This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 230 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 230 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The person [writer or artist or presenter] who is delivering the message. A) Speaker. B) Tone. C) Style. D) Slogan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. 2. When analyzing a painting, what items should we pay attention to? A) Color, Light, Repetition. B) Brushstrokes, Color, Medium. C) Target Audience, Focus, Subject Matter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brushstrokes, Color, Medium. 3. One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences. A) Analogy. B) Anaphora. C) Chiasmus. D) Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 4. A deliberate over-exaggerationI can give you a thousandreasons why you shouldn'tbe her friend! A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Logos. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 5. This persuasive technique uses a famous person to endorse the product (even though they are not an expert). A) Slogan. B) Testimonial. C) Bandwagon. D) Loaded Words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 6. Which of the following most closely aligns with pathos? A) Credibility and trustworthiness. B) Logic and reasoning. C) Accessibility and simplicity. D) Emotion and beliefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotion and beliefs. 7. Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers. A) Repetition. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 8. Which definition closely matches the definition for logical fallacy? 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: C) An error in logic and reasoning. 9. ..... audiences can be the most difficult to address since you can't be sure what they know, what they need to know, or how they'll react. A) Unknown. B) Known. C) Multiple. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unknown. 10. What is a figure of speech that is used to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is? A) Understatement. B) Symbolism. C) Allusion. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understatement. 11. What part of the story develops the problem? A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Falling Action. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising Action. 12. A brief reference to a real or fictitious person, place, event, or work of art. A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 13. When writing your answers what should you remember to do? A) Write your name on your test. B) Write in complete sentences. C) Write using correct capitalization. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. Which ancient Greek philosopher emphasized the importance of ethos, logos, and pathos in rhetoric? A) Socrates. B) Homer. C) Plato. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aristotle. 15. A question asked for effect that does not actually require an answer A) Understatement. B) Declarative Statement. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Maxim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Question. 16. The premise of the argument supports a specific conclusion but not the one the author draws. A) Hyperbole. B) Inductive reasoning. C) Litotes. D) Meiosis. E) Missing the point. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Missing the point. 17. A word or phrase that links different ideas. They effectively signal a shift from one idea to another. A few commonly used words or phrases are furthermore, consequently, nevertheless, for example, etc. A) FANBOYS. B) Subordinate conjunction. C) Transition. D) Dependent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transition. 18. This is the words of the text or speech; a summary of what the speaker says. A) Message. B) Purpose. C) Rhetorical situation. D) Requirement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Message. 19. "Worm" and "swarm" are examples of ..... (aka an imperfect rhyme) A) Juxtaposition. B) Slant rhyme. C) Foil. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slant rhyme. 20. The mood of a text refers to ..... A) How the audience is expected to feel in response to it. B) The purpose of the text. C) How the author feels about the topic. D) The thesis of the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How the audience is expected to feel in response to it. ← 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