This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 109 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 109 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following fits the example? "detainee" vs. "prisoner" A) Euphemism. B) Dysphemism. C) Weaselers. D) Downplaying . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 2. Come as you are. As I want you to be. A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 3. Define Double entendre A) A phrase or saying that has two meanings. B) To write around a subject. C) That which comes before. D) A kinder, gentler, less crude or harsh word or phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A phrase or saying that has two meanings. 4. A reference to a biblical, mythological, literary, or historical person, place, thing or idea. A) Hyperbole. B) Juxtaposition. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 5. I speak not from ignorance, but from experience. A) Understatement. B) Hyperbole. C) Litotes. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 6. Identify the type of figurative language being used:"What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!" A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 7. This means to repeat words or concepts in reverse order. For example, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" (Kennedy). A) Chiasmus. B) Litotes. C) Syntax. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chiasmus. 8. What main problem does King address in the speech? A) Black Americans still do not have the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. B) Black Americans have more rights than whites and are discriminating against them. C) Black Americans do not have the same religious freedom as other groups. D) No one reads the speeches of Abraham Lincoln anymore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black Americans still do not have the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. 9. A figure of speech where there is a question with an immediate answer. A) Allusion. B) Hypophora. C) Facts and Statistics. D) Anecdotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypophora. 10. The art of using words to persuade in writing or speaking A) Rhetoric. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetoric. 11. An attack on one's opponent, rather than the opponent's argument A) Casual Relationship. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) To Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To Man. 12. Terrible physical or mental pain A) Bewilderment. B) Profound. C) Perished. D) Anguish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anguish. 13. Which of the following Oscar Wilde statements is a paradox? A) I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. B) All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. C) I can resist everything except temptation. D) None of these are examples of a paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I can resist everything except temptation. 14. Anecdotes are when an author, speaker, or advertiser ..... A) Uses emotions to appeal to their audience. B) Repeat words or phrases at the end of successive sentences. C) Tells real stories about events or experience that happened to them. D) Place contrasting ideas nearby one another. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tells real stories about events or experience that happened to them. 15. Deep sea fishing is more fun than course fishing. A) Fact. B) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opinion. 16. When discussing parts of stories, what is the meaning of antithesis? A) The comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. B) The repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of words. C) The use of words that imitate the sounds they describe. D) A figure of speech in which an opposition of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposite of, or strongly contrasted of each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A figure of speech in which an opposition of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposite of, or strongly contrasted of each other. 17. Media strives to fulfill three purposes. What are they? A) To demonstrate, to describe, and to decide. B) To inform, to educate, and to entertain. C) To explain, to predict, and to outline. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To inform, to educate, and to entertain. 18. I am also grateful that he and Mrs. Abe were so kind to me last night at dinner when I accidentally ate a large portion of wasabi. I had never tasted anything like this! My eyes started to water and I struggled to keep my composure in front of this distinguished company. But they were very kind to me! A) Ancedote. B) Allusion. C) Anaphora. D) Appeal to pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ancedote. 19. Example:the wind whispered her name A) Amphora. B) Anaphora. C) Personification. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 20. A ..... is any stylistic device or resource of language that an author or speaker uses to help persuade or make a desired impact on his/her audience. A) Simile. B) Rhetorical Device. C) Rhetorical Appeal. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Device. ← 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