This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 17 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Formal, Informal, Slang, Technical and Foreign are examples of ..... A) Media. B) Language. C) Genre. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Language. 2. All are part of the diagram except A) Audience. B) Speaker. C) Subject. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 3. Involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. It may use irony is a device, but not all ironic statements are intended to ridicule. A) Sarcasm. B) Irony. C) Caustic. D) Satiric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcasm. 4. Using words or phrases that make someone look less important A) Downplayer. B) Dysphemis. C) Hyperbole. D) Insinuating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Downplayer. 5. Techniques that writers or speakers use to create meaning in a text, enhance a text or a lecture, and in particular, persuade readers or listeners. A) Rhetoric. B) Speech. C) Metaphor. D) Rhetorical Questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetoric. 6. Define:Epistrophe A) A speech or address to a person who is not present or to a personified object. B) The repetition of phrases or words in a set of clauses, sentences, or poetic lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The repetition of phrases or words in a set of clauses, sentences, or poetic lines. 7. The act of thinking about something in a logical and sensible way A) Reasoning. B) Persuade. C) Logos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reasoning. 8. One of the songs we listened to was from a musical called A) Wicked. B) Hamilton. C) Wretched. D) The Lion King. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamilton. 9. Statements that anticipate and refute an opposing view A) Counterargument. B) Argument. C) Claim. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Counterargument. 10. The ideas or feelings that a certain word invokes, used to create certain emotional responses in an audience. A) Loaded Words. B) Connotation. C) Reason. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 11. Begins with subject and verb and adds modifying elements at the end A) Basic. B) Cumulative. C) Compound. D) Periodic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cumulative. 12. Examples of using logos to convince. A) Showing pics of kittens. B) Showing data about the numbers and statistics. C) Using emotion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Showing data about the numbers and statistics. 13. A statement made by an expert who is recognized as an expert in her or his field. A) Counterclaim. B) Research Results. C) Opinion. D) Expert Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expert Opinion. 14. Which rhetorical device uses the same grammatical structure to create rhythm in the writing? A) Parallelism. B) Repetition. C) Restatement. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 15. Which rhetorical appeal is being used in the statement 'Model Cindy Crawford agrees that this is the only wrinkle cream a woman needs.'? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 16. One conclusion that can be made about Obama is ..... A) Obama only values education if it benefits America. B) Obama believes American students are lazy. C) Obama believes students nee to become unmotivated. D) Obama valued his education despite having difficult personal circumstances. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Obama valued his education despite having difficult personal circumstances. 17. The art of persuading someone through the word choice and style A) Logos. B) Rhetoric. C) Suffrage. D) Inevitable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetoric. 18. One who crafts a message strategically in hopes of maximizing her chances of influencing an audience. A) Rhetoric. B) Weather. C) Persona. D) Orator. E) Writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetoric. 19. The author's attitude toward his material, the audience, or both A) Symbol. B) Irony. C) Thesis. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 20. "But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation." A) Figurative language. B) Loaded language. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. ← 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