This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 118 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 118 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation ..... We must continue to conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. A) Allusion. B) Figurative language. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 2. The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences ..... is similar to diction, but you can differentiate them by thinking of ..... as the groups of words, while diction refers to the individual words. A) Synecdoche. B) Syntax. C) Style. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Syntax. 3. Using very emotional words that make the audience feel a certain way A) Pathos. B) Rhetoric. C) Rhetorical devices. D) Loaded language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loaded language. 4. What is formal logic? A) Logic based on religion. B) Logic based on argument. C) Logic based on knowledge. D) Logic based on smarts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logic based on argument. 5. The purpose of high or grand style is ..... A) To teach. B) To please. C) To move. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To move. 6. What type of rhetorical mode is used when delivering a persuasive speech? A) Exposition. B) Description. C) Narration. D) Argumentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Argumentation. 7. In an advertisement for Coca-Cola, someone buys a Coke for a friend, and then another and another. In the end, everyone is drinking Coke together. Choose which strategy this example BEST represents. A) Bandwagon. B) Repetition. C) A great story. D) Expert testimonial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bandwagon. 8. The author doesn't have authority to write on the topic, the source contains plagiarized or uncited information, or the source contains inaccurate or false information A) Reliable source. B) Unreliable source. C) Ethos. D) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unreliable source. 9. Example:Lucky me, I've lost my wallet A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Sarcasam. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. 10. She is, after all, very loyal. A) Expletive. B) Analogy. C) Antimetabole. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expletive. 11. What type of reasoning is used here?Every dog I meet is friendly. Therefore, all dogs are friendly. A) Deductive. B) Inductive. C) Abductive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inductive. 12. Starting with a general claim or statement, then giving a specific example. A) Propaganda. B) Induction. C) Rebuttal. D) Text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Induction. 13. An extravagant, implied metaphor using words in an alien or unusual way is ..... A) Catachresis. B) Metaphor. C) Parallelism. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catachresis. 14. Reasons that are true, factual, and reasonable. A) Fallacious reasoning. B) Sound reasoning. C) Disconnected reasoning. D) Radical reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sound reasoning. 15. When thinking about rhetorical situations one should consider all of the following EXCEPT ..... A) Purpose. B) Audience. C) Genre. D) Length of reading assignments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Length of reading assignments. 16. Which rhetorical appeal is being used in the statement 'Crest White Strips get your teeth 20% whiter than other leading brands.'? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 17. Able to be believed; convincing A) Credible. B) Reasoning. C) Rhetoric. D) Evaluate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Credible. 18. "When I was in junior high school, ..... "(What Rhetorical Device is this referring to) A) Rhetorical Question. B) Anecdote. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdote. 19. This is the topic of the text. A) Speaker. B) Subject. C) Audience. D) Rhetorical appeals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 20. The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely placed words. A) Consonance. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Assonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. ← 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