Test Tomorrow

Question 1

a harsh mixture of sounds; conflict

Answer 1

Discord

Question 2

Deadly; harmful

Answer 2

Pernicious

Question 3

To fail to keep a promise

Answer 3

Inextricably

Question 4

A general pardon, especially one granted by the government

Answer 4

Reconciliation

Question 5

An ability to move (as from one social class to another)

Answer 5

Mobility

Question 6

Justifiable; reasonable

Answer 6

Default

Question 7

To keep that alive; support

Answer 7

Amnesty

Question 8

Closely

Answer 8

Intimately

Question 9

Ethos

Answer 9

Ethos (sometimes referred to as an appeal to ethics), then, is used as a means of convincing an audience via the authority or credibility of the persuader, be it a notable or experienced figure in the field or even a popular celebrity.

Question 10

Pathos

Answer 10

Pathos (appeal to emotion) is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response to an impassioned plea or a convincing story.

Question 11

Logos

Answer 11

Logos (appeal to logic) is a way of persuading an audience with reason, using facts and figures.

Question 12

Parallelism

Answer 12

Parallelism in grammar is defined as two or more phrases or clauses in a sentence that have the same grammatical structure.

Question 13

Anaphora

Answer 13

The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect is known as Anaphora.

Question 14

Loaded words

Answer 14

Loaded words elicit an emotional response—positive or negative—beyond their literal meaning and can significantly contribute to persuading others to adopt our point of view. For example, the noun plant generates no significant emotional response, but flower inspires a positive feeling and weed a negative feeling.

Question 15

Interposition

Answer 15

An interruption in speech

Question 16

Nullification

Answer 16

the act of cancelling something

Question 17

Rhetorical appeals

Answer 17

The modes of persuasion, often referred to as ethical strategies or rhetorical appeals, are devices in rhetoric that classify the speaker’s appeal to the audience. They are: ethos, pathos, and logos, and the less used kairos.