This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 232 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 232 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which rhetorical appeal is the following passage?"Them that will not confess will hang!" A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 2. What is the rhetorical device in this example?A boyfriend begs his girlfriend to stay with him, claiming "If you really love me, you'll give me time to change my ways." A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 3. You should always consider if an argument is persuasive and ..... A) Who the intended audience is. B) How much money is involved. C) How does it help you. D) Who Aristotle was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who the intended audience is. 4. The first C in SPACECAT stands for: A) Character. B) Context. C) Choices. D) Counterargument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Context. 5. If either the major or minor premise of a syllogism is untrue then what happens to the conclusion? A) It is true. B) It is untrue. C) It is fake. D) It is negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is untrue. 6. Pathos relies on ..... to make an argument. A) Emotional appeals. B) Logical reasoning. C) Charts and graphs. D) The speaker's reputation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotional appeals. 7. What is the purpose of logos in persuasion? A) To use moral reasoning. B) To appeal to logic. C) To establish credibility. D) To appeal to emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To appeal to logic. 8. Post hoc fallacy A) A statement that does not follow logically from what preceded it. B) A method of organizing a paper according to the relative significance of the subtopics. C) Occurs when the writer assumes that an incident that precedes another is the cause of the second incident. D) To describe by specifying the characteristics or qualities of; characterize. E) When a speaker introduces an irrelevant issue or piece of evidence to divert attention from the subject of the speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occurs when the writer assumes that an incident that precedes another is the cause of the second incident. 9. Rhetorical appeal used to appeal to an audience's sense of logical reasoning A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 10. When an object or idea is representative of a higher and more complex significance in the text. (dove = peace, rose = love, broken mirror = separation) A) Analogy. B) Consonance. C) Symbolism. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 11. The person who the rhetorical triangle is attributed to is: A) Odysseus. B) Socrates. C) Homer. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aristotle. 12. The repetition of the same word or phrase at the END of successive clauses. A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Antistrophe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antistrophe. 13. Definition:Multilink A) The repetition of words or phrases in a group of sentences, clauses, or poetic lines. B) The repetition of conjunctions in close succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The repetition of conjunctions in close succession. 14. Tells a story or recounts a series of events A) Argument. B) Cause & effect. C) Illustration. D) Narration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narration. 15. "Bittersweet moment"What rhetorical devise is used? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 16. The quotation below is what type of appeal? "I was a campaign manager eight years ago; I know what difference that kind of effort and that kind of commitment made." A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 17. Refers to the spectators, listeners, and intended readers of a writing, performance, or speech. A) Occasion. B) Requirement. C) Audience. D) Message. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audience. 18. A prejudiced or preconceived notion that prevents a person from approaching a topic in a neutral or objective way. It typically has a negative connotation. A) Bias. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bias. 19. What is the following an example of:he was brave. he was bold. he was selfless A) Oxymoron. B) Personification. C) Parallelism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 20. What is the main characteristic of a well-written parody? A) It imitates the original poorly. B) It mimics the original without any changes. C) It distorts the original. D) It offers enlightenment about the original. 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