This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. A) Metonymy. B) Allusion. C) Antithesis. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 2. The three rhetorical appeals are ..... A) Pathos, logos, ethos. B) Pathos, ethos, logos. C) Ethos, reason, passion. D) Ethos, logos, pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos, reason, passion. 3. A figure in which the words in the first phrase or clause are replicated in exactly or closely in reverse grammatical order A) Folding. B) Anaphora. C) Analogy. D) Antimetabole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antimetabole. 4. The technique that a speaker uses to emphasize a word or phrase by repeating A) Cause and effect. B) Repitition. C) Juxtaposition. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repitition. 5. Which rhetorical device is being used? Cardiologists recommend Ecotrin more than any other brand of aspirin. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Lagos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 6. Define text A) Any cultural product that can be read. B) Meanings that readers assign to words that go beyond the dictionary definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any cultural product that can be read. 7. How would you define the term ETHOS when discussing rhetorical appeals? A) Invokes an emotional response. B) Establishes author's trustworthiness or expert status. C) Uses logical reasoning and facts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Establishes author's trustworthiness or expert status. 8. The words that are used in the writing. There are many words with similar meanings. Why did the writer choose those particular ones? What effect is the writer going for with his/her word choice? A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Diction. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 9. What is author's perspective? A) The way the author views a topic or subject, and his/her attitude toward it. B) An author's reason for writing, such as to persuade, to inform, or to entertain. C) The way the author feels about their writing. D) The way an author explains something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The way the author views a topic or subject, and his/her attitude toward it. 10. What is the definition of ethos? A) Appeal to the trust of the audience. B) Appeal to logic. C) Appeal to emotions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to the trust of the audience. 11. Does the writer/speaker seem knowledgeable? This is a question you would ask to determine ..... A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Smartos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos. 12. Which one of the three Aristotelian appeals most concerns the subject? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Kratos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 13. When someone uses fear, which appeal are they using? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Migos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 14. Imagine you're a lawyer in a heated debate. Which persuasive technique would you use to emphasize the perfect timing for action or decision? A) Rhetoric. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weather. 15. How many keys to rhetoric are there? A) 4. B) 5. C) 6. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 16. "Ethos" is the Greek word for A) Character. B) Harmony. C) Pride. D) Ego. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character. 17. Which appeal deals with the credibility of the person? A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 18. Audience A) Is the focus of the text. B) Is the speaker's attitude toward the subject. C) Is the voice that tells the story. D) Is the person or persons to whom the piece is directed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is the person or persons to whom the piece is directed. 19. This devices uses "like" or "as": A) Paradox. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 20. Not producing the desired outcome A) Torpor. B) Ineffectual. C) Reconciliation. D) Sustain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ineffectual. ← 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