This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 166 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 166 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ..... is who the text is specifically intended for. A) Speaker. B) Audience. C) Requirement. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audience. 2. I think that you have many choices when you are looking for a nanny, but I hope you can consider how many years I have worked in childcare. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 3. The relationship between the speaker, audience, and subject is illustrated through this. A) Rhetorical square. B) Aristotelian triangle. C) Plutonium triangle. D) Rhetorical octagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aristotelian triangle. 4. The appeal based on the character, credibility, or reliability of the writer: A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 5. Persuading through the credibility of the speaker/author-and the sense of right and wrong. Ex. "As a doctor, I am best qualified to recommend the right treatment." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 6. A seemingly contradictory situation which is actually true A) Paradox. B) Figurative language. C) Analogy. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 7. Many minorities (for example, the Hispanic family that was featured) do not have the financial stability to provide healthy food for their family so they must choose less healthy foods because they are cheaper. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 8. Revise this sentence so that it is grammatically correct: "I need sugar butter and eggs from the grocery." A) I need sugar butter, and eggs from the grocery. B) I need sugar, butter, and eggs from the grocery. C) I need sugar, butter and eggs from the grocery. D) I need, sugar, butter and eggs from the grocery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I need sugar, butter, and eggs from the grocery. 9. "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." This quote contains a(n) ..... A) Analogy. B) Juxtaposition. C) Allusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 10. Which of the following types of figurative language is represented in the example below?A text written to encourage support for the protection of the Florida panther features an interview with a renowned biologist who is an expert on endangered species. A) Ethos. B) Weather. C) Logos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 11. The attribution of human qualities to an object, animal, or concept. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Paradox. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 12. Intensifiers A) Verbs with a strong emotional impact. B) Adverbs or adverbial phrases that strengthen the meaning of other expressions and show emphasis (very, really). C) A strong and powerful use of language. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbs or adverbial phrases that strengthen the meaning of other expressions and show emphasis (very, really). 13. THAT YEAR, 1967, THE DALLAS COWBOYS HAD 137 ROOKIES IN TRAINING CAMP. GIL BRANDT WAS SIGNING EVERYBODY THAT COULD WALK. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 14. What is deductive reasoning? A) A logical reasoning based on logos. B) A logical reasoning based on tertiary sources. C) A logical reasoning based on theory. D) A logical reasoning based on observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A logical reasoning based on theory. 15. I can't get the fuel pump back on because this bolt is being uncooperative.This sentence is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Foreshadowing. C) Personification. D) Tricolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 16. "Like so many young people today, I was searching for a way out, or some might say a way in, and then I heard the voice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on an old radio. He was talking about the philosophy and discipline of nonviolence. He said we are all complicit when we tolerate injustice. " By mentioning Dr. King, Rep.Lewis is establishing his A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 17. Which mode of persuasion in rhetoric appeals to logic and reason? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Mythos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logos. 18. Greek for "orator", describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively A) Rhetoric. B) Prose. C) Metonymy. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetoric. 19. "They've worked against everything we've worked so hard to build, and they don't care who gets hurt in the process. Make no mistake, they're the enemy, and they won't stop until we're all destroyed." What type of rhetorical appeal is being used in this quote? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 20. The time, place, and context of the argument A) Speaker. B) Occasion. C) Audience. D) Purpose. E) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occasion. ← 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