This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 203 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 203 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It's not exactly a walk in the park.She's no spring chicken!It wasn't a terrible trip.These are all examples of a(n) ..... A) Multi-connectors. B) Pun. C) Colloquialism. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Litotes. 2. What is the participial phrase?Mandy marveled at the yard covered in a thick layer of snow. A) Marveled at the yard. B) Covered in a thick layer of snow. C) Yard. D) Mandy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Covered in a thick layer of snow. 3. The science of the sentence and its parts and function A) Logic. B) Stylistics. C) Syntax. D) The grammar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Syntax. 4. You should trust Michael Jordan and buy the newest Jordan's because he is the greatest of all time is an appeal to ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 5. An exaggeration made for emphasis is ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Repetition. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 6. Which definition most accurately defines rhetoric A) Speeches meant to brainwash people. B) Written or spoken words meant to inform, motivate, or persuade. C) Written or spoken words meant to entertain an audience. D) Writing that is meant to confuse readers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Written or spoken words meant to inform, motivate, or persuade. 7. Ellipsis A) A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt. B) An implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text. C) Descriptive term or qualifier that identifies an attribute of a character. D) A literary device that is used to omit some parts of a sentence or event. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A literary device that is used to omit some parts of a sentence or event. 8. 10 Despite these criticisms ..... A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 9. Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy A) Millenium. B) Occult. C) Permeate. D) Lassitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lassitude. 10. Using the same word or phrase over and over again for effect A) Connotation. B) Repetition. C) Satire. D) Induction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 11. Songlike, characterized by emotions, subjectivity, and imagination-often used to describe poetry. A) Lyrical. B) Imagery. C) Foreshadowing. D) Jargon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyrical. 12. Satire is a manner of writing that mixes critical attitude with wit and humor in an effort to improve mankind and human institutions. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Which of the following is a rhetorical strategy? A) Repetition. B) Facts. C) Statistics. D) Definitions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 14. Rhetoric that always advises about things to come A) Judicial. B) Epideictic. C) Deliberative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deliberative. 15. There are dry erase markers for all students. They should not be taken out of the classroom, ..... A) Next. B) Finally. C) However. D) As a result. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) However. 16. "Contrast by a reverse parallelism" is known as ..... A) Dinumeration. B) Erotesis. C) Chiasmus. D) Macrology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chiasmus. 17. "Turn the lights down nowNow I take you by the handHand you another drinkDrink it if you can"is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Anaphora. C) Folding. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Folding. 18. I found it very ..... when the police station got robbed last Thursday. A) Ironic. B) Metaphorical. C) Parallel. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ironic. 19. Developing an essay that aims to depict a scene, person, thing or idea. A) Description. B) Diction. C) Figurative language. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Description. 20. Appealing to someone's credibility. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. ← 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