This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 120 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 120 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which forms of writing can parallelism be used in? A) Novels, short stories, and plays. B) Letters, memos, and emails. C) Speeches, essays, and poetry. D) Scientific articles, research papers, and textbooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speeches, essays, and poetry. 2. The principle of clarity and logical adherence to a topic that binds together all parts of a composition. A) Coherence. B) Description. C) Diction. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coherence. 3. Items in a SeriesChoose the sentence with correct parallel structure. A) We debated all aspects of the issue:moral, political, and cost. B) We debated all aspects of the issue:moral, political, and financial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We debated all aspects of the issue:moral, political, and financial. 4. Words or phrases that limit the scope of a claim (e.g., usually in a few cases, under these circumstances) A) Qualifiers. B) Purpose. C) Analysis. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qualifiers. 5. Which one of the following statements best defines the meaning of the phrase "thinking rhetorically" ? A) "Thinking rhetorically" means thinking critically about a question that doesn't require an answer. B) "Thinking rhetorically" means thinking critically about the contexts that shape our choices as communicators. C) "Thinking rhetorically" means thinking critically about political speeches. D) "Thinking rhetorically" means following the rules and criteria for the paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Thinking rhetorically" means thinking critically about the contexts that shape our choices as communicators. 6. What is oratory? A) The art of debate. B) The art of giving speeches. C) The art of writing poetry. D) The art of writing books. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The art of giving speeches. 7. It's shorthand A) The best Roman manual of rhetoric. B) Writing speeches for others, mostly plaintiffs and defendants, in order to survive. C) Capturing minutes immediately during the meeting in real time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capturing minutes immediately during the meeting in real time. 8. Repetition of same or similar grammatical structures. A) Euphemism. B) Parallelism. C) Dysphemism. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 9. Reference to a person, place, thing, or work of literature Ex:He was a real Romeo with the ladies. A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Administration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 10. You need to stop and evaluate the decisions you are making. This is an example of which rhetorical device? A) Direct address. B) Evidence. C) Analogy. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct address. 11. "It's a matter of common sense that people deserve to be treated equally. The Constitution calls it 'self-evident.' Why, then, should I have been denied a seat because of my disability?" A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 12. If you are using logos to persuade somebody, which of these devices would be best to use? A) Metaphor. B) Emotive language. C) Personal anecdote. D) Facts and statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Facts and statistics. 13. My friend, Morty, is a little forgetful. Indeed, he A) Often forgets to bring his backpack to school. B) Always remembers to bring his supplies. C) Never answers his phone. D) Is always willing to help. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Often forgets to bring his backpack to school. 14. The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstract ideas in more descriptive terms for an audience. A) Symbolism. B) Imagery. C) Diction. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 15. "You will never be satisfied in life if you don't seize this opportunity. Do you want to live the rest of your years yearning to know what would have happened if you just jumped when you had the chance?" What type of rhetoric is being used? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 16. A faulty reasoning technique that claims there are two alternatives A) Either/or fallacy. B) Overgeneralization. C) Euphemism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Either/or fallacy. 17. What can easily be manipulated by PATHOS (emotional appeals)? A) Point of view. B) Identity. C) Values. D) Requirement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Identity. 18. ..... is an appeal to emotion, and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response. A) Pathos. B) Let's go. C) Ethos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 19. The associated or secondary meaning of a word A) Rhetoric. B) Connotation. C) Emotional Appeal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 20. Chronological ordering A) Ploy where the arguer sidesteps questions or conflicts, evading or ignoring the question. B) Examination of the causes and/or effects of a situation or phenomenon. C) Arrangement in the order in which things occur; may move from past to present or in reverse order, from present to past. D) A use of reason in which the premises depends on or is equivalent to the conclusion, a method of false logic by which "this is used to prove that, and that is used to prove this". E) Arrangement of objects according to class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arrangement in the order in which things occur; may move from past to present or in reverse order, from present to past. ← 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