This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 23 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is the author's choice of words. It is the words used in any text. A) Theme. B) Author's purpose. C) Diction. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 2. "You know her-she's taught Sunday School at your church for years, babysat your children, and served as a playground director for many summers." A) Logos (Logic). B) Ethos (Authority). C) Pathos (Emotion). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos (Authority). 3. Pathos is an argument that appeals to the audience's ..... A) Emotions. B) Ethics. C) Logic. D) Past Experiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotions. 4. Who is well known for his role in rhetoric and is known as "the teacher?" A) Socrates. B) Dishes. C) Aristotle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aristotle. 5. Define Antecedent A) That which comes before. B) The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point. C) A kinder, gentler, less crude or harsh word or phrase. D) A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That which comes before. 6. Which philosopher is known as 'the king of rhetoric'? A) Plato. B) Aristotle. C) Descartes. D) Socrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aristotle. 7. What is a type of metaphor in which non-human objects or ideas are given human qualities? An example is as follows: "The wind whispered her name." A) Simile. B) Repetition. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 8. Determine the mode of rhetoric:Dentists recommend Crest Toothpaste A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 9. What is polysyndeton? A) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. B) Repetition of the last word of one clause or sentence at the beginning of the next. C) The use of several coordinating conjunctions used in succession. D) Repeated structure at the beginnings and endings of sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The use of several coordinating conjunctions used in succession. 10. "That soup was nasty, nasty, nasty." A) Repetition. B) Lists of 3. C) Facts and statistics. D) Expert opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 11. If you want to be the best basketball player in the world, then you should practice every single day is an appeal to ..... A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 12. An appeal to to emotion is known as A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Thanos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 13. A mistaken idea; an error A) Gullible. B) Fallacy. C) Liable. D) Evolve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fallacy. 14. Counterargument means: A) A poem that does not have a regular rhyme scheme. B) An opinion offered in opposition to another opinion. C) A rhetorical use of a word to govern two or more words. D) The main point in an argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An opinion offered in opposition to another opinion. 15. Which of the following is a persuasive strategy? A) Pathos. B) Athos. C) Porthos. D) None of the others. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 16. Which of the following is an effective way to avoid Speech Apprehension? A) Experience. B) Use bodily actions. C) Remember that physiological reactions are unseen. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. What is the definition of Topic Sentence? A) 1st sentence of a body paragraph that states what the paragraph is going to be about. B) Quotes, examples, and reasons that support your thesis/claim/topic sentence from outside sources. C) Different words that help connect or link ideas, phrases, sentences or paragraphs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st sentence of a body paragraph that states what the paragraph is going to be about. 18. What do we call a moment in literature where the audience is aware of something that the characters are not? A) Verbal Irony. B) Situational Irony. C) Kelly Irony. D) Dramatic Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dramatic Irony. 19. The "P" in SPIT stands far A) Place. B) Population. C) Person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Place. 20. All's fair in love and war The above is an example of a(n) ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Juxtaposition. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juxtaposition. ← 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