This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 240 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 240 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition of the logical fallacy, bandwagon appeal? A) A conclusion is an attack on the character of a person rather than his or her opinions or arguments. B) A conclusion that presents what most people, or a group of people think, in order to persuade one to think the same way. C) A conclusion that avoids the key issues, often by avoiding opposing arguments rather than addressing them. D) A conclusion that oversimplifies an opponent's viewpoint and then attacks that hollow argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A conclusion that presents what most people, or a group of people think, in order to persuade one to think the same way. 2. Rumors, lies, disinformation, or scare tactics are all apart of this ..... A) Refutation. B) Deduction. C) Qualifier. D) Propaganda. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Propaganda. 3. Which statement best describes the main claim of Oh, the Places You'll Go? A) This is not a persuasive text; there is no main claim. B) Everyone experiences hard times. C) Sometimes in life we have to wait for better opportunities to come along. D) Every individual has the ability to make good decisions and to overcome difficulties so long as that person keeps working hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Every individual has the ability to make good decisions and to overcome difficulties so long as that person keeps working hard. 4. A commercial uses dramatic music to capture the audience's emotions. This is using an example of A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 5. Short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event A) Anecdote. B) Allegory. C) Analogy. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 6. Which rhetorical device is used?There must be strict supervision, there must be an end to speculation, there must be provision for adequate currency. A) Parallelism. B) Analogy. C) Repetition. D) Restatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 7. Identify the appeal: "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury:we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery ..... We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 8. Define:Rhetorical A) The way we argue. B) The past tense of Rhetoric. C) The name of a baby dragon. D) Related to Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Related to Rhetoric. 9. "I am aware, that many object to the severity of my language, but is there not cause for severity?" A) Hyperbole. B) Anaphora. C) Rhetorical Question. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Question. 10. Figure of repetition that occurs when the last word or set of words in one sentence, clause, or phrase is repeated one or more times at the end of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases. A) Unconnected. B) Repeat. C) Multi-connector. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epistrophe. 11. Repeating a word or expression while adding more detail to it, in order to emphasize a point A) Amplification. B) Alliteration. C) Antimetabole. D) Aporia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amplification. 12. What is an editorial? A) A newspaper article that will often cover an issue in greater depth than a news story would do. B) A newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events. C) A newspaper article was written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A newspaper article was written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue. 13. What role does PATHOS play in a persuasive argument? A) It establishes the credibility of the speaker. B) It establishes an emotional response from the audience. C) It establishes a logical connection between the argument and the audience. D) It creates repetition in sentence structure to create rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It establishes an emotional response from the audience. 14. Imagine Abigail, Grace, and Elijah are having a debate. What would be the purpose of their messages in this rhetorical situation? A) To use logical reasoning and evidence. B) To inform, persuade, or entertain. C) To appeal to the emotions of the audience. D) To establish the credibility of the speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To inform, persuade, or entertain. 15. When something is said or happens but the opposite is expected A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Pun. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 16. Arguing according to the principles of correct reasoning; showing what can be expected because of what has gone before A) Metonymy. B) Name-calling. C) Parallelism. D) Logical reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logical reasoning. 17. Pick the term that matches the definition:the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language A) Syntax. B) Diction. C) Context. D) Requirement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syntax. 18. A joke using multiple-meaning words or similar sounding words A) Pun. B) Dad joke. C) Gag. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 19. Trump is known for using sound imagery and rhyme. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. What rhetorical device is used in the following advertisement: "Come TV with us" A) Anaphora. B) Anthimeria. C) Epistrophe. D) Apposition. 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