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Question 1

truculent

Answer 1

(adj): aggressively hostile; quick to argue or fight

Question 2

impertinent

Answer 2

(adj): (1) not showing proper respect; rude; presumptuous; (2) not relevant to the matter at hand

Question 3

unassailable

Answer 3

(adj): not open to denial or attack, as by argument or military force

Question 4

allusion

Answer 4

(n): a brief reference to a person, event, place, or work of art (real or fictional)

Question 5

occasion

Answer 5

(n): the time and place in which a text was spoken or written

Question 6

rhetorical choice

Answer 6

(n): a decision made by a speaker to communicate their message and persuade their audience. Rhetorical choices include not only the use of rhetorical devices but also decisions about how to arrange, structure, and defend an argument.

Question 7

exigence

Answer 7

(n): the urgency, importance, and timeliness of the subject

Question 8

extrinsic exigence

Answer 8

when the urgency, importance, or timeliness of a subject is obvious and doesn’t need to be explained

Question 9

intrinsic exigence

Answer 9

when the urgency, importance, or timeliness of a subject is established in the text by the speaker

Question 10

conceit

Answer 10

(n): an extended metaphor in which a speaker compares two unlike things and elaborates on this comparison over multiple sentences or paragraphs

Question 11

antecedent

Answer 11

(n): In English grammar, the antecedent is the noun or noun phrase to which a pronoun (he, she, it, they, we, us, them, etc.) refers. In the following example, the pronoun “him” refers to the antecedent “James”: When I think of James’s hair, I feel envious of him.

Question 12

S.O.A.P.S.E.T.

Answer 12

a mnemonic device that stands for Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Speaker, Exigence, and Tone. These various elements comprise the primary components of the rhetorical situation.

Question 13

commentary

Answer 13

(n): the explanation provided for how and why evidence supports a claim

Question 14

line of reasoning

Answer 14

(n): the arrangement/order and logical structure of an argument. A line of reasoning consists of claims, reasons, evidence, and commentary.

Question 15

parallelism

Answer 15

(n): similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.