This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 175 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 175 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To those of you who arrived here thinking you were visiting the website for Cooking Light magazine:turn around. A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 2. Short stories about a personal incident used to help make the point are ..... A) Anecdotes. B) Extended Metaphor. C) Syntax. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdotes. 3. The following statement is an example of what literary term?Why are people born? Why do they die? And why do they spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches? A) Pathos. B) Bathos. C) Argument. D) Didactic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bathos. 4. How is a metaphor defined? A) An appeal to the emotions. B) A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as. C) An ethical appeal based on credibility. D) Using a word or phrase multiple times. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as. 5. The movie SCREAM is a ..... of I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER. A) Parody. B) Paradox. C) Hyperbole. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parody. 6. A question asked to make a point, not that you want an answer to, is which of the following rhetorical devices? A) Imagery. B) Metonymy. C) Personification. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical question. 7. What example of figurative language is represented in the quote below? "Because I could not stop for Death-He kindly stopped for me-The Carriage held but just Ourselves-And Immortality." - "Because I could not stop for Death, " Emily Dickinson A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 8. The action of a story; all of the eventsthat occur from the beginning to the end.The plot, when divided, can becomprised of up to 6 key parts. A) Plot. B) Exposition. C) Rising action. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 9. What is an example of ethos? A) As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will generate the best results. B) We were told to either reduce the staff or find new customers. C) Plan ahead, it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark. D) He was good at business but his Achilles heel was gambling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will generate the best results. 10. His paranoia spread like wildfire. A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 11. What two things should you have in a counter-argument? A) Counter-claimand counter-evidence. B) Counter-claimand rebuttal. C) Counter-evidence and rebuttal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Counter-claimand counter-evidence. 12. How does King use pathos in "LBJ" ? A) References who he is, and why he's there. B) References children and their confusion and hurt. C) Reference St. Thomas Aquinas. D) References the church. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) References children and their confusion and hurt. 13. Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand. A) Jargon. B) Diction. C) Syntax. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jargon. 14. The tendency to hold a particular belief, either knowingly or unknowingly A) Fact. B) Bias. C) Voluntary response. D) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bias. 15. Jennifer leaves for school at 7:00 a.m. Jennifer arrives on time. Jennifer assumes, then, that she will always be on time if she leaves at 7:00 a.m. A) Generalization. B) Analogy. C) Cause and Effect. D) Signs. E) Authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cause and Effect. 16. What is the definition of audience in relation to rhetoric? A) The group of people who are intended to receive a particular communication or message. B) The speaker or writer of a rhetorical piece. C) The process of creating a logical argument. D) The use of language to persuade or influence people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The group of people who are intended to receive a particular communication or message. 17. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:In truth, I can't argue with any of your assertions. A) Anaphora. B) Antithesis. C) Hyperbole. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Litotes. 18. What does Kairos mean? A) Timelines or exigence of a message. B) A type of fruit. C) A famous philosopher. D) A Greek god. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Timelines or exigence of a message. 19. Which type of appeal uses facts, percentages, and charts? A) Ethical. B) Emotional. C) Logical. D) Allusions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logical. 20. The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device? Jack is like a squirrel A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Juxtaposition. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. ← 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