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PERSUASIVE /ARGUMENT EXAM 30 points total

Multiple Choice. Circle the correct answer. 2 points each.
1. A THEME is:
a.)the moral of the story

b.)the sad idea in a work of literature

c.)the persuasive appeal to emotion

d.)a secondary source

2. A LOGICAL FALLACY is:

a.)a musical show

b.) a flawed argument/error in reasoning

c.)an appeal to authority

d.)a series of truths

3. A/An

Essay is about an incident in the writers life.

a.)persuasive

b.)expository

c.)argumentative

d.)personal

4. ( Impressing with large numbers)BANDWAGON APPEAL is a persuasive technique that:

a.)has an authority sponsor a product.

b.)has people join a band.

c.)refers to everybody in order to be convincing d.)is circular reasoning.

TRUE AND FALSE: 1 POINTS EACH.

1. An ALLUSION is a figure of speech that references a person, place ,or something that
happened, real or imagined.______
2. An example of a PRIMARY SOURCE would be a book about the Civil War______.

USING VOCABULARY: CHOOSE WHICH WORD BEST DEFINES THE

HIGHLIGHTED WORD.1 POINT EACH

1. Disfranchisement of a citizen would be:

a.)starvation

b.) taking away their rights c.)having a disagreement.

2.To have dissension within a group is to have:

a.)pain.

b.)harmony

c.)disagreement

3. A mans jacket on the bus smelled odius. That means it smelled:

a.) aromatic. b.) disgusting.

c.)old.

4. the White House shutdown was a domestic issue. It was:

a.)expensive.

b.)dangerous c.)relating to ones own country.

5.)The record company ordained Michael Jackson as the King of Pop. Ordain means:
a.) appoint/order

b.)challenged

c.)rebelled against.

IDENTIFY/WRITE THE NAME OF THE FALLACY IN REASONING AFTER

EACH STATEMENT. 2 POINTS EACH ( either/or, bare assertion, circular reasoning/beg
the question ,oversimplifying.)

1.Before 1990 there were fewer professional dancers than there are today. Therefore,
people who danced before the 90s were not as talented as dancers of the 2000s.
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2.Being recognized as an actor is a long and stressful path. Thus, all actors want to give
up at some point in their careers.
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3.The Dairy association says that children should drink more beef, cheese, and milk.
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4.The Mayor was going to speak about the parks and recreation budget at the meeting,
but abruptly told the audience he had to pick up his daughter.
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5. Anyone who steals from a store is either a criminal or uneducated.
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Short Answer:
1.Select two allusions from Martin Luther Kings speech, Mountaintop, and explain its
role and how it functions in the speech.
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2. Select two different rhetorical devices( ethic,logic,emotional) from Susan B. Anthonys
speech, On womans Right to Vote, and cite the paragraph(s) or sentences you get
the reference(s) from.

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