This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 235 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 235 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A story in which the Characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation A) Aphorism. B) Antithesis. C) Anecdote. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allegory. 2. Benjamin Banneker:Which phrase DOES NOT mean the same as the others? A) "recall to your mind". B) "suffer me". C) "look back". D) "reflect on that time". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "suffer me". 3. A drastic overstatement A) Understatement. B) Exaggeration. C) Parody. D) Reversal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exaggeration. 4. A petition or request A) Rhetoric. B) Reconciliation. C) Enfranchised. D) Solicitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solicitation. 5. What kind of appeal is made in the picture and wording of the mac and cheese ad? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 6. The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. These may involve ideas, emotions, or attitudes. A) Denotation. B) Malapropism. C) Connotation. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connotation. 7. A method used to show that celebrities are just like everyone else A) Testimonial. B) Plain folks. C) Bandwagon. D) Misuse of statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plain folks. 8. Demosthenes was the greatest orator A) Of ancient Rome. B) Ancient Greece. C) Ancient Egypt. D) Mesopotamia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ancient Greece. 9. The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc. A) Personification. B) Parallelism. C) Simile. D) Organization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 10. In "A Modest Proposal" the acquaintance of the narrator, who assures him that a child is a "delicious food, " is from where? A) England. B) America. C) Spain. D) Barbados. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) America. 11. Research compiled by analysts from NASA suggests that a moon colony is viable. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 12. How did the Besht regain his powers? A) By working his servant to map out a plan. B) Forcing his servant to recite the alphabet. C) By remembering the alphabet. D) By backtracking his steps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By remembering the alphabet. 13. To report that your committee is still investigating the matter is to tell me that you have nothing to report.This sentence is an example of ..... A) Repeat. B) Multi-connector. C) Anaphora. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repeat. 14. "And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado." A) Silence. B) Metonymy. C) Anaphora. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 15. " "This place is like a Garden of Eden." A) Allusion. B) Euphemism. C) Synecdoche. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 16. A metaphor compares two unlike things directly. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. "Mr. Anderson is clearly the most qualified candidate for the open teaching position. He has a PhD in primary education, 25 years of teaching experience in public schools, and has been awarded twice for his innovative style and classroom management skills." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 18. The combination of two words of opposite meaning for dramatic, comedic, or provocative effect A) Juxtaposition. B) Oxymoron. C) Analogy. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 19. The words or tone help to identify the ..... A) Media. B) Stance. C) Audience. D) Design. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stance. 20. ..... means:omitting conjunctions such as "and" from a series of related clauses for rhetorical effect A) Unrelated. B) Anaphora. C) Epistrophe. D) Antimetabole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unrelated. ← 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