This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 173 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 173 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Inferring that claims are true for most people or the majority. A) Generalisation. B) Bias. C) Rule of three. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generalisation. 2. When what the audience expects to happen contrasts with what actually happens. A) Irony. B) Imagery. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 3. Logos is an argument based on A) Emotional arguments. B) Logical arguments. C) Credible arguments. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logical arguments. 4. Sarah had a sick baby and desperately needed time off from work, but her boss didn't want to give her any. When she came back to work, she was fired. It's people like Sarah who prove we need a paid parental leave policy. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 5. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of a/an: A) Hyperbole. B) Paradox. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 6. "Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo." A) Analogy. B) Anaphora. C) Antithesis. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 7. What example of figurative language is represented in the quote below? "Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail." -A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 8. A comparison of two different things that are ALIKE in some way ..... Example:Finding a good man is like finding a needle in a haystack. Explanation ..... A man and a needle are not similar, but the excitement of finding both when searching for them is comparable. A) Analogy. B) Analog. C) Parable. D) Parody. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 9. This form of rhetoric uses an expert or a celebrity A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 10. " ..... in this flea our two bloods mingled be ..... " A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Conduplicatio. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 11. Used to express a command A) Literary mood. B) Subjunctive mood. C) Imperative mood. D) Indicative mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imperative mood. 12. The following example is what term:The fire station burnt down. A) Assonance. B) Antithesis. C) Imagery. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 13. Persuasive Techniques Anecdote/Narration: A) Describing something vividly. B) It is solid information and proof of your argument. C) A brief story used to make a larger point. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A brief story used to make a larger point. 14. Mama always said, "Life is like a box of chocolates:you never know what you're gonna get!" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Antithesis. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 15. Which passage from "The Emancipation Proclamation" is the best example of ethos? A) On this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three . B) Shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free. C) All persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a Sate, the people wherof shall then be in rebellion against the United States . D) Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief . 16. Define paralipsis A) Two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. B) The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence or clause. C) Pretending to omit something by drawing attention to it. D) The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same, or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pretending to omit something by drawing attention to it. 17. What is the role of ethos in persuasive communication? A) To evoke strong emotions and persuade the audience. B) To provide logical reasoning and evidence to support the argument. C) To establish the credibility or trustworthiness of the speaker or source. D) To confuse the audience and make the argument more complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To establish the credibility or trustworthiness of the speaker or source. 18. What is the tone of this statement?This isn't the greatest apartment in the world, but it is really not that bad. A) Tolerant. B) Humorous. C) Angry. D) Informational. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tolerant. 19. An appeal to character and credibility A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 20. Emphasis which intentionally employs a series of conjunctions not normally found in successive words, phrases, or clauses A) Multi-connectors. B) Unrelated. C) Scheme. D) Tricolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multi-connectors. ← 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