This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 101 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 101 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Rising action is A) Normally after the beginning and before the climax of the story. B) When the most intense part of the story is already over. C) At the end of the story, when everyone's dead. D) Right at the start of the story, it is the revelation of characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Normally after the beginning and before the climax of the story. 2. An article arguing why Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player ever. A) Persuade. B) Inform. C) Entertain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persuade. 3. "I've told you a million times to clean your room!"What rhetorical devise is used? A) Parallelism. B) Hyperbole. C) Epistrophe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 4. Stupor; sleepiness; inactivity A) Torpor. B) Specter. C) Enfranchised. D) Inevitable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Torpor. 5. A process started with a general principle or truth in order to reach a conclusion. A) Qualifier. B) Deduction. C) Syllogism. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deduction. 6. To bring forth, especially through words A) Conjure. B) Domineering. C) Abjure. D) Perjury. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conjure. 7. Literary techniques are ineffectIve when it comes to speeches. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. ..... is an appeal to reason/logic and often uses numbers/graphs/facts to persuade. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Weather. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logos. 9. Paraphrasing can help you avoid ..... It is taking another person's ideas or words and presenting them as your own. This is not only a serious academic offense, but it is also illegal in many cases. Use your own words when you write, and always give credit to others whose ideas you use. A) Getting into trouble. B) Plagiarism. C) Cheating. D) Pledging. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plagiarism. 10. Questions meant to provoke thought and make a point, rather than to elicit an answer. A) Anecdotes. B) Allusion. C) Rhetoric. D) Rhetorical questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical questions. 11. Repetition of many conjunctions in a singular sentence A) Parallelism. B) Matfor. C) Invective. D) Multi-connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multi-connectors. 12. She is the best-selling author of a dozen children's books and she is here to speak to us today. I know you will learn something valuable from her! A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 13. Du Bois was born in A) Georgia. B) New York. C) Massachusetts. D) Louisiana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Massachusetts. 14. Why did Plato dislike persuasive speech? A) Because he believed that to persuade someone was to fool them. B) Because he thought people should think for themselves. C) Because he thought persuasion was lying. D) Because he thought persuasive speech was too complicated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because he believed that to persuade someone was to fool them. 15. A play on words for humorous/clever effect. A) Proverb. B) Pun. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pun. 16. Chocolate cake is my Achilles heel. Hint:Achilles is a demigod/hero in Greek mythology. This is an example of a(n): A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Parallelism. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 17. Which of the following is NOT a solution Swift contemplates? A) Improving mentoring programs. B) Producing your own food and clothing. C) Rejecting materialism. D) Breaking animosity and factions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Improving mentoring programs. 18. "SPIT" helps you with what? A) Punctuation. B) Spelling. C) Paragraphing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paragraphing. 19. Writer/Speaker A) The time, place, and occasion of the text. B) The creator of the text with a unique voice who brings his/her/their background beliefs, values, needs, and tone/attitude toward the topic. C) The goal the writer wants to achieve or accomplish with the text. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The creator of the text with a unique voice who brings his/her/their background beliefs, values, needs, and tone/attitude toward the topic. 20. Logos relates to the ..... A) Message/Subject. B) Audience. C) Speaker. D) Author. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Message/Subject. ← 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