This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 234 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 234 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An appeal to emotions.Choose the rhetorical appeal that best fits the definition above. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 2. If a speaker asks a question in the middle of a speech, it's probably A) Pathos. B) Fear. C) Rhetorical question. D) Cardstacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 3. The following excerpt has which rhetorical devices ( The Sky was painted with beautiful fall colors and clouds as white as a cotton ball. ) A) Imagery/simile. B) Metaphor/oxymoron. C) Imagery/metaphor. D) Simile/allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery/simile. 4. Which of the following is the best example of an allusion? A) Creating a tik tok to Bo Burnham's song, "Bezos I". B) Watching Denzel Washington's performance of Macbeth. C) Telling your friends about the time you met Zendaya, and she high-fived you. D) Shooting a paper wad into the trash can, and yelling "KOBE!". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shooting a paper wad into the trash can, and yelling "KOBE!". 5. A seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that may actually express some truth. A) Multi-connector. B) Oxymoron. C) Paradox. D) It does not follow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 6. What is occasion? A) The goal the speaker wants to achieve. B) An issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak. C) The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding the text. D) The time and place the text was written or spoken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The time and place the text was written or spoken. 7. A joking use of a word sounding the same as another A) Pun. B) Irony and sarcasm. C) Over-exaggeration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 8. An object or source of terror or dread A) Rhetoric. B) Suffrage. C) Spector. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spector. 9. Contrasting ideas presented in a grammatically balanced statement A) Parallelism. B) Antithesis. C) Rhetorical question. D) Inductive reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 10. What did Cicero mean by "delivery" ? A) Body language and vocal technique. B) Dress and appearance. C) Vocal technique and dress. D) Only body language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Body language and vocal technique. 11. Which rhetorical devices uses personal stories? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 12. "We pledge" -this phrase repeated six times throughout a passage to emphasize honor and unity A) Parallelism. B) Antithesis. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 13. Do you want to be an artist? Just enroll in "The Awesome Artists" program. Don't let this opportunity or your talent slip away. We guarantee you will be painting like the masters in two weeks for a low cost of $ 59.95. What is the author's purpose? A) To entertain you with a story about artists. B) To teach you how all artists become famous. C) To convince you to attend an art program. D) To explain how to paint a sunset. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To convince you to attend an art program. 14. This form of appeal deals with the use of facts, research, reasoning, and logic. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 15. This writer is appealing to the audience by displaying patriotism or showing that their interest is for the good of society. Which appeal are they attempting to use? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 16. When a writer appeals to readers' emotions (often through pathos) to excite and involve them in the argument. A) Emotional appeal. B) Ethical appeal. C) Euphemism. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotional appeal. 17. Moment in time for action A) Weather. B) Pathos. C) Requirement. D) Your mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weather. 18. An oxymoron is similar to a ..... A) Paradox. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 19. Anecdote is A) When a speaker anticipates objections or arguments. B) A short, entertaining account of some happening. C) A question without an answer. D) A brief or indirect reference to a person place or thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A short, entertaining account of some happening. 20. A simile is a compares one object to another using like or as. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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