This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 209 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 209 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are two ways you can analyze a text for its tone? A) Diction and attitude. B) Syntax and purpose. C) Tone and purpose. D) Diction and syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction and syntax. 2. Ethos is an argument based on A) Facts. B) Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Character. 3. The state of being denied a due privilege by a government A) Logos. B) Enfranchised. C) Rhetoric. D) Suffrage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enfranchised. 4. The three considerations of a rhetorical appeal A) Left, right, and center. B) Action, reaction, and neutrality. C) Volume, eye contact, and sincerity. D) Logos, pathos, and ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logos, pathos, and ethos. 5. A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic relief and/or ridicule A) Parody. B) Argumentation. C) Slanting. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parody. 6. Who is the intended audience of this documentary? A) Food companies. B) Farmers. C) Consumers. D) The government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consumers. 7. "Stop texting and driving today. You can make a difference. It's the right thing to do." A) Ethos & Call to Action. B) Logos & Call to Action. C) Pathos & Call to Action. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos & Call to Action. 8. "The data is perfectly clear:our company has consistently made money year-over-year, even despite a bad economy." A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 9. What is Zeugma? A) A figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of. B) A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. C) The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. D) A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses. 10. This is a rhetorical device that involves the repetition of the same word, phrase or sentence. A) Repetition. B) Parallelism. C) Repitition. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 11. To the people of the fallacy A) Arguing that something must be true because many or most people believe it. B) Arguing that something is true because your friend believes it. C) Arguing that is true because your mom believes it. D) Arguing that something is true because your teacher says it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arguing that something must be true because many or most people believe it. 12. Which of the following Greek philosophers defined rhetoric as "the available means of persuasion" A) Aristotle. B) Socrates. C) Plato. D) Democritus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotle. 13. Which 4th Century Greek philosopher divided the means of persuasion, into three appeals, which are commonly known as Ethos, Logos, and Pathos? A) Aristotle. B) Gandhi. C) Karl Marx. D) Galileo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotle. 14. WHAT BRANCH OF THE MILITARY IS MRS. FIGUEROA IN? A) US. ARMY. B) U.S AIR FORCE. C) U.S MARINE CORPS. D) U.S NAVY. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) US. ARMY. 15. A figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous words. Ex. "The land was ours before we were the land's" -Robert Frost (N, V, Pro:Pro, V, N). A) Hypophora. B) Antithesis. C) Chiasmus. D) Coherence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chiasmus. 16. Using emotional language or images to persuade the audience, without providing logical reasoning or evidence. (a) A) Hasty generalization. B) Bandwagon. C) A Appeal to emotion. D) Ad hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A Appeal to emotion. 17. Joe had been fishing for over two hours without a single bite. Suddenly there was a nibble at the end of his fishing line. He stood up on the boat and leaned out too far. Just then there was a sharp yank on the line. Joe fell overboard and landed head first into the water. Joe and his friends laughed and laughed. A) To Inform. B) To Entertain. C) To Persuade. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To Entertain. 18. Repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence. A) Anaphora. B) Alliteration. C) Antithesis. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 19. What is this an example of:I have been one acquainted with the night.I have walked out in rain-and back in rain.I have outwalked the furthest city light.I have looked down the saddest city lane.I have passed by the watchman on his beatAnd dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. A) Allusion. B) Hyperbole. C) Anaphora. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 20. Pretending to omit something by drawing attention to it is called ..... A) Receipt. B) Aporia. C) Aphorism. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Receipt. ← 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