Rhetorical Strategies Quiz
This quiz is to assess what you already know about various rhetorical strategies.
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Directions
Read each passage carefully and determine what type of rhetoric the author is using in the argument. Also look closely at what the author is trying to say in the excerpt.
Passage #1
"I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed."

I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr. August 28th, 1963.
1. Which rhetorical strategy is Dr. King using in passage #1? *
2. Dr. King's words are meant to show *
Passage #2
[Jobs in scientific and mathematical fields] come with above-average pay and offer workers a wide choice of professions. Opening them to women and minorities would help reduce corrosive income inequality between whites and other groups, and would narrow the gender gap in wages. Improving the representation of women and minorities would also enrich American scientific research and development, because they will add a different perspective to workplaces currently dominated by white and Asian men.

"Missing From Science Class Too Few Girls and Minorities Study Tech Subjects " New York Times Editorial Board December 10, 2013
3. What rhetorical strategy is the NYT Editorial Board using in Passage #2? *
4. The excerpt in Passage #2 is meant to show *
5. When an author or speaker includes information about themselves to show you that he or she knows what he or she is taking about the author/speaker is boosting his or her *
6. What was challenging to you about this quiz. What else do you already know about these rhetorical strategies?
Answer in complete sentences. Be mindful of the short answer expectations.
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