This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 194 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 194 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Read the passage. Select Yes if you can find evidence of foreshadowing in the passage."Gee, as crowded as the park is, we're the only ones going into the funhouse, " Gina said. "How strange." A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 2. Anything that uses at least one of the three rhetorical appeals is a ..... A) Rhetorical Situation. B) Rhetorical Analysis. C) Rhetoric. D) Your mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Situation. 3. Choices that make the reader think, feel, or trust; these make the audience respond positively to the message in a text, and effectively communicate purpose. A) Speaker. B) Audience. C) Requirement. D) Appeals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeals. 4. Testimonial is a rhetorical device that: A) Tells about a credible source's experience with or support of something. B) Tell what a witness has to say on the witness stand. C) Explain why you should not buy the product advertised. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tells about a credible source's experience with or support of something. 5. What type of irony is this? A mother comes into the TV room and discovers her 11-year-old watching television instead of doing his homework. Pointing to the screen she says, "I see you are busy, kiddo, but when you're finished with your serious studies there, maybe we could take some time out for recreation and do a little math." A) Situational. B) Dramatic. C) Verbal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal. 6. The use of the same word or phrase more than once foremphasis. A) Repetition. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Antithesis. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 7. Motivational speakers often use powerful words to describe their ability to overcome the struggles of life. These words are used to appeal to A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 8. When considering this element of the S.O.A.P.S.Tone we are looking at one or more major ideas the speaker may be discussing. A) Subject. B) Tone. C) Purpose. D) Audience. E) Occasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 9. The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of several words in a sequence. Ex. "This sweltering summer ..... " A) Repetition. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 10. What is the CONTEXT of a piece of text? A) The tone of the piece in relation to the other pieces by the same author. B) The way the author uses references and slang to relate to the audience. C) The symbolism of the piece. D) The time and place in which the piece was first written or presented to an audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The time and place in which the piece was first written or presented to an audience. 11. ..... describes the author's attitude. A) Ethos. B) Tone. C) Assertion. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 12. This persuasive technique gets stuck in your head because it's so catchy and clever. A) Slogans. B) Loaded Words. C) Repetition. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slogans. 13. A figurative image that implies the similarity between things otherwise dissimilar (does NOT use the word like or as) A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 14. An appeal used to convince someone of the character or credibility of the persuader A) Ethos. B) Credible. C) Pathos. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 15. "Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something." A) Rhetorical question. B) Hypophora. C) Metaphor. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 16. Logos is most associated with A) Trust. B) Emotion. C) Logic. D) Credibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logic. 17. The repetition of a word or a phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines. A) Anaphora. B) Multi-connectors. C) Allusion. D) Conduplication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 18. Why should we put people on trial when we know they are guilty? A) Begging the Question. B) Post Hoc. C) Straw Man. D) Hasty Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Begging the Question. 19. A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based is which of the following rhetorical devices? A) Simile. B) Invective. C) Alliteration. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analogy. 20. A device used to produce figurative language; many compare dissimilar things A) Point of view. B) Euphemism. C) Invective. 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