This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 139 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 139 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is an appeal to logic, reason, and support. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 2. What transition word further explains and clarifies a previous statement? A) In conclusion,. B) In other words,. C) On the other hand,. D) Therefore,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In other words,. 3. What is Exigence? A) The use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they. B) Language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience, but often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content. C) The action of repeating something that has already been said or written. D) The moment or event that motivates someone to write or to speak about a specific issue, problem, or situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The moment or event that motivates someone to write or to speak about a specific issue, problem, or situation. 4. An assertion open to challenge; What the author/speaker is trying to convince their audience is true A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Rhetoric. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claim. 5. What rhetorical device is employed in this sentence? "His laughter, a cascade of joy, filled the room." A) Hypallage. B) Hyperbaton. C) Epigram. D) Periphrasis. E) Metonymy tagsrhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periphrasis. 6. This type of media involves newspapers, billboards, and books A) Mass Media. B) Interactive Media. C) Print Media. D) Electronic Media. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Print Media. 7. A method of humorous or sarcastic expression in which the intended meaning of the words is the opposite of their usual meaning A) Metonymy. B) Irony. C) Last resort. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 8. A brief poem that expresses the writer's emotions A) Lyric. B) Sonnet. C) Ballad. D) None listed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyric. 9. Using facts: A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 10. What is the purpose of repetition as a rhetorical device? A) To emphasize key points. B) To confuse the audience. C) To provide additional information. D) To entertain the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To emphasize key points. 11. Appeals to credibility and shows disinterest ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 12. Now je A) Square, a place of trade, business and public life where people spoke. B) A place where public speaking was forbidden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Square, a place of trade, business and public life where people spoke. 13. What is meant by medium? A) Mr. King's t-shirt size. B) The method a message is delivered. C) The length of the effective syntax. D) The intended audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The method a message is delivered. 14. He refuses to donate money to charity. He is a miser. This statement is a(n) ..... A) Allusion. B) Juxtaposition. C) Simile. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 15. A statement containing contradictory elements that may appear illogical, impossible, or absurd but which actually have a coherent meaning that reveals a hidden truth. A) Metaphor. B) Juxtaposition. C) Oxymoron. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 16. An attempt to strengthen an argument by convincing the audience that accepting the writer's or speaker's view will put them on the popular or apparently winning side A) Correction of erroneous views. B) Bandwagon. C) Conceit. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bandwagon. 17. "Mom, what if there is a gunman at school, and I have no way to communicate with you aside from my phone?" This is an example of ..... A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 18. "Doctors all over the world recommend this type of treatment." What type of rhetoric is being used? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 19. This appeal is most likely to use statistics A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Rhetoric. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logos. 20. Identify the rhetroical device:"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness ..... " A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens A) Anaphora. B) Parallelism. C) Both anaphora and parallelism. D) Multi-connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both anaphora and parallelism. ← 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