This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 105 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 105 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A form of reasoning in which two statements or premises are made and a logical conclusion is drawn from them; a form of deductive reasoning. A) Slippery slope. B) Suspension of disbelief. C) Spotlight fallacy. D) Syllogism. E) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Syllogism. 2. The most effective use of rhetoric is the following: A) Pathos and Logos. B) Ethos and Pathos. C) Ethos and Logos. D) Ethos, Pathos and Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos, Pathos and Logos. 3. My grandmother died and I really need the day off to go spend time with my family. They need me at their side during this terrible time. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 4. A short reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event. Ex. "Five score years ago ..... " this is an ..... to Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" A) Appeal. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Analyze. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 5. She broke his car and his heart A) Oxymoron. B) Apostrophe. C) Polyptoton. D) Zeugma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zeugma. 6. The following is an example of which literary term?Atticus's closing arguments A) Rhetorical question. B) Hypothetical question. C) Juxtaposition. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 7. An argument that uses bad reasoning mistaken reasoning. A) Bias. B) Logical fallacy. C) Ethos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logical fallacy. 8. Select the answer describing a rhetorical move, not summarizing the article A) Williams claims that community is missing from virtual reality. B) Through the example of solitary confinement, Williams illustrates the negative consequences of lacking community. C) Williams expects that VR will not be able to compensate for the isolating design of the headsets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through the example of solitary confinement, Williams illustrates the negative consequences of lacking community. 9. To me, eating dark chocolate is almost as good as winning the lottery! A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Procatalepsis. D) Eponym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 10. It is to the brave, the vigilant, the active ..... A) Repetition. B) Restatement. C) Parallelism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 11. The reason a writer writes (to inform, to persuade, to entertain, to explain, to describe) A) Claim. B) Bias. C) Diction. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Purpose. 12. The rain came in molton golden notes A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 13. Intentionally contrasting two items, images, or ideas to show how different they are. A) Imagery. B) Juxtaposition. C) Metaphor. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition. 14. Define:zeugma A) A device that uses one word to refer to two or more different things in more than one way. B) In which a word or expression is repeated at the beginning of a number of sentences, clauses, or phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A device that uses one word to refer to two or more different things in more than one way. 15. The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern. A) Juxtaposition. B) Figurative Language. C) Syntax. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 16. Which of these is most likely to make someone act and take the next step? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Plato. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 17. "I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice." A) Repetition. B) Predicate Adjective. C) Periodic Sentence. D) Parody. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 18. State of being wellknown for a bad quality A) Torpor. B) Sustain. C) Suffrage. D) Infamy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infamy. 19. According to paragaph 6, it is very easy for teens to get hired for temporary jobs (summer positions) A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. "Mom, you know that I am a self-starter, a dedicated learner, and an A student. You can trust that I will not misuse my phone in class." This is an example of ..... A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. ← 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