This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 142 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 142 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An appeal to logic and reasoning. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 2. Rhetoric spread with the Roman Empire. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Which perspective deals with history, evidence, social characteristics? A) Normative. B) Situational. C) Personal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational. 4. Why is understanding the purpose and effect of rhetorical questions important? A) To improve reasoning and evidence evaluation. B) To enhance communication skills. C) To analyze the structure of a passage. D) To explore different types of questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To improve reasoning and evidence evaluation. 5. Which of the following could create a POSITIVE mood for a reader? A) The molded bread lay idly on the counter. B) A tiny rabbit snuggled into my hand. C) Under the bridge, lived an evil troll. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A tiny rabbit snuggled into my hand. 6. What rhetorical device does Douglass use when he claims that he does not need to argue against slavery because Southern laws concede that Black people are humans, and that Americans have declared that humans are entitled to liberty (4-5)? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 7. Deliberative deals with A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future. 8. Expresses an action as a statement of fact A) Literary mood. B) Subjunctive mood. C) Imperative mood. D) Indicative mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indicative mood. 9. The trustworthiness and credibility of a source: A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 10. What is the definition of reconciliation? A) The restoration of friendly relations. B) The use of implicit comparison. C) Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects. D) The use of words or images to symbolize concepts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The restoration of friendly relations. 11. Which of the following is not a best practice for giving an oral presentation? A) Make eye contact while speaking. B) Pause for effect. C) Enunciate and speaking loud enough. D) Use purposeful gestures. E) Communicate ideas using excessive words. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Communicate ideas using excessive words. 12. Taking something that would be particularly negative and phrasing it in a more positive light. A) Anaphora. B) Euphemism. C) Epistrophe. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 13. Statements or words that are NOT plainly expressed but rather suggested A) Explicit. B) Implicit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Implicit. 14. The rhetorical triangle is when you consider the interaction of three elements when forming the content of your argument. Which of the following is NOT one of these influential elements? A) Audience. B) Occasion. C) Speaker. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occasion. 15. Why is it important to understand the author's purpose? A) It helps you determine the techniques he or she uses. B) It helps you interpret the meaning of the writing. C) It helps you identify if a book may be manipulative. D) It helps you figure out if it is informative writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It helps you interpret the meaning of the writing. 16. Giving human characteristics to non-human objects."The pen danced across the author's page." A) Metonymy. B) Synecdoche. C) Personification. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 17. To keep away from A) Attest. B) Avoid. C) Bolsters. D) Augments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Avoid. 18. When the speaker invokes God ..... as Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass both do ..... what rhetorical device(s) are they employing? (claiming they're doing God's work, or that God is on their side) A) Mostly ethos, but some pathos. B) Mostly pathos, but some logos. C) Mostly logos, but some ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mostly ethos, but some pathos. 19. Persuasive techniques will always be obvious to the viewers/readers. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. The character and credibility of the writer in the eyes of the reader. A) Character. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. ← 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