This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 171 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 171 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Betrayal of trust A) Treachery. B) Stead. C) Forfeited. D) Confiscation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Treachery. 2. Ethos Example A) Kamron is sus. B) Mr. Wertz has been to many places. C) Victor has waves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kamron is sus. 3. Which mode of persuasion is the least used? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 4. Makes an idea less important that it really is A) Silence. B) Hyperbole. C) Understatement. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understatement. 5. "As sly as a fox" is an example of an: A) Analogy. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 6. Which of these is NOT a part of the rhetorical triangle? A) Speaker. B) Message. C) Character. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Character. 7. Plot device often used to create suspense in which the end is curiously abrupt so that the main characters are left in a difficult situation without offering any resolution of conflict. A) CLIFFHANGER. B) DILEMMA. C) MYSTERY. D) SITUATIONAL IRONY. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CLIFFHANGER. 8. We need to act now to save our community garden. It's ten years in the making, with enough organic vegetables to feed every mouth in this neighborhood. Hud & Co. has no right to come into our town and pave a parking lot over one of our most prominent food sources. Come rally with me this Friday night. Together, we will stand in their way and protect our beloved town. Don't you care about our community garden? A) Loaded language. B) Rhetorical questions. C) Diction. D) Appeals to association. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeals to association. 9. What is "ethos" an appeal to? A) Ethics. B) Emotions. C) Logic. D) An audience's five senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethics. 10. Generally, anything that represents itself and stands for something else. Usually, a ..... is something concrete-such as an object, action, character, or scene-that represents something more abstract. A) Subjectivity. B) Simile. C) Symbol. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. 11. This strategy attempts to make writers or speakers credible by creating a credible image of them. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 12. This transition word means that a statement is very much like the previous statement. A) Despite. B) However. C) Similarly. D) Consequently. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Similarly. 13. A rebuttal gives voice to possible objections. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. This appeal represents credibility or an ethical appeal, which involves persuasion by the character involved A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 15. What type of rhetorical appeal is being employed? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 16. Which of the following questions is most important to consider as you think about your tone? A) What is your stance, and how can you best present it to achieve your purpose?. B) Does the genre require formal or informal language?. C) How does the medium affect the way you write and organize your text?. D) What does this writing task call on you to do?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What is your stance, and how can you best present it to achieve your purpose?. 17. The drawing of inferences or conclusions from known or assumed facts is called A) Ethos. B) Reasoning. C) Pathos. D) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reasoning. 18. Using the same words frequently to reinforce concepts A) Allusion. B) Repetition. C) Parallelism. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 19. What is the purpose of rhetorical analysis? A) To analyze the effectiveness of rhetorical devices. B) To analyze the structure of a speech. C) To analyze the emotions of an audience. D) To analyze the credibility of a speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To analyze the effectiveness of rhetorical devices. 20. A question posed for effect, not requiring an answer. Example: "How long shall we look the other way while our fellow human beings suffer?" (Michael Harrington, The Other America:Poverty in the United States) A) Hyperbole. B) Parallelism. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Question. ← 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