This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 227 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 227 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The author's point of view can be best described as that of A) An adviser detailing the positive and negative aspects of a course of action. B) An educator outlining a new approach to teaching speech. C) A reformer using personal experience to persuade an audience. D) A student promoting the benefits of an experimental learning method . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A reformer using personal experience to persuade an audience. 2. Rhetorical Skills 2 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 3. Which rhetorical device is being used in the following quote:'We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow, our wiser sons, no doubt, will think us so.'? A) Hyperbole. B) Epigram. C) Metaphor. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 4. What is missing from this argument? Dr. Carnegie believes that all people need to eat an apple a day and that is important because my grandmother died of a heart attack. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) It is not missing any rhetorical device. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 5. Who devised the three persuasive techniques:Ethos, Pathos, Logos? A) Alexander. B) Plato. C) Aristotle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aristotle. 6. Something that can be proven through research A) Bias. B) Opinion. C) Fact. D) Idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fact. 7. Which BEST describes the author's tone in this sentence?No matter how hard I try, I will never be able to get on the basketball team. A) Optimistic. B) Pessimistic. C) Arrogant. D) Cheerful. E) Objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pessimistic. 8. Facts, anecdotes, analogies, statistics, examples, details, illustrations, expert opinions, personal observations, personal experiences, testimonies, or experiments. A) Reasining. B) Evidence. C) Claim. D) Thesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evidence. 9. The characteristic of selected words, or emphasis to a achieve a preconceived intent. (ie. They snickered at the A) Style. B) Slanting. C) Paradox. D) Pacing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slanting. 10. He's gone to a better place A) Euphemism. B) Hyperbole. C) Metonymy. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 11. To give credit or recognition to A) Bureaucrat. B) Legitimize. C) Privileged. D) Legislative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legitimize. 12. Fill in the blank:Epistrope helps to create ..... A) Symbol. B) Personification. C) Rhythm. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythm. 13. A reference to something in history or literature. A) Illusion. B) Allusion. C) Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 14. ..... our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger. A) Use of logos. B) Use of ethos. C) Use of pathos. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use of pathos. 15. One of Aristotle's three modes of persuasion; it involves establishing credibility and trustworthiness as a speaker or writer. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 16. An appeal to credibility andauthority A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 17. Which logical fallacy is a type of argument in which the conclusion comes back to the premise without providing any outside proof, meaning both sides of the argument are making the same point? A) Red Herring. B) Straw Man. C) Circular Reasoning. D) False Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circular Reasoning. 18. Every person who consumes rhetoric (i.e-reads the argument or hears the speech) A) General Audience. B) Target Audience. C) Message. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) General Audience. 19. A piece of writing whose purpose is to criticize through the use of humour and irony A) Parody. B) Homage. C) Satire. D) Didactic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satire. 20. Any descriptive language used to evoke a vivid sense or image of something A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. ← 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