This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric – Quiz 311 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 311 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is the definition of Ad Hominem? A) Overstating something; stretching the truth. B) Making an unfair, too broad assumption about a person or a group of people. C) When you focus and attack someone's personality, character, or other qualities instead of the opponents supporting evidence. D) Assumptions about all members of a group or all of a certain type of thing; can be misleading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When you focus and attack someone's personality, character, or other qualities instead of the opponents supporting evidence. 2. My message is that we'll be watching you. A) Personal pronouns. B) Shock tactics. C) Hyperbole. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personal pronouns. 3. What was the context of Lou Gehrig's speech? A) His recent announcement of his illness and subsequent retirement. B) His announcement of his illness and future retirement. C) His announcement of his retirement from baseball. D) His announcement of his illness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His recent announcement of his illness and subsequent retirement. 4. Every person should bring [ ..... ] pet to the veterinarian for yearly appointments. A) Their. B) Its. C) His or her. D) Those. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His or her. 5. Convincing an audience through logical, sound reasoning. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 6. When a speaker compares an ideal to a landscape, ocean, or field is using A) Figurative Language. B) Proven Information. C) Credibility. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative Language. 7. ..... is the presentation of only one side of an issue or point of view. A) Bias. B) Generalization. C) Exaggeration. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bias. 8. What is an Underestimate? A) Is a comparison between two different things that resemble each other in at least one way.In formal prose the simile is a device both of art and explanation, comparing an unfamiliarthing to some familiar thing (an object, event, process, etc.) known to the reader. It generallyuses "like" or "as" . B) A form of metaphor which in mention a part signifies the whole, or the whole symbolizes thepart (often not distinguished from metonymy). C) The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience. D) To play down or soften something that is starting, horrifying, shocking, painful, or otherwisedeserving of more emotion and attention than the writer gives it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To play down or soften something that is starting, horrifying, shocking, painful, or otherwisedeserving of more emotion and attention than the writer gives it. 9. An appeal to reason A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 10. The use of humor to critique society or an individual A) Sarcasm. B) Irony. C) Satire. D) Ridicule. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satire. 11. What method of development does the author use in the following paragraph:The speaker's passionate plea for environmental conservation resonated deeply with the audience, compelling them to reevaluate their own impact on the planet. The vivid imagery of pristine landscapes juxtaposed with scenes of ecological devastation painted a stark picture of the urgent need for collective action. A) Comparison/Contrast. B) Cause and Effect. C) Narration. D) Definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cause and Effect. 12. A concise statement of a general truth or principle A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Aphorisms. D) Epigraphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aphorisms. 13. The conflict with a specific argument made by the opponent; direct confrontation of ideas A) Clash. B) Affirmative. C) Claim. D) Examples. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clash. 14. Words that use to convince people using emotion instead of logic in the news is called ..... A) Rhetorical slant. B) Rhetorical devices. C) The news. D) Emotional news. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical slant. 15. Uses information likely to frighten the audience for the purpose of strengthening a speaker's or writer's argument A) Appeal to authority. B) Appeal to pride. C) Appeal to fear. D) Logical reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal to fear. 16. The audience for a text is ..... A) The reader. B) The whole world. C) Everyone. D) The intended target for the message of the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The intended target for the message of the text. 17. "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?" (Henry 103). A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 18. What is an imperative? A) A question. B) A statement. C) A sentence. D) A command. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A command. 19. What is a repeated word or phrase used for emphasis? There are two common types:anaphora and epistrophe. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 20. Which kind of rhetoric would attempt to use facts to persuade someone's way of thinking? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. ← 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