This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 217 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 217 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Knowing that an opposing argument may be true. A) Fallacy. B) Persona. C) Concession. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concession. 2. Greek word meaning "character" . A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 3. An appeal to emotions A) Bogos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 4. Errors in reasoning that invalidate the argument. A) Red Herring. B) The Cruiclble. C) Rhetorical appeals. D) Logical fallacies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logical fallacies. 5. These works have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially in the teaching of moral or ethical principles A) Didactic. B) Rhetoric. C) Anachronism. D) Syllogism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didactic. 6. What are the three strategies often combined in rhetoric? A) Ethos, logos, and pathos. B) Rhetorical questions, illusions, and repetition. C) Parallel structure, allusions, and pathos. D) Ethos, repetition, and logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos, logos, and pathos. 7. What does Swift mean when he says, "The English landlords have already devoured most of the Irish parents? A) Cannibalism has been part of English culture. B) The landlords have financially devoured the Irish tenants. C) Landlords will eat tenants who cannot pay rent. D) Irish parents will not sell their children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The landlords have financially devoured the Irish tenants. 8. "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." A) Appeals to association. B) Figurative language. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 9. Tells the audience how the claim is proved. A) Opinion. B) Rhetoric. C) Evidence. D) Reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evidence. 10. What is this an example of: "They've worked against everything we've worked so hard to build, and they don't care who gets hurt in the process. Make no mistake, they're the enemy, and they won't stop until we're all destroyed." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 11. When groups of 3 adjectives or phrases are used to make ideas memorable. A) Anecdote. B) Emotional Appeal. C) Assertion. D) Rule of 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rule of 3. 12. What is the definition of occasion? A) The main idea. B) Why is the author writing?. C) The time, place, situation or context in which the author is writing. D) Whose voice is telling the story?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The time, place, situation or context in which the author is writing. 13. What are rhetorical modes? A) An idea about coming up with purpose. B) Ways in which someone can give a message. C) The background information needed to understand a text. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ways in which someone can give a message. 14. "Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance ..... that can assure a more fruitful life for mankind?" A) Parallelism. B) Antithesis. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical question. 15. When thinking about the RHETORICAL TRIANGLE, what should be considered about the speaker's tone? A) Whether their microphone works or not. B) Reason for writing or speaking. C) Attitude about the subject. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attitude about the subject. 16. They say he's closed the eyes of a many man and opened the eyes of many a woman. A) Anaphora. B) Hyperbole. C) Antithesis. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 17. Occurs when one brings up an opposing position and proves it to be incorrect. A) Counterclaim. B) Rhetorical Devices. C) Refuting a Claim. D) Research Results. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refuting a Claim. 18. Facts expressed as numerical information A) Facts. B) Statistics. C) Examples. D) Anecdotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Statistics. 19. Which definition closely matches the definition for direct address? A) Where the author directly addresses the audience through the word "you" . B) A general statement that sounds factual but is not proven to be true. C) An error in logic and reasoning. D) An over-generalized statement about an entire group of people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where the author directly addresses the audience through the word "you" . 20. What is the purpose of using illusions in rhetoric? A) To make a point and help the reader or listener understand the message. B) To confuse the reader or listener. C) To entertain the reader or listener. D) To inform the reader or listener. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make a point and help the reader or listener understand the message. ← 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