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Argumentative Writing Study

Quiz by Donalyn Garrick

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19 questions
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  • Q1
    This rhetorical strategy establishes a person's credibility or trustworthiness.
    ethos
    pathos
    logos
    30s
  • Q2
    This rhetorical strategy is an appeal to the audience's emotions
    logos
    pathos
    ethos
    30s
  • Q3
    This rhetorical strategy is an appeal based on logic, reason, facts, and/or statistics
    logos
    pathos
    ethos
    30s
  • Q4
    As a doctor, I'm qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will yield the best results.
    logos
    ethos
    pathos
    30s
  • Q5
    If we don't move soon, we're all going to die! Can't you see how dangerous it would be to stay?
    pathos
    logos
    ethos
    30s
  • Q6
    The data is perfectly clear: this investment has consistently turned a profit year-over-year, even in spite of market declines in other areas.
    ethos
    pathos
    logos
    30s
  • Q7
    those people who can take the appropriate action in response to a message
    audience
    subject
    sources
    speaker
    30s
  • Q8
    the speaker or writer's intentions, the effect they hope to have on the reader/listener
    tone
    purpose
    attitude
    occasion
    30s
  • Q9
    The topic of a text; what the text is about
    tone
    source
    speaker
    subject
    30s
  • Q10
    A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and sentence structure
    subject
    source
    speaker
    tone
    30s
  • Q11
    "sarcastic, apologetic, lighthearted, somber" is an example of ____
    logos
    ethos
    tone
    speaker
    30s
  • Q12
    Facts or proof that matches the claim(s) presented to the audience or reader; this is used to support the reasons
    evidence
    claim
    citations
    opinions
    30s
  • Q13
    word choice
    voice
    syntax
    diction
    imagery
    30s
  • Q14
    the repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
    personification
    synthesis
    parallel structure
    imagery
    30s
  • Q15
    The point the author is trying to prove in an argumentative essay
    reason
    claim
    evidence
    counterclaim
    30s

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