This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 238 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 238 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In a speech to the junior class, the NHS candidate discussed her GPA, principal's list, and commitment the local library. Which appeal? A) Concession. B) Ethos. C) Qualifier. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 2. What is parallelism, or parallel structure? A) Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. This can happen at the word, phrase, or clause level. B) Style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. C) The repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences. D) The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. This can happen at the word, phrase, or clause level. 3. When using logos, you are using ..... ? A) Emotions. B) Manipulation. C) Facts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Facts. 4. Logical reasons, facts and statistics: A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 5. ..... in literature is the individual style in which a certain author writes his or her works ..... includes many different literary devices and stylistic techniques, including syntax, semantics, diction, dialogue, character development, tone, pacing, and even punctuation. A) Message. B) Voice. C) Ethos. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voice. 6. In the age of mass media, why is the ability to communicate your message important? A) To argue all the time. B) To interpret the messages of others. C) To wear togas and powdered wigs. D) To participate in civic discussion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To interpret the messages of others. 7. Your argument to refute a claim made by the opposition A) Argument. B) Claim. C) Supporting evidence. D) Counterclaim. E) Counterargument. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Counterargument. 8. An expression that has been overused to the extent that its freshness has worn off. A) Genre. B) Sarcasm. C) Cliche. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cliche. 9. What is the most important aspect of a speech?A. The emotions it provokesB. How inspirational it isC. All aspects are equally importantD. The appearance of the speaker A) The emotions it provokes. B) How inspirational it is. C) All aspects are equally important. D) The appearance of the speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All aspects are equally important. 10. In an appeal to emotion, this argument is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response to an impassioned plea or convincing story A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 11. "Better men than us have fought and died to preserve this great nation. Now is our turn to return the favor. For God and country, gentlemen!" A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 12. A quick conclusion is reached due to poor evidence A) Loaded Language. B) Hasty Generalization. C) False Premise. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hasty Generalization. 13. The act of causing people to do or believe something. A) Rhetoric/rhetoric. B) Persuasion/persuasion. C) Forensic rhetoric. D) Epideictic rhetoric. E) Deliberative rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persuasion/persuasion. 14. What is Pac's purpose for including the 3rd paragraph in the speech? A) He has a conscience. B) To show everyone loves each other. C) It's society's obligation to help one another. D) To let us know America needs help. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's society's obligation to help one another. 15. Which of the following adjectives is NOT true about opening sentences? A) Provocative. B) Attractive. C) Evocative. D) Positive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Positive. 16. The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning A) Allegory. B) Anaphora. C) Symbol. D) Understatement. E) Ambiguity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allegory. 17. Which appeal is used in the following quote? "I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years." A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 18. What does the SECOND S stand for in SOAPSTone? A) Speaker. B) Subject. C) Superstitions. D) Supposes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 19. When the answer is hinted at in the question. A) A loaded question. B) Appeal to purity. C) Fear. D) Correlation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A loaded question. 20. Agreeing with the opposition to show you RESPECT the views of others A) Concession. B) Evidence. C) Rhetorical triangle. D) Counterargument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concession. ← 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