This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 185 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 185 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which rhetorical device has been used in this advertisement? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 2. The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metonymy. D) Folding. E) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Folding. 3. An appeal used to convince someone by creating an emotional response A) Pathos. B) Persuade. C) Reasoning. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 4. Define:Metonymy A) A person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named. B) The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant. 5. "Recycle, it will preserve the world for your children." A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 6. Higher education is strongly correlated to higher earnings later in life. If you are interested in maintaining a middle-class life, the most likely way to do it is to go to college. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 7. The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Narrative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 8. The rhetorical device that appeals to emotions is called A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Sappy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 9. What is purpose in rhetoric? A) The goal that the speaker/writer wants to achieve. B) The effect of the reader's mindset on a piece. C) A cultural goal defined by societal norms. D) Survival. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The goal that the speaker/writer wants to achieve. 10. The following is an example of which rhetorical appeal? "It's been proven that 97% of people choose this brand over all the competitors. With support like that, it's obvious which brand is best." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 11. Which of the following is the dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word? A) Diction. B) Denotation. C) Allusion. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 12. My opponent is an untrustworthy liar and an idiot. Therefore, you should believe me. A) Hasty Generalization. B) Circular Reasoning. C) Cherry-picking the evidence. D) To Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To Man. 13. Which is of the following are the 2 most impactful factors in the writer's craft and choices? A) Audience and Speaker. B) Audience and Context. C) Speaker and Structure. D) Appeals and Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audience and Context. 14. A method of convincing people with an argument drawn out through an emotional response. A) Parody. B) Pathos. C) Pedantic. D) Periodic Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 15. An overstatement or exaggeration of facts. A) To Man. B) Catharsis. C) Hyperbole. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 16. Benjamin Banneker:Which word choice references the unethical enslavement of black people in America? A) "liberty". B) "fraud". C) "you". D) "wean". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "fraud". 17. Add quotations in this sentence:Yes, I will attend the charity event, she replied. A) Yes, I will attend the charity event, she replied. B) "Yes, I will attend the charity event, " she replied. C) "Yes, I will attend the charity event" she replied. D) "Yes, I will attend the charity event, " she replied. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Yes, I will attend the charity event, " she replied. 18. Which mode of persuasion is the weakest in terms of quality? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 19. The deliberate use of many conjunctions ..... to highlight quantity or mass of detail or to create a flowing, continuous sentence pattern; it slows the pace of the sentence. A) Parallelism. B) Multi-connector. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multi-connector. 20. Appeal to logic. Ex:Numbers, statistics, percentages, graphs, etc. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. ← 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