This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 162 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 162 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A figurative saying in which wisdom is given A) Pun. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) Proverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proverb. 2. What is the main characteristic of a predicate nominative? A) It follows a linking verb and names the subject. B) It follows a linking verb and modifies the subject. C) It precedes the main clause. D) It is always a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It follows a linking verb and names the subject. 3. Doctor's all over the world recommend this treatment. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 4. Why is this a logical fallacy? "Everyone should like coffee:95% of teachers do!" A) It tells you to like something because a lot of people do. B) It simplifies the argument. C) It generalizes the argument. D) It says A is true and B is true so A+B must be true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It tells you to like something because a lot of people do. 5. Those reading or hearing the text A) Speakers. B) Context. C) Audience. D) Writers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audience. 6. Reagan's reference to the great explorer Sir Francis Drake is an example of a ..... A) Imagery. B) Anecdote. C) Allusion. D) Parallel structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 7. Communicare is a Latin word that means ..... ? A) To speak. B) To see. C) To deliver. D) To share. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To share. 8. "You should certainly be the one who washes the dishes ..... you are just so good at it!" A) Hyperbole. B) Flattery. C) Litotes. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flattery. 9. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times is an example of ..... A) Chiasmus. B) Anaphora. C) Antithesis. D) You. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 10. The repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of the words in sequence is A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 11. What is the purpose of the peroratio section in classical rhetoric? A) To summarize the main points of the essay. B) To provide background information on the topic. C) To capture the audience's interest and establish the writer's point of view. D) To conclude the essay with a sense of closure and reinforce the importance of the thesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To conclude the essay with a sense of closure and reinforce the importance of the thesis. 12. A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person used to make a point A) Fable. B) Fairytale. C) Joke. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anecdote. 13. Which word is a coordinating conjunction? (FANBOYS) A) And. B) Owners. C) While. D) Therefore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And. 14. Who created the concepts behind the art of rhetoric? A) Boris Johnson. B) Charles Dickens. C) Aristotle. D) Margaret Thatcher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aristotle. 15. When an advertisement uses statistics that are not based on facts. A) Bandwagon. B) Misuse of statistics. C) Transfer. D) Loaded words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misuse of statistics. 16. Available only to a special few; entitled to something special A) Legitimize. B) Privileged. C) Indomitable. D) Bureaucrat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Privileged. 17. The word choice and attitude the author uses in reference to their subject. A) Overstatement and understatement. B) Tone & diction. C) Simile & metaphor. D) Ethos & pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone & diction. 18. An appeal to emotion is ..... A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Lemons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 19. An acknowledgment of objections to a proposal (similar to anticipation of objection) A) Extended metaphor. B) Concession. C) Corrective measures. D) Emotional words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concession. 20. Which rhetorical device is being used? A 32-oz. bottle of Tide holds enough to wash 32 loads. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Lagos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. ← 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