This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 196 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 196 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the LF:When your mom gets your phone bill and you have gone over the limit, you begin talking to her about how hard your math class is and how well you did on a test today. A) False dilemma. B) Straw Man. C) To Man. D) Red Herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red Herring. 2. The deputies are elected by direct ..... for the legislative session of three years. A) Suffrage. B) Infamy. C) Solicitation. D) Reconciliation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suffrage. 3. Maria was chosen as the president of the class. A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) No figure of speech. D) Parallel structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No figure of speech. 4. Pathos is most associated with A) Emotion. B) Facts. C) Hatred. D) Trust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotion. 5. What is the effect of using a metaphor? A) Comparison. B) Emphasis. C) Irony. D) Inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparison. 6. What rhetorical strategy is being used in the following: "Don't be the last person on the block to have their lawn treated-you don't want to be the laughing stock of your community!" A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Both Ethos and Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 7. Which of these situations is NOT an example of using rhetoric in everyday life? A) Convincing your crush why they should go on a date with you. B) Persuading your teacher to change your grade on an assignment. C) A waiter trying to sell the special of the day to their customers. D) Writing out grandma's recipe for the family cookbook. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Writing out grandma's recipe for the family cookbook. 8. Anything that represents itself and stands for something else as well A) Irony. B) Theme. C) Allegory. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 9. When we hear the word 'boots' it can often refer to soldiers, for example, 'the boots are in battle.' A) Meiosis. B) Synecdoche. C) Metonymy. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synecdoche. 10. What type of rhetorical appeal is this?"As the President of the United States, I must speak to you today about the State of the Union." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 11. An indirect reference in a text to something from an unrelated context. It is left to the audience to make the direct connection. A) Argument. B) Antithesis. C) Amplification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 12. In a recent survey of parents of children in grades 1-8, more than half of the parents agreed that students are overburdened with homework. These parents favored mandating less homework in local schools. A) Persuade. B) Describe. C) Explain. D) Inform. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inform. 13. A direct comparison of two different things without using the words "like" or "as" (example:Laughter is the music of the soul.) A) Allusion. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 14. What does the term 'epiphany' refer to? A) The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work. B) The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit. C) The moment when there is a sudden realization that leads to a new perspective that clarifies a problem or situation. D) The conversation between two or more speakers/characters in a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The moment when there is a sudden realization that leads to a new perspective that clarifies a problem or situation. 15. The section of a newspaper labeled Op-Ed is A) Objective. B) Subjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subjective. 16. For with a country as with a person, "What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Anaphora. D) Amusing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 17. The primary audience of Gehrig's speech is ..... A) Every single American. B) Older people. C) Baseball fans. D) People with ALS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baseball fans. 18. The conclusion that the writer should prove is validated within the claim A) To Man. B) To the people. C) Begging the Claim/Question. D) Circular Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Begging the Claim/Question. 19. The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing A) Persuasion. B) Rhetorical devices. C) Rhetoric. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetoric. 20. Type of appeal:Nearly 25% of all car accidents are caused by drivers using a cell phone while driving. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Everyday. 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