This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 221 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 221 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device? Anger is a monster waiting to devour happiness. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 2. The reoccurrence of certain words or phrases, used to emphasize certain ideas and make them more memorable. A) Evidence. B) Alliteration. C) Rule of 3. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 3. Are we a nation that tolerates the hypocrisy of a system where workers who pick our fruit and make our beds never have a chance to get right with the law? Are we a nation that accepts the cruelty of ripping children from their parents' arms? Or are we a nation that values families, and works to keep them together? A) Allusion. B) Respectful Diction. C) Counterargument. D) Antithesis. E) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Rhetorical Question. 4. What is the purpose of an argumentative essay? A) To persuade the reader. B) To tell an interesting story. C) To entertain the reader. D) To give information about a topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To persuade the reader. 5. When you acknowledge opposing viewpoints, you are giving a A) Concession. B) Confession. C) Counterargument. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concession. 6. Ex:A rolling stone gathers no moths. (moss) Ex:I remember because I have photogenic memory. (photographic) A) Malapropism. B) Metonymy. C) Paradox. D) Zeugma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malapropism. 7. Simply put, the way a writer writes A) Diction. B) Mood. C) Style. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Style. 8. Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of a sentence, lines, or clauses (example:See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.) A) Metaphor. B) Anaphora. C) Imagery. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epistrophe. 9. In rhetoric, an appeal to the audience's sense of emotion A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 10. One way to appeal to readers' emotions (pathos) is to use A) Loaded language. B) Many statistics. C) An expert's opinion. D) Photographs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loaded language. 11. This sentence structure often brings a dramatic tension and suspense to the end of the sentence, stressing its importance. A) Periodic. B) Loose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periodic. 12. Who defined the rehtorical devices first? A) Aristotle. B) Plato. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plato. 13. Which example did King NOT give to support his claim of injustice toward black people? A) "The Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one" (King). B) "The Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality" (King). C) "We cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities" (King). D) "We will begin a movement that focuses on the black community called BLM" (King.). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "We will begin a movement that focuses on the black community called BLM" (King.). 14. Appeal to logic, including facts and statistics A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 15. If you don't go on this vacation you will regret it. You don't want to live with regrets, do you? This statement best exemplifies which element? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 16. Name that appeal!"Doctor recommended, mom approved." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 17. Imagine James, William, and Maya are having a debate. How would James convey his tone as a speaker? A) By using emotional appeals on William and Maya. B) By showcasing his expertise and authority on the topic to William and Maya. C) Through logical reasoning, evidence, and rational arguments with William and Maya. D) Through his word choices, imagery, perspective, and style while speaking to William and Maya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through his word choices, imagery, perspective, and style while speaking to William and Maya. 18. What is the definition of Rhetorical Appeals? A) Appeal to the emotions of the audience. B) Appeal to the credibility of the speaker. C) Appeal to the logic of the speaker. D) Classification of how an author persuades an audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Classification of how an author persuades an audience. 19. What type of language should be avoided in ethical appeals? A) Imagery. B) Metaphors. C) Inflammatory language. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inflammatory language. 20. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases A) Anaphora. B) Apostrophe. C) Antithesis. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. ← 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