This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 179 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 179 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A rhetorical device that uses a clever, universal quote A) Allusion. B) Anaphora. C) Parallelism. D) Aphorism. E) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aphorism. 2. What is the purpose of the conclusion in an argumentative essay? A) To summarize the main points of the essay. B) To provide background information on the topic. C) To capture the audience's interest and establish the writer's point of view. D) To provide a sense of closure and reinforce the importance of the thesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To provide a sense of closure and reinforce the importance of the thesis. 3. The art of using persuasive language A) Diction. B) Argumentation. C) Rhetoric. D) Slanting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetoric. 4. The art of persuasion is know as A) Rhetoric. B) Tone. C) Ethos. D) Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetoric. 5. A purpose that wants to convince the reader to agree with the speaker's argument A) To persuade. B) To inform. C) To entertain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To persuade. 6. A comparison between two different things that are similar in some way A) Analogy. B) Anecdote. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 7. What does rhetorical analysis help us understand? A) How the language of a text works including persuasive texts. B) Solely the author's purpose. C) How images in a text are used. D) How tone and thesis work together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How the language of a text works including persuasive texts. 8. A rhetoric emotional appeal is also known as what? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 9. The state of being free from public attention or scrutiny A) Privacy. B) Surveillance. C) Censorship. D) Control tags1984Real Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Privacy. 10. The pervading impression made on the feelings of the reader A) Pacing. B) Rhetoric. C) Mood. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 11. Slapstick A) Essential component of a burlesque. B) Satire intended to hurt or wound. C) Physical comedy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical comedy. 12. The Slim-O-Matic will cause you to loose pounds and inches from your body in one month. This amazing machine helps you to exercise correctly and provides an easy video to show you the proper way to exercise. Send $ 75.99 and begin exercising today. A) To Inform. B) To Entertain. C) To Persuade. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To Persuade. 13. Rhetoric is a device used in A) Literature. B) Essays. C) Speeches. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. This same quote is an example of which appeal? "I have nothing but pity in my heart for the chief witness for the state, but my pity does not extend so far as her putting a man's life at stake ..... " (Lee 271). A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Mythos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 15. Which figure of speech is used to express the opposite of what is literally stated? A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 16. What type of sentence is this?The group explores innovative ways to handle the volume and variety ofplastics used in the community. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 17. When a statement is deliberately expressed idea as less important than it actually is ..... A) Understatement. B) Allusion. C) Anastrophe. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understatement. 18. Pulled away or detached from logic A) Abstract. B) Concrete. C) Colloquial. D) Didactic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abstract. 19. What is the definition of the logical fallacy, red herring? A) A conclusion is an attack on the character of a person rather than his or her opinions or arguments. B) A conclusion that presents what most people, or a group of people think, in order to persuade one to think the same way. C) A conclusion that avoids the key issues, often by avoiding opposing arguments rather than addressing them. D) A conclusion that oversimplifies an opponent's viewpoint and then attacks that hollow argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A conclusion that avoids the key issues, often by avoiding opposing arguments rather than addressing them. 20. Imagine you're a marketing genius! Which secret weapon of persuasion would you use in your advertising campaign to build credibility and trust? A) The art of Rhetoric. B) The power of Ethos. C) The logic of Logos. D) The emotion of Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The power of Ethos. ← 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