This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 236 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 236 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:An example of an "chiasmus" is "it's not the men in my life' it's the life in my men" . A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. PART A:Which statement identifies the central idea of Lincoln's second inaugural speech? A) President Lincoln believes that the Civil War was God's way of punishing the UnitedStates for its history of slavery. B) President Lincoln believes that the South is to blame for the causalities of war, as itrefused to give up slavery. C) The nation has changed in many positive ways since President Lincoln's lastinauguration. D) The Civil War continued after the abolishment of slavery, proving that slavery wasnever the true cause of the war. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) President Lincoln believes that the Civil War was God's way of punishing the UnitedStates for its history of slavery. 3. Your evidence should be A) Long and extensive. B) Discussing every angle of the text. C) Brief and directly connected to claim. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brief and directly connected to claim. 4. *Oral telling of a real or fictional event, that is, an event that is a product of imagination. A) Conversation. B) Storytelling. C) Recitation. D) Recitation. E) Joke. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Storytelling. 5. A question asked for effect and not requiring an answer is ..... A) Personification. B) Repetition. C) Analogy. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical question. 6. Which rhetorical device is used in the following quote: "He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise. He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation which she had no voice. He has withheld her from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men." A) Allusion. B) Parallelism. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 7. The reason the author wrote the text A) Author's purpose. B) Mood. C) Alliteration. D) Consonance. E) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Author's purpose. 8. The main idea or point the speaker is trying to get across. A) Claim. B) Connotation. C) Anaphora. D) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claim. 9. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." A) Logical reasoning. B) Holy war. C) Emotional words. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Holy war. 10. The fact that the speech is being given by a presidential candidate lends itself to what rhetorical appeal? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 11. Use of historically inaccurate details in a text A) Anachronism. B) Allegory. C) Allusion. D) Satire. E) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anachronism. 12. The group of people that a speaker hopes to convince A) Peer group. B) Audience. C) Purpose. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audience. 13. What rhetorical strategy is being used in the following: "More than one hundred peer-reviewed studies have been conducted over the past decade, and none of them suggests that this is an effective treatment for hair loss." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 14. Identify the rhetorical appeal used:I haven't had a change of clothes since our house burned down last month. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 15. This is Greek for "time" ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weather. 16. The military sermon must be long because it is usually spoken in an open space A) Exactly. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 17. What is the main idea the author is proving? A) Tone. B) Claim. C) Ethos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claim. 18. Which characteristics of an editorial says that an editorial must be able to convince the readers to consider the points being presented in the article A) Brevity. B) Force. C) Style. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Force. 19. Using very positive words for ideas connected to your argument, but negative words for ideas related to the opposing argument. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Loaded language. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loaded language. 20. A "rule of the game" in situations in which the social goal is established by the value is met A) Criterion. B) Value. C) Affirmative. D) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Criterion. ← 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