This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 15 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A claim is a/an A) Action you want the reader to take. B) Acknowledgement of your opponent's viewpoints. C) Refutation of your opponent's evidence. D) Assertion about the topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assertion about the topic. 2. "There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, 'When will you be satisfied?" ' A) Loaded question. B) Rhetorical question. C) Explicit language. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical question. 3. What type of propaganda makes you want to jump in and follow everyone else? A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Flash in the pan. D) Flavor of the day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bandwagon. 4. 12 Nearly every public ritual ..... A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 5. To judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of something A) Evaluate. B) Evidence. C) Reasoning. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evaluate. 6. Art or literature characterized by an idealistic view of the world with an emphasis on nature is ..... A) Satire. B) Romanticism. C) An Appositive. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romanticism. 7. Classical Rhetoricians used stasis questions to help students A) Navigate making right judgements. B) Protect them from being deceived. C) Navigate conflicting issues and arguments. D) Be persuaded that rhetoric was a good thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Navigate conflicting issues and arguments. 8. Narrator is not a figure inthe story, but an "observer" who is outside theaction being described. (Types are omniscient(god-like) and limited). A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person. 9. What type of persuasive technique is used if a child is shown covered in bug bites after using an inferior bug spray? A) Pathos. B) Egos. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 10. You leave me alone by myself all the time, and I never do anything wrong. I've had an iPad for a year and nothing bad has happened to it. That's why I'm responsible enough to get a new cell phone. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 11. What causes or urges the text to be written A) Diction. B) Pathos. C) Requirement. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Requirement. 12. When an author uses figurative language in their writing this is an example of what author's style technique? A) Word Choice. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) Sentence fluency. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Word Choice. 13. Context is: A) The place the speech happens. B) The time of year. C) The method the message is delivered. D) The events that inform the purpose or word choice of the writer or speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The events that inform the purpose or word choice of the writer or speaker. 14. "I have a dream ..... " is an example of A) Charged words. B) Allusion. C) Restatement. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 15. When writing a rhetorical analysis essay, the first thing to do is craft a thesis statement. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Rules for grammar and the way words are formed into sentences A) Syntax. B) Diction. C) Imagery. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syntax. 17. When the reader is aware of an inconsistency between a fictional or nonfictional character's perception of a situation and the truth of that situation. A) Dissonance. B) Dramatic Irony. C) Explication. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic Irony. 18. The purpose is A) To convince all of the audience members to your side. B) Unknown. C) The goal the speaker wants to achieve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The goal the speaker wants to achieve. 19. What is the preposition:The student read in a bubble A) Student. B) In. C) Read. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 20. Repetition of sentence structure is called ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Anaphora. C) Parallelism. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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