This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric – Quiz 404 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 404 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In rhetoric, a mode of persuasion A) Rhetorical device. B) Target audience. C) Appeal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal. 2. The person responsible for creating the three methods of persuasion is? A) Alexander the Great. B) Plato. C) Aristotle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aristotle. 3. Live simply so that others might simply live. (Gandhi)This is an example of what? A) Anaphora. B) Chiasmus. C) Repetition. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chiasmus. 4. Pattern:My grandparents all have grey hair. Conclusion:All elderly people have grey hair. A) Abductive Reasoning Example. B) Deductive Reasoning Example. C) Inductive Reasoning Example. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abductive Reasoning Example. 5. Rhetorical choice-a comparison between two things using some type of commonaspect between the two to explain something. A) Analogy. B) Allusion. C) Anecdote. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 6. An expression so often used its freshness and originality have worn off. A) Casual Relationship. B) Cliche. C) Comic Relief. D) Anachronism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cliche. 7. Special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand. A) Jargon. B) Anecdote. C) Credibility. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jargon. 8. Patrick Henry uses many rhetorical questions in a row. What is the effect of Henry's rhetorical choice? A) To make the delegates run out of the room. B) To make the answer seem obvious. C) To help his audience relax. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make the answer seem obvious. 9. Rhetorical Analysis essays require you to always A) Determine a purpose. B) Use words. C) Write. D) Determine a purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Determine a purpose. 10. What rhetorical appeal is used?If you don't come for Thanksgiving, your Grandmother will be heartbroken. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 11. As Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense. A) Use of pathos. B) Use of ethos. C) Use of logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use of ethos. 12. Repetition of certain words or phrases at the beginning of sentences to increase the power of a sentiment. Ex:MLKJ repeating the phrase "I have a dream." A) Anaphora. B) Alliteration. C) Cacophony. D) Humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 13. What is the meaning of anaphora? A) Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences. B) Repetition of a word or phrase in the middle of successive clauses or sentences. C) Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. D) Repetition of a word or phrase at random places in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. 14. One blames problems on a particular group, person, or idea: "I don't want those big mouthed kids in the library." "Our downfall began under the other party." "Your money problems are caused by that party." A) Name-calling. B) Glittering generalities. C) Card stacking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Name-calling. 15. The effective use of language is ..... A) Information. B) Civil war. C) Rhetoric. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetoric. 16. The term that means saying something in a less offensive way is A) Understatement. B) Euphemism. C) Hyperbole. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 17. Which rhetorical appeal focuses on using emotions to persuade? A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Weather. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos. 18. A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt. (Replacing a harsh word with a softer word) A) Loaded Language. B) Euphemism. C) Anecdote. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 19. True or False:Dysphemism is used to produce a positive effect on someone's attitude about something A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. A fictional "mask" or the narrator who tells the story. A) You. B) Chiasmus. C) Antithesis. D) Persona. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persona. ← 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