This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 202 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 202 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of vowel sounds between different consonants inside a line? A) Assonance. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Consonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 2. Why would a speaker use personalization? A) To create a connection between the audience and topic / speaker. B) To excite the audience by using fancy language. C) To appeal to the audience's emotional reaction. D) To get the audience to stop and think about an answer to his questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To create a connection between the audience and topic / speaker. 3. The act of trying to convince the audience to act or feel a certain way on a position A) Argument. B) Rhetoric. C) Persuasion. D) Propaganda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Persuasion. 4. A direct comparison that states on thing is another. A) Synecdoche. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 5. For what purpose did the author write the narrative? A) To persuade people not to undertake the challenge of swimming in arctic waters. B) To entertain readers with funny stories about her swim. C) To inform readers about the challenge she undertook to become the first person to swim an artic mile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To inform readers about the challenge she undertook to become the first person to swim an artic mile. 6. The "what" of the speech; what the author's main message is to his/her audience A) Tone. B) Main argument. C) Purpose. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Main argument. 7. What did Cicero mean by "style" ? A) The behavior of the speaker. B) The dress of the speaker. C) The language of the speaker. D) The character of the speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The language of the speaker. 8. The key elements of the rhetorical situation are A) Imperfection, people's attitude & context. B) Urgency, agency & context. C) Requirement, audience & constraint. D) Only 1 & 2 are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Requirement, audience & constraint. 9. Which of the following is an appeal to emotion? A) Diction. B) Imagery. C) Pathos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 10. What type of writing is PATHOS most effective in? A) Argumentative. B) Persuasive. C) All of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persuasive. 11. The main parts of argumentative writing structure are ..... A) Claim, Counterclaim, Rebuttal. B) Theme statement, thesis, analysis. C) Intro, body paragraph, conclusion. D) Counterclaim, Rebuttal, Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claim, Counterclaim, Rebuttal. 12. A rhetorical device that repeats words or phrases at the beginning of a sentence A) Allusion. B) Anaphora. C) Parallelism. D) Aphorism. E) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 13. Which appeal is being used? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 14. Appealing to one's reasoning A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 15. It is important when you are using rhetoric, you recognize your audience then choose which appeal(s) to use. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. The perspective from which a story is told. There are two general divisions, and many subdivisions within those. (1) the first person narrator tells the story with the first person pronoun, "I, " and is a character in the story. 2) the third person narrator relates the events with the third person pronouns, "he, " "she, " and "it." A) Narrator. B) Rhetorical situation. C) Context. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Point of view. 17. The attribution of human traits and emotions to inanimate nature. A) Inference. B) Metonymy. C) Pathetic Fallacy. D) Rhetorical Question. E) Tragic Flaw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathetic Fallacy. 18. Which appeal proves the speaker can be trusted based on character or qualifications? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 19. Which of the following types of figurative language is represented in the example below?A text includes the use of vivid, emotive language, intended to incite intense feeling in a reader regarding the destruction of the Florida panther's natural habitat. A) Ethos. B) Weather. C) Logos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos. 20. How does the writer/speaker establish credibility and authority? This is a question you would ask to determine ..... A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Credibility. D) Pathos. 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