Fill in the Blank Quiz


1		is language used to persuade or influence beliefs or attitudes, rather than to prove a claim logically.


2		and are words or phrases that manipulate their emotive force to encourage us to take a certain perspective on some subject.


3		are rhetorical techniques.


4		and replace one expression with another that carries, respectively, more positive or more negative associations.


5		A(n) links our feeling about a thing to the thing we compare it to: "He had a laugh like an old car trying to start."


6		A(n) uses loaded language while ostensibly trying to clarify a term: "Animals are our fellow conscious beings."


7		use loaded language while pretending merely to tell the reason for an event: "She smiled at you so she'd have an edge when you hand out raises."


8		are often involved when someone lumps people under one name or description.


9		belongs among those techniques that employ not certain words but ordinary features of linguistic communication.


10		Whereas every question rests on assumptions, a(n) rests on unwarranted or unjustified assumptions.


11		When the persuasive device aims at shielding a claim from criticism by qualifying it, we may call that device a(n) .


12		A(n) is a rhetorical move to make something seem less important than it really is.


13		means exaggeration.


14		Suppose a claim comes to you with no support except for the speaker's assurance that some support exists: this assurance takes the name of .


15		adding two blanks