This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric – Quiz 373 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 373 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the rhetorical appeal in this example:As you explained yesterday, only 40 out of 120 seniors turned in their essays on time. Doesn't that give you an indication that the three days you gave us to do the assignment were not enough? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 2. The noun or pronoun of a following pronoun refers back to is a A) Modifier. B) Antecedent. C) Parallelism. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antecedent. 3. What is the second (2) sentence's purpose? A) Author's support of thesis/ central idea (discuss rhetorical supports). B) Author's intended audience. C) Author name, genre, title, theme/ central idea. D) Purpose/ motive:why the author is writing this . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Author's support of thesis/ central idea (discuss rhetorical supports). 4. Which rhetorical appeal is the following passage?"These are all land-holding farmers. They have known the women for many years and never saw no sign that they had dealings with the devil" A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 5. What are the 3 rhetorical devices in group #2? A) Stereotypes, innuendo, hyperbole. B) Loaded question, sarcasm, rhetorical analogy. C) Stereotypes, innuendo, loaded question. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stereotypes, innuendo, loaded question. 6. By appealing to the audiences emotions, the speaker or writer can make the audience feel sorrow, shame, sympathy, embarrassment, anger, excitement, and/or fear A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 7. People can hardly tell that Greta is from Sweden. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Using emotions and passion to persuade. A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 9. Does Swift expect his readers to seriously consider his proposal? Why? A) No. He is trying to raise awareness about an issue. B) Yes. He is trying to create a new part of the meat industry. C) No. He is trying to help the Irish win the war with England. D) Yes. He is trying to help the English win the war with Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. He is trying to raise awareness about an issue. 10. What type of sentence can use do for philosophical Arguments? A) Command. B) Questions. C) Expression of Emotion. D) Statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Statement. 11. What terms need to be distributed in the missing premise of the following enthymeme?Joe experiences suffering, so he is not enlightened. A) Joe. B) Enlightened beings. C) Suffering beings. D) Suffering beings and enlightened beings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suffering beings and enlightened beings. 12. When a writer or speaker refers to a person, event, or thing in history or to a work of art or literature. (in other words, they reference something famous) A) Rhetoric. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Advertising. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 13. Logical Reasoning-the writer persuades through reasoning, providing factual evidence to support his claim A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 14. The art of persuasive writing and speaking is called A) None of these answers are correct. B) Politics. C) Bias. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 15. An appeal to ethics; credibility; expertise A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 16. Which of the following options below has the follwing definition:a question asked to make a point, not because you really want an answer A) Metronomy. B) Apostrophe. C) Rhetorical question. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 17. What was the occasion of Lou Gehrig's speech? A) Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day. B) His birthday party. C) His wedding ceremony. D) His team's victory celebration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day. 18. What's the definition of "flippant" ? A) Mercurial. B) Casually disrespectful. C) Untrustworthy. D) Truthful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Casually disrespectful. 19. An exaggerated portrayal of one's features A) Metonymy. B) Colloquialism. C) Caricature. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caricature. 20. What is the definition of exigence? A) The definition of exigence is the result of a communication or action. B) The definition of exigence is the problem or issue that prompts a person to communicate or take action. C) The definition of exigence is the urgent need or demand. D) The definition of exigence is the cause of a problem or issue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The definition of exigence is the problem or issue that prompts a person to communicate or take action. ← 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