This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric – Quiz 293 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 293 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is NOT an example of aphorism? A) A penny saved is a penny earned. B) Measure twice, cut once. C) The wind played around with my hair, making it dance around on that summer day. D) Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The wind played around with my hair, making it dance around on that summer day. 2. Used more in persuasive writing than in argumentative writing. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 3. We know that all men are mortal. Since John is a man, John is mortal. A) Inductive reasoning (specific to general). B) Deductive reasoning (general to specific). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deductive reasoning (general to specific). 4. Question without an answer required A) Erotema. B) Conjugation. C) Imperative. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Erotema. 5. Are you going to stand by and let the power lines be built in our backyards? A) Juxtaposition. B) Rhetorical question. C) Analogy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical question. 6. A question that is posed for emphasis, not requiring an answer."Art thou mad? Is not the truth the truth?" (Henry IV, part 1, II, iv) A) Rhetorical Question. B) Antithesis. C) Apostrophe. D) Silence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Question. 7. Rhetorical questions are used to: A) Emphasize a point. B) Make readers reflect. C) Both of the answers are correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of the answers are correct. 8. In "A Modest Proposal" how long does Swift propose that mother's keep their children? A) Until they are adults. B) Until they finish school. C) Until someone buys them as a slave. D) Until they are a year old. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Until they are a year old. 9. The McDonald brothers perfected A) The speedy system of using carhops to deliver food. B) The speedy service system for delivery of food quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speedy service system for delivery of food quickly. 10. Quoting well-regarded experts is important because A) It helps you establish credibility. B) It gives you the opportunity to write a personal anecdote. C) It gives your argument prejudice in favor of one thing, person, or group. D) It acknowledges opposing viewpoints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It helps you establish credibility. 11. The following is an example of what kind of rhetorical device? "Strong in the force, you are." Yoda, Star Wars A) Hyperbole. B) Anastrophe. C) Antithesis. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anastrophe. 12. Lewis and Clark finally made it to the Pacific coast, after bitter winters and a close call with the Sioux Indians. A) Periodic. B) Loose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loose. 13. To avoid committing to something or to mislead A) Equivocate. B) Provision. C) Delusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equivocate. 14. What's the difference in a rhetorical strategy and a rhetorical device? A) A strategy is what a writer does (verb) and is a broad category, whereas a device is things a writer uses (noun) that fall under the category of the strategy. B) A strategy is the choices a writer makes in his/her argument, whereas a device is the evidence the writer uses to back up his/her point. C) A strategy is the purpose behind a persuasive text, whereas a device is anything the writer does to win over the audience. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A strategy is what a writer does (verb) and is a broad category, whereas a device is things a writer uses (noun) that fall under the category of the strategy. 15. Word choice is also known as this term A) Requirement. B) Ethos, pathos, and logos. C) Diction. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 16. How is rhetoric defined? A) The art of persuasion. B) The art of rhetoric. C) The art of life. D) The art of education. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The art of persuasion. 17. What's the name of the sentence that states your stance on the topic you're writing about? A) Argument statement. B) Stance. C) Claim. D) Counterclaim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claim. 18. A sophism is a complicated argument. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Does the following sentence contain an example of metonymy or synecdoche?The White House will be announcing the decision around noon today. A) Metonymy. B) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 20. My grandmother is 102 years old. She eats garlic everyday. Garlic makes you live longer. A) Faulty Causality. B) False Authority. C) Scare Tactics. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Faulty Causality. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRhetoric Quiz 1Rhetoric Quiz 2Rhetoric Quiz 3Rhetoric Quiz 4Rhetoric Quiz 5Rhetoric Quiz 6Rhetoric Quiz 7Rhetoric Quiz 8Rhetoric Quiz 9Rhetoric Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books