana, and a carrot.
balanced sentences - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 2 parts that are equal in length, importance,
& grammatical structure. 2 coordinate but contrasting structures set off against each other.
Ex: Non-smokers generally live a healthy life, but smokers often suffer from lung cancer and
other respiratory diseases.
emphatic word order - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Ordering words in a sentence so as to
emphasize certain ones. Positions of emphasis are the beginning and end of the sentence.
emphatic repetition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis.
periodic sentences - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Creating tension by writing a sentence that
isn't grammatically complete until the final clause. Ex: Unprovided w/ original learning,
uninformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved--to write
a book.
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