This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 188 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 188 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The reason for writing or speaking A) Figurative Language. B) Influence. C) Author's (or speaker's) purpose. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Author's (or speaker's) purpose. 2. Imagine you're a marketing genius working on a new ad campaign. Which persuasive element would you use to appeal to the audience's logic and reasoning? A) Rhetoric. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 3. What did Swift want readers to learn from his proposal? A) Irish poverty is temporary; you can fix your situation. B) Irish wealth is subjective; you can be poor and be happy. C) The English mistreat the Irish and cause their poverty. D) The English need more meat industry to get out of debt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The English mistreat the Irish and cause their poverty. 4. Use of words that imitate the sound the word describes A) Personification. B) Parallelism. C) Oxymoron. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 5. "Time has not stood still. It has washed over me, washed me away, as if I'm nothing more than a woman of sand, left by a careless child too near the water." -The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood.This contains an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 6. Identify the best example of ethos in the options below. A) "If you donate to our cause, you will help a poor, defenseless animal find shelter from the cold.". B) "As a veterinarian, I support this cause to help improve the well-being of these animals.". C) "According to the source, 90% of abandoned animals will not find a new home.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "As a veterinarian, I support this cause to help improve the well-being of these animals.". 7. Name that appeal!A poster for Airbnb shows a tree house in a tranquil, green forrest. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 8. A list of successive words or phrases with the same or very similar grammatical structure. Ex. "And they have come to realize that their freedom in inextricably bound to our freedom." A) Rhetoric. B) Appeal. C) Prediction. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 9. An appeal to the audience using credibility, sources, and expert testimony is what sort of means of persuasion? A) Logos. B) Ethics. C) Academic integrity. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos. 10. The word (with any accompanying phrases or clauses) that follows a linking verb and complements or completes the subject A) Subordinate clause. B) Loose sentence. C) Subject complement. D) Syllogism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject complement. 11. "Did you really think there wouldn't be a question like this?" A) Figurative Language. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Generalization. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Question. 12. Why is it important to unpack the background information provided in a rhetorical analysis prompt? A) To understand the reader's possible biases and the historical, political, and cultural context of the text. B) To understand the author's spark of inspiration for writing the text in the first place. C) To understand the author's possible biases and the historical, political, and cultural context of the text. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To understand the author's possible biases and the historical, political, and cultural context of the text. 13. In Common Sense, what does Thomas Paine say in response to the argument that the colonies have done well under the control of Britain? A) That believing the colonies will continue to do well is logical. B) That the colonies have not done well and will never do well. C) That believing the colonies will continue to do well is misleading. D) That the colonies have done well, but will not do well on their own. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That believing the colonies will continue to do well is misleading. 14. An appeal to emotion is known as A) Weather. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 15. Diction means A) The connections we have with words. B) The definition of words. C) An author's choice of words. D) The common way of speaking with friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An author's choice of words. 16. Repetition of initial sounds (tongue twisters) A) Author's purpose. B) Mood. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 17. "I have told you a million times to clean up your room." A) Hyperbole. B) Anaphora. C) Rhetorical Question. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 18. "There's no price that can be placed on peace of mind. Our advanced security systems will protect the well-being of your family so that you can sleep soundly at night." What type of rhetoric is being used? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 19. Words that take the place of nouns, used to create a sense of unity with an audience or distance from a common enemy. A) Adjectives. B) Pronouns. C) Connotation. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pronouns. 20. What is the term for a category in literature and film, distinguished by a particular style, form, or content? A) Genre. B) Grammar. C) Jargon. D) Monologue. 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