This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 104 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 104 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Using quotes from influential people in your speech can add to its ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Phonos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 2. What figurative device is Kennedy using here: "we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty." A) Antithesis. B) Parallelism. C) Metaphor. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 3. The following is an example of what type of rhetorical device? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief ..... " A) Repitition. B) Alliteration. C) Requirement. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaphora. 4. "We are a bunch of Rip Van Winkles, quiescent." -Shirley Chisholm, 'A Coalition of Conscience, ' Greenfield High School, Greenfield, Massachusetts, Oct. 3, 1983. This quote contains an example of ..... : A) Elision. B) Anaphora. C) Pathos. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 5. Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other A) Parallelism. B) Simile. C) Occasion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 6. Uses famous people or figures to endorse/sell a product A) Testimonial. B) Stereotyping. C) To the nose. D) Red herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Testimonial. 7. Billy- "An apple is a vegetable." Bobby- "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. " A) To man. B) False dichotomy. C) Red herring. D) Emotionalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To man. 8. "You won't be sorry, meaning you'll be glad, " is an example of A) Post hoc fallacy. B) To the people of fallacy. C) Litotes. D) To man. E) Digression. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Litotes. 9. The use of figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. A) Anaphora. B) Allusion. C) Imagery. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 10. What is the "pathos" appeal? A) An appeal for sympathy. B) An appeal using that uses the author's credibility. C) An appeal to the audience using research, facts, and examples. D) An appeal to the audience's emotions, to make them feel a certain way. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An appeal to the audience's emotions, to make them feel a certain way. 11. Which of the following would be a technique that BEST implements logos or logical persuasion? A) Using pictures of a hurt child. B) Having someone credible who agrees with you. C) Making people laugh. D) Including research. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Including research. 12. The proverb "The early bird catches the worm" seems particularly apropos to the subject of your paper, so you decide to quote it. You go the library and find a book of proverbs so that you can provide a citation. A) This is what you should do. B) This is common knowledge and you don't have to cite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This is common knowledge and you don't have to cite. 13. True or False:Both a periodic sentence and a loose sentence feature independent clauses and dependent clauses. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Rhetorical appeals are used to: A) Fascinate. B) Convince. C) Anger. D) Make money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convince. 15. Repetition of vowel sounds (not just initially) A) Author's purpose. B) Mood. C) Alliteration. D) Consonance. E) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Assonance. 16. This statement is a rhetorical question: "Can we really expect this injustice to continue?" A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Pathos is an appeal to A) Emotion. B) Logic. C) Thics. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotion. 18. What was a topic in one of the songs we listened to? A) Racism. B) Immigration. C) Freedom. D) America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freedom. 19. Juxtaposition of strongly contrasting words, images, or ideas A) Anaphora. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 20. An appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading an audience by reason, fact and rationality. A) Logos. B) Claim. C) Ethos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. ← 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