This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 133 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 133 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Cultural products that can be "read, " meaning notjust consumed and comprehended, but investigated A) Context. B) Text. C) Occasion. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Text. 2. How the reader feels about the author's subject A) Tone. B) Imagery. C) Deduction. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 3. But it had been a long day, and the meal was inducing a pleasant ..... A) Respite. B) Torpor. C) Reconciliation. D) Sustain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Torpor. 4. Which of these describes pathos? A) Using common values, famous people, or trustworthy people. B) Using imagery that appeals to one or more of the senses. C) Using language or images that evoke emotion in the audience. D) Using facts, statistics, or studies to create an argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using language or images that evoke emotion in the audience. 5. A state of sluggish inactivity A) Torpor. B) Pathos. C) Suffrage. D) Ingenious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Torpor. 6. What is an appeal to pathos? A) An appeal to the trustworthiness/credibility of the speaker. B) Appealing to the logic of the reader. C) Appealing to the emotions of the reader. D) Appealing to the skies for help. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appealing to the emotions of the reader. 7. The type of writing where the author sticks to telling the facts and does not express his or her personal feelings, views, judgement, or opinions. A) Objective. B) Subjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Objective. 8. When words have the same sound at the beginning A) Anaphora. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 9. People who help another person commit a crime A) Anguish. B) Accomplices. C) Transcends. D) Presumptuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accomplices. 10. Say one thing but mean another A) Situational Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal Irony. 11. "Dr. Hanson, a top neurologist, says reading is good for the brain" is an example of A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 12. Those that understand (rhetoric) can appeal to an audience. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. An idea or feeling that a work evokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) False Analogy. D) Logical Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 14. The grey herron has long, skinny legs, fluffy grey feathers, black eyes, and a sharp beak to spear fish. A) Description. B) Diction. C) Exposition. D) Figure of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Description. 15. What do we mean when we use the word "ethos" ? A) Language that connects to emotions. B) Language that appeals to the credibility of a speaker. C) What is ethos?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Language that appeals to the credibility of a speaker. 16. An obvious, intended exaggeration. Example: "His snores were louder than a freight train, " or, "I've told you a million times." A) Alliteration. B) Juxtaposition. C) Understatement. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 17. Which of these Rhetorical Devices does this best represent?"If we don't move soon, we're all going to die! Can't you see how dangerous it would be to stay?" A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 18. Discuss similarities and differences, choose the best options, identify common characteristics (a) A) Cause and Effect. B) A Compare and Contrast. C) Explain and Describe. D) Proposition and Support. E) Sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Compare and Contrast. 19. Why does Swift use the term "dam" when referring to woman? A) His honesty & he is angry at the way they act. B) He hopes to get their attention. C) It makes them seem like animals. D) It was just a popular term used in soclety. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It makes them seem like animals. 20. "There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem." A) Pathos. B) Anaphora. C) Logos. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. ← 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