This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 13 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The purpose of argument writing is A) To entertain an audience with a strong plot and character development. B) To present a position and to have an audience adopt or at least seriously consider your argument. C) To teach the audience to complete a task such as a recipe or a craft project. D) To teach multistep equations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To present a position and to have an audience adopt or at least seriously consider your argument. 2. Which of the following sentences is an example of zeugma? A) She wanted a new car, and she wanted a bath. B) He didn't go to the dance, he went to the baseball game. C) She ran the marathon and her mouth. D) She disappeared for just a moment. In just a second she'll reemerge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She ran the marathon and her mouth. 3. Marcus Quintillianus felt that to achieve true rhetoric, a speaker must have which of the following attributes above all else? A) Be brave. B) Be loud. C) Be a good speaker. D) Be ethical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be ethical. 4. The reason behind the text A) Speaker. B) Occasion. C) Tone. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Purpose. 5. When you employ the ethos approach in rhetoric, you make an appeal to ..... A) Logic. B) Credibility. C) Emotion. D) Urgency. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Credibility. 6. Facts and evidence in a piece of rhetoric A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Rhetoric. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 7. Dentists agree that Crest is better than Colgate. A) Appeal to Ethos. B) Appeal to Pathos. C) Appeal to Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to Ethos. 8. A figure of speech in which a person or object is indicated by letting only a certain part of it represent the whole. For example, in "All hands on deck, " one would actually want the entire sailor on deck, not just his or her hands. A) Synecdoche. B) Metonymy. C) Chaismus. D) Dysphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synecdoche. 9. Which of the following is NOT part of the SOAPS acronym? A) Subject. B) Occasion. C) Attitude. D) Purpose. E) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attitude. 10. Which of the following is the right definition for purpose: A) Purpose shows the goal of the speaker and what he/she wants to accomplish. B) Purpose is situational. Every text is influenced by the historical, cultural, and social movements of its time. C) Purpose is specific. It is the circumstances, attitudes and events surrounding the creation of the text. D) Purpose is the person or group who creates a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Purpose shows the goal of the speaker and what he/she wants to accomplish. 11. When we have attitudes towards people or associate stereotypes with them without out conscious mind or knowledge A) Implicit bias. B) Confirmation bias. C) Implied bias. D) Self serving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Implicit bias. 12. Where can we use rhetorical analysis? A) In any form of media (film, TV, Books, articles, social media etc.). B) In articles and informational texts only. C) In political media/texts. D) In commercials only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In any form of media (film, TV, Books, articles, social media etc.). 13. The arrangement of words and use ofpunctuation within a clause or sentence.Factors such as the type of sentence, the length of sentence, the use ofpunctuation, and the use of language allcontribute to this. A) Parallelism. B) Structure. C) Genre. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Syntax. 14. The technique of repeating the same grammmatical form in writing and speaking is called. A) Repetition. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 15. A rhetorical device in which words, grammatical constructions or ideas are repeated in reverse order. A) Persona. B) Chiasmus. C) Anaphora. D) Multi-connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chiasmus. 16. This type of media includes T.V., Radio, and Cell Phones A) Print Media. B) Electronic Media. C) Interactive Media. D) Mass Media. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electronic Media. 17. "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;" is an example of: A) Allusion. B) Metonymy. C) Antithesis. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 18. A figure of speech where there is a comparison between two concepts. A) Hyperbole. B) Anecdote. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 19. When you have a change in tone often noted by the use of transition words ..... A) Subject change. B) Parallelism. C) Antithesis. D) Rhetorical shift. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical shift. 20. The trees are waving their branches at us A) Personification. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. ← 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