This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 100 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 100 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Present ideas that elicit strong feelings A) Rhetorical appeals. B) Logical appeals. C) Emotional appeals. D) Ethical appeals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emotional appeals. 2. A short story about a real person or situation A) Allusion. B) Anecdote. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdote. 3. To be eliminated or killed by the Party, often without a trace or explanation A) Unperson. B) Ministry of Plenty. C) Ministry of Love. D) Vaporize tags1984. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vaporize tags1984. 4. Which best defines PARALLELISM? A) It establishes the speaker's credibility in the audience's eyes. B) It establishes an emotional response from the audience. C) It establishes a logical connection between the argument and the audience. D) It creates a repetition in sentence structure to create rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It creates a repetition in sentence structure to create rhythm. 5. To create a verbal picture A) Definition. B) Description. C) Illustration. D) Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Description. 6. The choice of words a writer uses in an essay or other writing. A) Diction. B) Exposition. C) Rhetoric. D) Coherence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 7. Persuasive rhetoric is the art of usinglanguage to argue and convince others to adopt a position or act in a certain way. A) Persuasive rhetoric. B) Rhetoric. C) Persuasive. D) Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persuasive rhetoric. 8. (Verbal) expression in which words mean something contrary to what is actually said. "Looking at your wallet full of nothing but a few pennies, and exclaiming, 'Lunch is one me guys ..... I'm rich!" A) Understatement. B) Metonymy. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 9. Testimonial is a propaganda device that is used to: A) Show that a famous person has tried this product and liked it. B) Tell what a witness has to say on the witness stand. C) Explain why you should not buy the product advertised. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Show that a famous person has tried this product and liked it. 10. "As a dental hygienist, I've seen what infection can do. That's why I strongly recommend flossing daily." A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 11. The repetition of conjunctions ("and" "or") in close succession for rhetorical effect (Bring you notebook and your pen and your binder and your markers and your text.) A) Multi-connector. B) Unconnected. C) Anaphora. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multi-connector. 12. Loaded Language A) Reference to a well-known person, event from history, or literature. B) The spreading of ideas or information for the purpose of helping or hurting a cause. C) Using words and phrases with strong connotations associated with them in order to invoke a response. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using words and phrases with strong connotations associated with them in order to invoke a response. 13. A fifth grade teacher says her class needs to spend more time on math tasks. A parent complains, saying the teacher doesn't care about literacy subjects. A) Red Herring. B) Straw Man. C) False Analogy. D) Circular Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Straw Man. 14. An exaggeration ..... Example:That class lasted forever. A) Hyperbole. B) Rhetoric. C) Parallelism. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 15. Example:He felt lost in a sea of faces A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 16. Making a comparison between two subjects that are more different than they are alike A) False Analogy. B) Euphemism. C) Hyperbole. D) Jargon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False Analogy. 17. Advil Liquid-Gels provide up to 8 hours of continuous pain relief. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 18. "I had so much homework last night that I needed a pick up truck to carry all of my books of my books home" A) Hyperbole. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 19. Rhetorical Situation A) The circumstances in which a writer communicates a message to an audience. B) What has inspired, stimulated, or provoked the author to create the text. C) The listener, viewer, or reader of a text. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The circumstances in which a writer communicates a message to an audience. 20. Which rhetorical device appeals to emotion? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTheory QuizzesRhetoric Quiz 1Rhetoric Quiz 2Rhetoric Quiz 3Rhetoric Quiz 4Rhetoric Quiz 5Rhetoric Quiz 6Rhetoric Quiz 7Rhetoric Quiz 8Rhetoric Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books