This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 102 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 102 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct term for the following definition:A cause of wide pain and suffering; plague or misfortune. A) Scourge. B) Invoke. C) Somber. D) Ascribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scourge. 2. "One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish" (Dr. Suess) is an example of what? A) Imagery. B) Repetition. C) Allusion. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 3. Context A) The time, place, and occasion of the text. B) The goal the writer wants to achieve or accomplish with the text. C) The Spark that inspires, stimulates, provokes, or prompts writers to create texts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The time, place, and occasion of the text. 4. A figure of speech that directly compares one thing to another for rhetorical effect. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 5. Jesse is an animal lover ....., he adores penguins and pandas. A) Simultaneously. B) Equally important. C) Specifically. D) Despite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Specifically. 6. It Consists of opinions of readers about any matter e.g. T.V. play. about statements of politicians etc. A) Humorous column. B) Letter to editor. C) Editorial (leader, editorial notes). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Letter to editor. 7. A reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading someone A) Argument. B) Claim. C) Counterargument. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Argument. 8. Life's but a walking shadow A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbaton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 9. "Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on." A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Direct address. D) Folding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. What did Cicero mean by "invention" ? A) The discovery of valid or seemingly valid arguments to render one's cause probable. B) Putting imagination into the writing of a speech. C) The same as Aristotle's "artistic" proofs. D) The same as Aristotle's "artless" proofs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The same as Aristotle's "artistic" proofs. 11. What are the three pillars of persuasion according to the text? A) Ethos, Morality, Logic. B) Fear, Love, Patriotism. C) Emotion, Credibility, Reasoning. D) Ethos, Pathos, Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos, Pathos, Logos. 12. Which rhetorical device? c A) A Ethos. B) B Pathos. C) C Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C Logos. 13. What are the three most common appeals? A) Alliteration, rhetoricrhetorical devices. B) EthosLogos, Pathos. C) Essay ExpositoryPersuasive. D) HumorLaughterDefeat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EthosLogos, Pathos. 14. The Underground Railroad was a secret organization which helped slaves escape to freedom. Many slaves were able to escape because of the conductors and station masters. The northern states were free states and slaves were free once they arrived in the north. Secret codes and signals were used to identify the conductors and station masters. A) To Inform. B) To Entertain. C) To Persuade. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To Inform. 15. An incorrect argument that is not based on strong evidence. Think: "FALSE THINKING" A) Stereotype. B) False Authority. C) Logical Fallacy/Faulty Reasoning. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logical Fallacy/Faulty Reasoning. 16. Arguing that once the first step is undertaken, a second or third step will inevitably follow A) Strawman fallacy. B) Slippery slope fallacy. C) Bandwagon fallacy. D) Ad hominem fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slippery slope fallacy. 17. "Let freedom ring....." A) Analogy. B) Imagery. C) Repetition. D) Restatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 18. A brief story or account of personal experience used to illustrate a point or claim A) Anecdote. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 19. A writer deciding to use the sun to represent power is using it as A) Connotation. B) Symbolism. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 20. To ask a question of an audience to engage them without having a response from the audience A) Rhetorical question. B) Name-calling. C) Logical reasoning. D) Corrective measures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. ← 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