This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 168 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 168 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A question asked that the author/speaker doesn't want answered is ..... A) Allusion. B) Tone. C) Anecdote. D) Rhetorical Questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical Questions. 2. Imperative Sentence A) An implied comparison between two things seemingly quite different. B) Saying the opposite of what is meant. C) The continuity, or coherence, among the sentences of a paragraph. D) Sentence used to command, enjoin, implore, or entreat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sentence used to command, enjoin, implore, or entreat. 3. Exclamatory sentence A) A sentence using emotive language. B) A sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark. C) A sentence expressing a clear idea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark. 4. The specific cause/reason for a particular piece of rhetoric. A) Message. B) Purpose. C) Requirement. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Requirement. 5. Which appeals persuade the reader with facts, statistics, and data? A) Ethos. B) Rhetoric. C) Pathos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logos. 6. Another word for the claim is A) Explain. B) Interrogate. C) Argument. D) Device. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Argument. 7. To completely change or overthrow a system or way of doing things. A) Revolutionise. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Liberty. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revolutionise. 8. What is the art of using language effectively and persuasively? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 9. What example of figurative language is represented in the quote below? "Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared todream before" - "The Raven, " Edgar Allan Poe A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 10. I'm so glad I brought umbrella because it's raining cats and dogs now. What does this idiom mean? A) It's starting to sprinkle. B) It's about to rain. C) It's starting to clear up. D) It's raining very heavily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It's raining very heavily. 11. Used to express conditions other than a fact (a wish, doubt, demand, or hypothetical) A) Literary mood. B) Subjunctive mood. C) Imperative mood. D) Indicative mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subjunctive mood. 12. Who developed rhetoric? A) Socrates. B) Plato. C) Thucydides. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aristotle. 13. Identify the appeal: "Don't be the last person on the block to have their lawn treated-you don't want to be the laughing stock of your community!" A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 14. I can't stress this enough:Review the Reference Sheet before the test! A) Correct as is. B) I can't stress this enough review the Reference Sheet before the test!. C) I can't stress this enough, review the Reference Sheet before the test!. D) I can't stress this enough, you need to review the Reference Sheet before the test!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct as is. 15. Releasing an add for a dating app right around Valentine's Day is an example of ..... A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weather. 16. Tone is mainly about the feelings of the ..... A) Audience. B) Author. C) Characters. D) No one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Author. 17. Mr. Jones has delivered packages on time for the last year with no exceptions. I know he will be a great addition to our delivery service. This is an example of ..... A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 18. A short, concise statement expressing a clever observation or a general truth. A) Aphorism. B) Paradox. C) Multi-connector. D) Verbal Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aphorism. 19. I had hidden my symptoms and struggles very well A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Rhetorical question. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 20. Common or familiar that isn't meant to be taken literally-raining cats and dogs A) Onomatopoeia. B) Shape. C) Hyperbole. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shape. ← 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