CLT CLT Rhetoric and Argumentation 3

Question 1

What does the narrative technique 'in medias res' mean?

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Beginning the narrative in the middle of the action

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Ending the story with a moral lesson

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Structuring the story using flashbacks only

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Introducing every character before the plot begins

Question 2

Which rhetorical device involves the deliberate omission of conjunctions between successive phrases?

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Asyndeton

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Polysyndeton

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Anadiplosis

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Anastrophe

Question 3

What is the classical term for the opening section of an oration designed to capture the audience's attention?

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Exordium

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Narratio

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Peroratio

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Confirmatio

Question 4

The rhetorical appeal of logos primarily involves:

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Using evidence, facts, and logical reasoning

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Establishing the speaker's personal credibility

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Evoking emotional responses in the audience

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Capitalizing on the opportune moment to speak

Question 5

Which figure of speech makes an indirect reference to a well-known person, place, or event to enrich meaning?

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Allusion

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Illusion

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Allegory

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Analogy

Question 6

The logical fallacy 'post hoc ergo propter hoc' means assuming:

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Causation from correlation due to sequence alone

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That a popular belief must be true

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That a conclusion proves itself

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That two unlike things share identical properties