This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 172 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 172 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Repetition of consonant sounds. A) Nomenclature. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Concrete. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 2. What is the rhetorical device when the speaker / author asks a question, and then immediately answers their own question? A) Ethos. B) Hypophora. C) Rhetorical question. D) Counter argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypophora. 3. Which city is credited with giving rise to Rhetorical art? A) Sparta. B) Syracuse. C) Athens. D) Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Syracuse. 4. Discussing why/what something happened as a result of something A) Problem/solution. B) Contrast/juxtaposition. C) Narration. D) Cause and/or effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cause and/or effect. 5. When an author, speaker, or advertiser carefully chooses to repeat words or phrases at the beginning of successive sentences. A) Epistrophe. B) Alliteration. C) Unconnected. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaphora. 6. This is Greek for "word" ..... A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 7. The statements of main ideas in a speech; the major arguments advanced by both affirmative and negative debaters A) Contentions. B) Rebuttals. C) Values. D) Introductory quotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contentions. 8. A comparison of two or more unlike things using a comparative word such as "like" or "as." A) REPETITION. B) METAPHOR. C) DICTION. D) SIMILE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SIMILE. 9. Convincing the audience of the speaker/writer's credibility or character. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 10. What element should change based on the audience? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) An argument should not change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 11. What person or group of people would oppose Kinghorn's argument? A) Social media viewers who commented with messages of support and children. B) Parents who created and posted these videos and their children. C) Parents who created and posted these videos, and social media viewers who commented with messages of support. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parents who created and posted these videos, and social media viewers who commented with messages of support. 12. The repetition of the first consonant sound occuring close together in a series A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Anaphora. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 13. What is the definition of "logos" ? A) An appeal to logic. B) A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as. C) Using a word or phrase multiple times. D) A reference to another work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An appeal to logic. 14. The living dead A) Oxymoron. B) Analogy. C) Parallelism. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 15. I am faster than the speed of light.Is an example of a? A) Hyperbole. B) Humor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 16. Summarize a story recount steps in a process, provide directions. (a) A) Cause and Effect. B) Compare and Contrast. C) Explain and Describe. D) Proposition and Support. E) A Sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) A Sequence. 17. Hey there, Abigail, Aiden, and Jackson! Can you guys tell me what SOAPSTone stands for in rhetoric? A) Subject, Objective, Analysis, Plan, Structure, Theme. B) Speaker, Objective, Audience, Purpose, Strategies, Tone. C) Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Strategies, Tone. D) Setting, Objective, Analysis, Perspective, Style, Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Strategies, Tone. 18. Putting two contrasting elements together that are so unlike that the effect is surprising, witty, or even startling. Example: "My only love sprung from my only hate." (Romeo and Juliet) A) Anaphora. B) Juxtaposition. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition. 19. Greek for "mask" A) Persona. B) Weather. C) Ethos. D) Mythos. E) Requirement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persona. 20. I also felt that it was important for me to quietly "soldier on" ..... What I understood very clearly is that the time for quietly "soldiering on" is through. The war against Parkinson's is a winnable war, and I am resolved to play a role in that victory. A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Rhetorical question. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analogy. ← 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