Unit 2 Test

Question 0

Thomas Paine:

Answer 0

The Crisis

Question 1

Benjamin Franklin:

Answer 1

The Autobiography, Poor Richard’s Almanack, Speech in the Convention, Call for Prayer

Question 2

Patrick Henry:

Answer 2

Speech in the Virginia Convention

Question 3

Michel-Guillame Jean de Crevècoeur:

Answer 3

Letters from an American Farmer

Question 4

Rev. Jacob Duche:

Answer 4

First Prayer of the Continental Congress

U. S. Constitution

Question 5

Appeal to reason

Answer 5

Appealing to people’s judgement or resoning

Question 6

Appeal to authority

Answer 6

A fallacy in which a rhetor seeks to persuade an audience not by giving evidence but by appealing to the respect people have for the famous.

Question 7

Appeal to emotion

Answer 7

Appeal to emotion or argumentum ad passiones is a logical fallacy which uses the manipulation of the recipient’s emotions, rather than valid logic, to win an argument.

Question 8

Parallelism

Answer 8

is the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter.

Question 9

Alliteration

Answer 9

the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds

Question 10

Allusion

Answer 10

a statement that refers to something without mentioning it directly

Question 11

Hyperbole

Answer 11

Exaggeration

Question 12

Metaphor

Answer 12

a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar

Question 13

Simile

Answer 13

Comparison using like or as

Question 14

Slogan

Answer 14

a word or phrase used to express a characteristic position or stand or a goal to be achieved

Question 15

Repetition

Answer 15

Repeating a word