This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 117 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 117 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Alternative medicines have shown no real impact on overall health of patients. Even though they claim to offer miracle cures, look to the facts to decide which treatments to seek. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 2. Sometimes, rhetoric can be manipulative A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. The reuse of a key word or idea for emphasis A) Restatement. B) Slogans. C) Analogy. D) Rhetorical question. E) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Repetition. 4. What does every quote need to have? A) Two sentences. B) Quotation marks. C) A capital letter. D) Long words that make it sound complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quotation marks. 5. "Everyone loves Rebecca because she is so popular." A) Loaded Question. B) Red Herring. C) Circular Reasoning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circular Reasoning. 6. A writer can speed this up or slow this down through their use of simple or complex sentences, the use of punctuation for pauses, paragraph divisions, or by building in suspense. A) Syntax. B) Pacing. C) Diction. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pacing. 7. A figure of speech in which opposites or strongly contrasting ideas are placed in phrases or sentences extremely nearby one another. A) Counterargument. B) Antithesis. C) Antimetabole. D) Anecdotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 8. Deserted, barren A) Languished. B) Desolate. C) Degenerate. D) Unalienable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desolate. 9. Examples of this rhetorical appeal include statistics, research, data, and facts. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 10. Aoccurs when it is suggested that only two alternatives exist even though there may be others A) Post Hoc. B) Loaded Words. C) False dilemma. D) Plain Folks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) False dilemma. 11. What is the purpose of using rhetorical appeals? A) To entertain the audience. B) To confuse the audience. C) To persuade the audience. D) To inform the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To persuade the audience. 12. How do you establish more pathos? A) Use specialized language or jargon. B) Use descriptive language. C) Use statistics. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use descriptive language. 13. From the given sentences, choose one of Kant's categorical imperatives A) "Act as if the maxim of your action should become by your will a general law of nature";. B) "He who does not know how to manage himself, does not know how to manage a household and does not know how to manage a country.". C) Every educated person uses both, i.e. oral and written ways of expressing thoughts.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Act as if the maxim of your action should become by your will a general law of nature";. 14. True or False:Pathos mainly uses emotional appeal to convince your argument A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 15. He works his work, I mine A) Oxymoron. B) Irony. C) Circumlocution. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 16. Which mode of persuasion appeals to the logical aspect of an argument? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Requirement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 17. Rhetorical appeal used to appeal to an audience's sense of emotion A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 18. Identify the rhetorical appeal in this example:Mr. Jones, I have never before turned in an assignment late in this class, and you know I am here and on time every day. I have a 3.8 G.P.A. When I tell you that I have a good reason, you have to believe me. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 19. Which of these should begin the rhetorical precis? A) Author's major claim/thesis/purpose. B) Text evidence of strategy. C) Connections of strategy to thesis. D) The definition of the strategies used by the author. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Author's major claim/thesis/purpose. 20. The repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis is ..... A) Repetition. B) Rhetorical question. C) Analogy. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. ← 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