This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 115 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 115 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An example of logos would be: A) "Don't ever betray me again!". B) "Let me do the surgery, I'm the most qualified.". C) "Please, with sugar on top.". D) "This species is 95% extinct so let's research carefully.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "This species is 95% extinct so let's research carefully.". 2. Which connotation is MORE negative?It made me feel ..... A) Uneasy. B) Frightened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frightened. 3. The 3 elements to the art of persuasion are known as ..... A) Rhetorical Appeals. B) Rhetorical Devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Appeals. 4. The structure of an essay is not important-only clear ideas are important. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. An ad selling aspirin says that 4 out of 5 doctors recommend the product. This is relying on A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 6. "They might dismiss us and say that we are too young to understand. But I understand pain. I get grief. I see it in the eyes of the families mourning for those they lost. I hear it in the wails of the loved ones who had to bury one of their own because grown men and women won't listen to common sense and do the bare minimum." Which of the following best answers the second S in SOAPSTone? A) Grown men and women. B) The pandemic. C) Future of America. D) Pain and grief. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The pandemic. 7. Which best describes a notable rhetorical CHOICE in lines 69-93 ("As you go ..... and persevere.")? A) A shifting tone shows the decline in trust of the speaker in the audience. B) Questioning the audience's experience undermines their assumptions. C) Repetition of a key phrase emphasizes the speaker's purpose. D) Employing 1st person pronouns places the responsibility on the speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition of a key phrase emphasizes the speaker's purpose. 8. Appeals:What does ethos mean? A) Ethnicity or cultural background. B) Emotional appeal. C) Character or authority of the speaker/writer. D) Ethics or moral principles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Character or authority of the speaker/writer. 9. A comparison is made between two concepts to prove an argument. A) Quotation. B) Analogy. C) Parallel structure. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analogy. 10. Examples should be explained back to the thesis using A) Words. B) Definitions. C) Devices. D) Transitions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Devices. 11. In which sentence will you write about alliteration, ethos, repetition or any other rhetorical device or appeal? A) First (1). B) Second (2). C) Third (3). D) Fourth (4). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second (2). 12. Please don't leave me. I won't be able to go on without you. Think of all the good times we shared, and the dreams we made for the future. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 13. Basing a claim upon an isolated example or asserting that a claim is true rather than probable. A) Generalization. B) Casual Relationship. C) Concrete Language. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generalization. 14. ALL of the following are examples of evidence EXCEPT A) Personal bias and opinions. B) Personal experiences and anecdotes. C) Research and expert opinion. D) Statistics and data. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personal bias and opinions. 15. A persuasive technique that relies on reason and facts to support a claim A) Ethical appeal. B) Emotional appeal. C) Logical appeal. D) Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logical appeal. 16. Appeal to emotions A) All of the above. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos. 17. A generalization that can be proven false is A) Valid. B) Faulty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Faulty. 18. Epidiectic deals with A) The present. B) The future. C) The past. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The present. 19. Turn off the lights. A) Declarative. B) Exclamatory. C) Imperative. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imperative. 20. A dramatic form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener A) Pun. B) Euphemism. C) Aside. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soliloquy. ← 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