This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric – Quiz 309 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 309 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. [1] Box's research is important because the fires of 2012 may not be a one-time phenomenon. [2] According to scientists, rising Arctic temperatures are making northern latitudes greener and thus more fire prone.[3] The pattern Box observed in 2012 may repeat itself again, with harmful effects on the Arctic ecosystem. [4] Box is currently organizing an expedition to gather this crucial information. [5] The next step for Box and his team is to travel to Greenland to perform direct sampling of the ice in order to determine just how much the soot is contributing to the melting of the ice sheet.To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 4 should be placed A) Where it is now. B) After sentence 1. C) After sentence 2. D) After sentence 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After sentence 5. 2. Which of the following options below has the follwing definition:to give authority to an idea by making an association with something the reader knows A) Juxtaposition. B) Hyperbole. C) Litotes. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 3. "I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle." Which rhetorical strategy is used? A) Analogy. B) Characterization of the troops. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characterization of the troops. 4. The following quote, uses which Means of Persuasion? "That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman?" from Sojourner Truth's speech.In the following quote, what means of persuasion are used? "That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over mud puddles, and given the best place everywhere. Nobody helps me get into carriages, or lifts me over mud puddles, or gives me any better place! And am I not a woman?" From Sojourner Truth's speech A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Pathos and Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos and Ethos. 5. The T in SPACECAT stands for: A) Thesis. B) Text. C) Theme. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 6. Presenting complex issues in terms of two inherently opposed sides is called- A) False dilemma. B) To Man. C) Hasty Generalization. D) False Causation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False dilemma. 7. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey. A) Sweeping across the night sky,. B) The bats hunted. C) Their prey. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweeping across the night sky,. 8. The A in S.O.A.P. stands for ..... A) Audience. B) Awesome. C) Augmented. D) Area of review. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audience. 9. Author's choice of words A) Imagery. B) Details. C) Diction. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 10. They just disagree among themselves who will be the ruler of that empire. In this deadly game of thrones, there's no place for America or for Israel. A) Anaphora. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 11. What does logos frequently include? A) Emotional appeal or sentiment. B) Visual appeal or imagery. C) Ethical appeal or moral values. D) Data, statistics, math, research, order, and objectivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Data, statistics, math, research, order, and objectivity. 12. What struture of sentence contains at least one independent clause and at least one dependent clause? A) Simple Sentence. B) Compound Sentence. C) Complex Sentence. D) Compound-Complex Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex Sentence. 13. Ethos builds ..... A) Compassion. B) Credibility. C) Relationships. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Credibility. 14. "I'll have my bond!Speak not against my bond!I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond." (Merchant of Venice, III, iii)This text is an example of ..... A) Allusion. B) Epistrophe. C) Anaphora. D) Unconnected. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epistrophe. 15. A message in groups of threes A) Tripod. B) Tricolon. C) Trimester. D) Tricycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tricolon. 16. The following is an example of what THREE rhetorical device?"Behold! The best burger ever made by mankind!" A) Anaphora / Repetition / Alliteration. B) Hyperbole / Alliteration / Anaphora. C) Asterismos / Repetition / Hyperbole. D) Asterismos / hyperbole / Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asterismos / hyperbole / Alliteration. 17. To fully embrace the context and the entire rhetorical situation adds to your A) Punctuation. B) Sophistication. C) Requirement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sophistication. 18. The art of convincing people who disagree with you. A) Determination. B) Logical Fallacy. C) Consensus. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 19. What feelings do you feel when reading the text? This is a question you would ask to determine: A) Pathos. B) Empathy. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 20. These are vague, nice sounding descriptions of things: "Have a lawn that makes you proud." "Get the biggest and best for your money." " ..... stronger, brighter." A) Glittering Generalities. B) Snob Appeal. C) Transfer. D) None of above. 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