This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 211 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 211 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Present its central meaning in the main clause at the end; preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone A) Predicate Adjective. B) In the past. C) Multi-connector. D) Periodic Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periodic Sentence. 2. The definition of ethos is: A) Ethical appeal. B) Logical appeal. C) Emotional Appeal. D) Both A & C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethical appeal. 3. An appeal to to logic or reasoning is known as A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Thanos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 4. What rhetorical device is being used? "Do you really think were all going to pass that test" said Terry sarcastically. A) Allusion. B) Irony. C) Anaphora. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical question. 5. States something A) Declarative. B) Imperative. C) Exclamatory. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarative. 6. Which is an example of parallel structure? A) "Yes, I know Coke is good, but I just prefer the taste of Dr. Pepper.". B) "The burden must be carried; the want provided for; the suffering endured; the responsibility fulfilled." (Jane Eyre). C) " one seeing more where the other sees less, one seeing black where the other sees white, one seeing big where the other sees small ". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "The burden must be carried; the want provided for; the suffering endured; the responsibility fulfilled." (Jane Eyre). 7. Which sentence has parallel structure? A) Ari likes his new school. The teachers are good, the students are nice, and he likes the new building. B) Ari likes his new school. The teachers are good, the students are nice, and the building is new. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ari likes his new school. The teachers are good, the students are nice, and the building is new. 8. What type of rhetorical appeal is this?"The data is perfectly clear:this investment has consistently turned a profit year-over-year, even in spite of market declines." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 9. Appeals to the audience's sense of morals, principals, or credibility. A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 10. Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next? A) Chiasmus. B) Anaphora. C) Metaphor. D) Folding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Folding. 11. Which term is closely related to extended metaphor? A) Apostrophe. B) Conceit. C) Aside. D) Anachronism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceit. 12. Choose the correct term for the following definition:Giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive. A) Ascribe. B) Syntax. C) Adjacent. D) Concise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concise. 13. A logical fallacy that is an attack on the person proposing an argument rather than on the argument itself A) Antithesis. B) To Man. C) Parallelism. D) Irony. E) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To Man. 14. "Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people." ..... Eleanor Roosevelt The main rhetorical device at use here is A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Parallel structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallel structure. 15. Can be clearly seen, heard, etc.; something that is known to be true or real A) Concrete. B) Abstract. C) Didactic. D) Invective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concrete. 16. In his "Pearl Harbor" speech, FDR exudes two contrasting tones. Which word does he use to portray his tone toward America? A) Infamy. B) Empire. C) False statements. D) Righteous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Righteous. 17. What is the effect of an antithesis? A) Rhythm. B) Emphasis. C) Similarity. D) Dissimilarity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dissimilarity. 18. Is an act of stating something more profound than it actually is, in order to make the point more serious or important A) Understatement. B) Overstatement. C) Repetition. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overstatement. 19. Example:She's feeling blue A) Connotation. B) Pathos. C) Denotation. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 20. "My neighbor's cat hisses at me daily. At the pet store, all the cats hiss at me. Therefore, all cats probably hate me" is an example of A) Inductive reasoning. B) Deductive reasoning. C) Litotes. D) Meiosis. E) Missing the point. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inductive reasoning. ← 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