This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric – Quiz 433 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 433 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This rhetorical device that is an arrangement of words or sentences in similar grammatical form to show the ideas are equal in importance. Examples of this are:Easy come, easy goLike father, like son.I have a dream. A) Parallelism. B) Repetition. C) Oxymoron. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 2. Luna, Sophia, and Aria are discussing a Ford Mustang commercial. They are trying to figure out what aspects make it unique and effective. Can you help them? A) Confusing references and lack of explanation. B) Clear message and logical appeals. C) Unappealing visuals and sounds. D) Lack of credibility and expertise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clear message and logical appeals. 3. A very typical example of characters or things A) Diction. B) Tone. C) Paradox. D) Imagery. E) Archetype. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Archetype. 4. The pervading impression made on the feelings of the reader. This term is typically associated with the feelings created by the description of the setting. A) Personification. B) Mood. C) Exposition. D) Parody. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 5. What is the figure of speech that uses an ostensible self-contradiction to illustrate a rhetorical point or to reveal a paradox? A) Chiasmus. B) Metonymy. C) Synecdoche. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 6. You read a manual how to put furniture together. The manual's purpose is to ..... A) Entertain. B) Inform. C) Persuade. D) Express feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inform. 7. Placing to words side by side so as to highlight their differences A) Assonance. B) Oxymoron. C) Juxtaposition. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juxtaposition. 8. After a big fight with her parents, Mirah decided to run away from home. She put some essentials in her backpack and then ran and ran, until she was so far from town that she found herself in the desert. As she stopped to rest and sip from her water bottle, Mirah realized she had forgotten to say goodbye to her two best friends and her pet puppy. All the way out here, she wouldn't be able to rant to anyone about her annoying family. Mirah sat down and noticed the sand dunes extending far into the horizon in every direction. She sighed, curled up into a ball, and cried. What does the desert symbolize in this story? A) Courage and strength. B) Isolation and loneliness. C) Adventure. D) Sadness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Isolation and loneliness. 9. "Man proposes, God disposes." A) Meiosis. B) Antithesis. C) Juxtaposition. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 10. The arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work. A) Design. B) Purpose. C) All are incorrect. D) Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Structure. 11. The word scrawny, as in "Jason appeared scrawny, " has a ..... connotation. A) Positive. B) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 12. A comparison of two unlike things stating that one thing IS the other. A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 13. True or False:you do not need to include all three modes of persuasion in order to have a balanced argument. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. I could really go for some Chinese food for dinner ....., pizza would be great, too. A) On the other hand. B) Moreover. C) So. D) In sum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the other hand. 15. The act of opposing or fighting against something or someone. A) Authoritarianism. B) Dystopia. C) Freedom. D) Resistance tags1984Real Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resistance tags1984Real Life. 16. I am Kainat.I am Kainat Soomro.I am Muzoon.I am Amina.The above example uses the poetic technique of repetition called ..... A) Allusion. B) Anaphora/motif. C) Parallelism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora/motif. 17. The process of using conjunctions or connecting words frequently in a sentence to create emphasis A) Unrelated. B) Multi-connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multi-connectors. 18. Your answer to #2 A) F. B) G. C) H. D) J. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H. 19. Exaggerated statements or claims used for emphasis A) Hyperbole. B) Extended metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 20. Which of the following is an appeal to an audience's sense of emotion? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. ← 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