This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 121 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 121 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand. A) Loaded words. B) Jargon. C) Attacks. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jargon. 2. A speaker or author's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing (what the author or speaker wants the audience to think or do as a result) A) Purpose. B) Anecdote. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Purpose. 3. What did David Hume argue in his publication in 1751? A) You can change someone's mind with reasoning and logic. B) Emotions have no role in human decision-making. C) Reasoning alone can change someone's mind. D) You can never change someone's mind with just reasoning and logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You can never change someone's mind with just reasoning and logic. 4. The Rhetorical Situation consists of the following: A) Appeal to emotionAppeal to logicFocus on credibility. B) RequirementAudiencePurpose. C) DictionHyperboleParadox. D) AnalogyIronyRepetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) RequirementAudiencePurpose. 5. Teacher:If I let you go to the bathroom pretty soon everybody will want to go to the bathroom. This is an example of A) Argument from Authority. B) The Bandwagon Fallacy. C) An Ad Hominem attack. D) The Slippery Slope Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Slippery Slope Fallacy. 6. Something that makes plain or clear; anything presented to support an assertion A) Evidence. B) Claim. C) Argument. D) Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evidence. 7. The Centers for Disease Control recommends getting a flu vaccine each fall. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 8. If an advertisement shows images of struggling families while asking for support, what type of rhetoric is being used? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Subliminal Messaging. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 9. Why did Ray Kroc keep the name "McDonalds" and not his name? A) Sounds like America. B) Hated the brothers. C) It was on the contract. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sounds like America. 10. "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." ..... This is an example of what? A) Jargon. B) Anecdote. C) Parallelism. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 11. An indirect reference to a famous person, place, event or literary work is called ..... A) Antithesis. B) Anecdote. C) Allusion. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 12. A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. A news release that claims "the White House declared" rather that "the President declared" is an example. A) Litotes. B) Metonymy. C) Oxymoron. D) Parody. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 13. The good news ..... that money-management skills ..... more common sense and discipline than they do brilliance and an MBA. A) Are, requires. B) Is, requires. C) Is, require. D) Are, require. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is, require. 14. The success of "On Manifest Destiny" is mostly due to A) The use of rhetorical questions. B) The excellent use of diction. C) The repetition of the main idea/claim. D) The involvement of religion to appeal to pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The involvement of religion to appeal to pathos. 15. When we debate or argue with our interlocutor, we need to use our logical thinking so that the argument we convey becomes something that can be tested for truth. When we debate or argue with our interlocutor, we need to use our logical thinking so that the argument is we convey it as something that can be tested for truth. The example above is an example of an assumption? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 16. Appeal to emotion in a piece of rhetoric A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Symbol. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 17. A character trait that brings about the downfall of the hero or heroine. A) Tragic Flaw. B) Inference. C) Metonymy. D) Pathetic Fallacy. E) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragic Flaw. 18. What's the Rhetorical Device? "Look at me! Look at my arm! I have plowed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me.....and ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man and [born] the lash as well.....and ain't I a woman? I have born thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me.....and ain't I a woman?" What rhetorical devices does the following quote contain? "Look at me! Look at my arm! I have plowed and sown and gathered into barns, and no one could beat me.....And am I not a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man-when I could get it-and endure the whip, too.....And am I not a woman? I have given birth to thirteen children, and I have seen most of them sold as slaves, and when I cried out my mother's pain, but no Jesus heard me..... And am I not a woman? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Anaphora. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epistrophe. 19. Rhetorical Devicecomparison of two unlike things using like or as A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. "100% of students who use their class time wisely complete their project and are successful" is an example of ..... A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Magical fairy dust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. ← 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