This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric – Quiz 366 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 366 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. Even such elements as description of the weather can contribute to this. Frequently it foreshadows events. A) Mood. B) Ambiguity. C) Atmosphere. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atmosphere. 2. "He is noticeable for nothing in the world except for the markedness by which he is noticeable for nothing" is an example of a(n) ..... by Edgar Allen Poe. A) Reception. B) Antanaclasis. C) Repeat. D) Mondegreen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repeat. 3. An appeal to logic or reasoning is ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 4. Which of the following best defines "Pathos" A) Emotional appeal. B) Potential connection. C) Persuasive evidence. D) Prehistorical concepts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotional appeal. 5. Giving human characteristics or traits to objects or ideas A) Simile. B) Connotation. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 6. When writing a rhetorical analysis essay, why might it be helpful to first write about the beginning of the text, then the middle, and then the end? A) This approach will help me ensure that I do not run out of time when I'm writing my essay. B) This approach will help me ensure that I develop a clear line of reasoning. C) This approach will help me ensure that I develop a clear argument. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This approach will help me ensure that I develop a clear line of reasoning. 7. Rhetorical appeals and devices are the same. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. What device is being used here: "I'm never gonna dance again. Guilty feet have got no rhythm." ? A) Anaphora. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Asyndenton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 9. What rhetorical appeal is used here?Dr. Grant has been a leading paleontologist for 20 years and knows his fossils. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 10. What does Epistrophe mean? A) Repetition at the end. B) Repetition. C) Repetition at the beginning. D) Does it matter? It's just another version of repetition, smh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition at the end. 11. A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept A) Euphemism. B) Colloquialism. C) Hyperbole. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 12. In the formula "A = C + E + R, " A stands for A) Aristotle. B) Argument. C) Assumption. D) Augmentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Argument. 13. Connotative word meanings are A) Words used to create tone/show an author's attitude on a subject. B) Associations with words that can be emotional, cultural, and/or personal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Associations with words that can be emotional, cultural, and/or personal. 14. An argument that creates a strong emotion in the audience uses a lot of A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Main claims. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 15. Repeats a word or phrase or structure in successive phrases A) Amplification. B) Anaphora/parallelism. C) Nationalism. D) Antimetabole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora/parallelism. 16. "When he took her on a date, he opened his heart and his wallet" is an example of: A) Zeugma. B) Irony. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zeugma. 17. A literary device that is used in narratives to omit some parts of a sentence or event. When used in literature or speeches, it allows the reader / audience to use its imagination to fill in the blanks. A) Allusion. B) Diction. C) Ellipsis. D) Maxim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ellipsis. 18. A metaphor makes a comparison between two things. Why would one use a metaphor to persuade? A) A metaphor sounds nice. B) Metaphors create credibility for the author. C) Speakers use metaphors to make sure the listeners are really listening. D) A metaphor helps the audience focus on the idea and make new connections. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A metaphor helps the audience focus on the idea and make new connections. 19. Aristotle divides the sciences into: A) THEORETICAL / PRACTICAL / POETIC. B) THEORETICAL / PRACTICAL / POETIC. C) NATURAL / THEORETICAL / SOCIAL. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) THEORETICAL / PRACTICAL / POETIC. 20. The beans from Taco Bell are a vile, disgusting food that should never be consumed.What type of rhetoric is being used? A) Loaded Language. B) Elevated Language. C) Logical Appeal. D) Inductive Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loaded Language. ← 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