This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 114 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 114 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When MLK compared the Emancipation Proclamation to a Promisory note, he was making an ..... A) Allusion. B) Analogy. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analogy. 2. A date which will live in infamy. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 3. Exaggeration for emphasis A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 4. Which rhetorical device appeals to credibility or ethics of the speaker? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Rhetoric. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 5. Declaration of Independence:Which sentence best supports the theme that people have the right to overturn a government that does not respect their rights? A) "Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it.". B) "We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal". C) "that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights". D) "He has refused to assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it.". 6. Which type of rhetorical appeal persuades by appealing to EMOTIONS and FEELINGS? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 7. A political candidate talks about his experiences as a soldier, as a businessman, and as a politician-in contrast to his opponent. This is an example of A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 8. The statement "love is war" is an example of what? A) Analogy. B) Metaphor. C) Rhetoric. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. A humorous play on words that have double-meanings. A) Alliteration. B) Oxymoron. C) Pun. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 10. Errors in logical thinking A) Logical errors. B) Oops. C) Mistakes. D) Logical fallacies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logical fallacies. 11. In her UN speech on youth education, Malala stated, "Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated" . This is an example of: A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 12. "They covered themselves with dust and glory, " (Mark Twain, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer") A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Zeugma. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zeugma. 13. Listen, you've got to come take a look at my new set of wheels.This is an example of ..... A) Apostrophe. B) Ellipses. C) Conceit. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synecdoche. 14. Anyway, let's get lunch. My hunger is beginning to ..... my mood. A) Affect. B) Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affect. 15. "Tina tricked Tyler to take his tacos."This is an example of which rhetorical device? A) Metaphor. B) Conduplicatio. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 16. Rhetorical questions are used to encourage the audience to participate by answering them in detail. A) A. True. B) F. False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F. False. 17. By the smell of barbecuing and the fireworks in the sky, I knew it was Independence Day. A) Periodic. B) Loose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periodic. 18. The process of reasoning A) Logical Fallacy. B) Logic. C) Logical Appeal. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logic. 19. What does it mean to persuade someone? A) The convince them of something. B) The explain what something is. C) To delight and entertain someone. D) To debate with someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The convince them of something. 20. Requirement is..... A) A reader of group of readers capable of acting on this exigence. B) What the author intends for the reader(s) to do while and after they read the text. C) A gap, a need, a lack, something that needs doing. The cause for an author to write. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A gap, a need, a lack, something that needs doing. The cause for an author to write. ← 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