This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 152 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 152 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which color is most closely associated with purity? A) Red. B) Green. C) White. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) White. 2. The following is an example of which literary term:What is the meaning of life? A) Rhetorical question. B) Hypothetical question. C) Juxtaposition. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 3. The following is an example of which rhetorical device? "We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender." A) Epistrophe. B) Anaphora. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 4. Relating to one's own thoughts, opinions, and personal feelings A) Tone. B) Objective. C) Subjective. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subjective. 5. Commonly used and accepted phrases that are not taken literally, but rather contain another meaning altogether A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Repetition. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 6. Persuasion is ..... A) Expert testimony. B) Convincing someone using research-based factual evidence. C) A creative speech given in public. D) Convincing someone to a belief or action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convincing someone to a belief or action. 7. Sarah is bad at driving, so all girls must be bad at driving. A) To Man. B) Hasty Generalization. C) Bandwagon. D) Slippery Slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hasty Generalization. 8. What is the meaning of antithesis? A) Contrast or opposition between two things. B) Similarity or agreement between two things. C) The combination of two things to form a whole. D) The absence of any contrast or opposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contrast or opposition between two things. 9. "I came. I saw. I conquered." (William Shakespeare) A) Emotive language. B) Inclusive language. C) Tricolon. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tricolon. 10. How does Eisenhower advance his purpose? A) Eisenhower advances his purpose through statistical evidence and logical reasoning leading to a conclusion. B) Eisenhower advances his purpose through violent imagery and an appeal to emotions. C) Eisenhower advances his purpose through personal anecdotes and rhetorical questions. D) Eisenhower advances his purpose through the juxtaposition of good and evil, and his characterization of the troops. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eisenhower advances his purpose through the juxtaposition of good and evil, and his characterization of the troops. 11. "LET EVERY NATION KNOW, WHETHER IT WISHES US WELL OR ILL, THAT WE SHALL PAY ANY PRICE, BEAR ANY BURDEN, MEET ANY HARDSHIP, SUPPORT ANY FRIEND, OPPOSE ANY FOE TO ASSURE THE SURVIVAL AND THE SUCCESS OF LIBERTY." A) Antithesis. B) Rhetorical question. C) Hyperbole. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 12. Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson are credible sources in Catt's speech. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. An argument that suggests taking a minor action will lead to major, ludicrous consequences A) Bandwagon Technique. B) Card Stacking. C) Slippery Slope. D) Fear Mongering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slippery Slope. 14. This is a diversionary tactic that avoids the key issues, often by avoiding opposing arguments rather than addressing them. A) Straw Man. B) Red Herring. C) Genetic Fallacy. D) False Causality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red Herring. 15. A shooting star is technically a meteor shower. It's amazing to think that each piece of debris in a shooting star could be the size of a small rock, also known as a meteoroid. Some meteoroids are small, while others can measure up to 330 feet. These longer meteoroids are called asteroids; However, after traveling through Earth's atmosphere, these enormous meteoroids turn to dust. If any particle of space dust reaches the surface of any planet, that piece of dust or rock is called a meteorite. Interestingly, most of the space dust that makes contact with Earth comes from comets, not meteor showers, asteroids, or meteoroids. Which of these strategies does the author use most often to describe a shooting star? A) Statistical data. B) Made. C) Opinion. D) Images. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made. 16. I served in the Marines for ten years. I know what it means to go to war, and I can be trusted to lead the military because of my experience. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 17. What part of speech does an ADJECTIVE modify? A) Adverb. B) Noun. C) Verb. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 18. What is ethos in rhetoric? A) The credibility of the writer or speaker. B) The logical reasoning used by the writer or speaker. C) The emotional impact of the language used by the writer or speaker. D) The use of rhetorical questions by the writer or speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The credibility of the writer or speaker. 19. This speech is based on Elie Wiesel's experience in ..... A) America. B) Slavery. C) The Holocaust. D) The alphabet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Holocaust. 20. In rhetoric, the contrasting of one idea with another opposite idea A) Argument. B) Antithesis. C) Amplification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. ← 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