This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 225 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 225 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a key difference between a 2 and a 3 or 4 on the Evidence & Commentary part of the rubric? A) Unclear, vague references. B) Oversimplifies or misinterprets references. C) Not enough references. D) Summarizes the textual references. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oversimplifies or misinterprets references. 2. The skill of persuading through your choice of words is called ..... A) Alliteration. B) Character Development. C) Dialect. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 3. A particular way of examining ideas or thinking, especially one that is reasonable and based on good judgment. A) Logic (noun). B) Empathy/empathy (noun). C) Sympathy/sympathy (noun). D) Ethics/ethics (noun). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logic (noun). 4. Which rhetorical device is the following an example of? "Whether we keep or remove the school vending machines is an important issue that affects the health of your children." A) Sweeping Generalizations. B) Direct Address. C) Rhetorical Questions. D) Loaded Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Address. 5. Douglass believes that the fight for equal treatment for blacks is not over, since states could pass laws discriminating blacks and denying them rights. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. A memoir is a ..... A) Story about memories. B) A literary technique about memories. C) A story about the life of an author. D) A literary technique that tells a story about the experiences of someone's life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A literary technique that tells a story about the experiences of someone's life. 7. Adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish A) Pedantic. B) Didactic. C) Invective. D) Passive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pedantic. 8. After stating your evidence supporting your claim, you need to explain it to your audience/reader. This explanation is called: A) Textual evidence. B) Anecdotal or personal evidence. C) Reasoning or warrants. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reasoning or warrants. 9. The Kraft cheese ad uses what kind of appeal? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 10. Language that appeals to one or more of the five senses A) Personification. B) Juxtaposition. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 11. Repeating an idea using the same words A) Epistrophe. B) Antithesis. C) Repetition. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 12. It is illegal and irresponsible to keep hedgehogs as pets. A) That is objective writing. B) That is subjective writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That is subjective writing. 13. Which Rhetorical Device is shown in the following sentence: "She has all my love; my heart belongs to her." A) Metonymy. B) Synecdoche. C) Unconnected. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chiasmus. 14. True or false:If the author of a persuasive text discusses their expertise or is understood to be an expert on the topic they are writing about, it can be a use of ethos. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Insisting that a claim is true simply because a valid master, dominion, sovereign, or expert on the issue said it was true, without any other supporting evidence offered A) Appeal to emotion. B) Appeal to authority. C) Appeal to logic. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeal to authority. 16. Which of the following could create a NEGATIVE mood for a reader? A) My bucket was overflowing with candy and treats. B) Somehow, a million dollars had appeared in my checking account. C) His joke was so funny I laughed until I was red in the face. D) The roof of the home began to collapse, injuring the people inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The roof of the home began to collapse, injuring the people inside. 17. The use of the same word, phrase, or sound to link ideas, reinforce ideas, and create a rhythmic quality A) Restatement. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 18. "When you see the tears of gratitude in the eyes of a scholarship recipient, you'll know that your donation isn't just funding education; it's shaping futures." Which rhetoric is used? A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 19. What is the figure of speech in which a more comprehensive term is used for a less comprehensive or vice versa as a whole to part or a part to whole? A) Chiasmus. B) Metonymy. C) Synecdoche. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synecdoche. 20. In a manner that shows tenacity and grim persistence A) Asunder. B) Latently. C) Doggedly. D) Credulously. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doggedly. ← 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