This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 154 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 154 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words or phrases A) Slogan. B) Rhetoric. C) Logos. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 2. Using emotion to persuade the audience is which of the following rhetorical appeals? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 3. Which of the following is NOT something that is included in a strong claim and supporting evidence? A) A broad claim. B) A clear and concise claim. C) Ethos, pathos, and logos. D) Using experts to support. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A broad claim. 4. What is suffrage? A) How you or the audience remember(s). B) The act of enduring pain. C) The right to vote. D) Judging someone before you know them based on things they can't control. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The right to vote. 5. When examining an argument, this is where we try to determine what the speaker says or does that contributes to their credibility, reliability, and relatability. A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 6. Identifying a result of an action A) Compare/contrast. B) Cause and effect. C) Analogy. D) Reference to authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cause and effect. 7. What is the purpose of concession in a counterargument? A) To provide a solution. B) To address objections. C) To break the ice. D) To show understanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To show understanding. 8. Saying or writing something again A) Repetition. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Rhetorical effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 9. "The health professionals are soldiers protecting us from our fight against the Covid 19 Pandemic." This is an example of what figure of speech? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. What does ethos appeal to? A) The values that the writer and audience have in common. B) The audience's emotions. C) The audience's sense of logic or reason. D) The audience's fears and hopes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The values that the writer and audience have in common. 11. "So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania ..... "This is an example of? A) Epistrophe. B) Anaphora. C) Anastrophe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 12. Trump is famous for saying "You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words" . A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. Which word best matches the following definition:Use of facts and evidence to persuade. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 14. What is the literal meaning of a word? A) Denotation. B) Requirement. C) Figure of speech. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denotation. 15. If the ad describes a piece of chocolate as "dreamy, " "mouth-watering, " and "silky smooth, " the advertisers are focusing on A) Repetition. B) Purr words. C) Humor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purr words. 16. The author's attitude toward the material, the audience, or both A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Narrative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 17. Example:I have to have this operation. It is very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain. A) Understatement. B) Metaphor. C) Assonance. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understatement. 18. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair." A) Repetition. B) Climax Ordering. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 19. A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Analogue. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 20. When an author, deliberately or accidentally, puts historical events, fashions, technology, etc., in the wrong place ..... A) Verisimilitude. B) Anachronism. C) Oxymoron. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anachronism. ← 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