This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 242 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 242 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Being most evident or apparent A) Indomitable. B) Domineering. C) Predominant. D) Legitimize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predominant. 2. This appeal used logical thinking to explain a point. For example, If this ..... then that ..... will happen. If you don't want bad breath then you should brush your teeth" A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 3. Type of appeal:"By donating fifty cents a day ..... your child can have clean drinking water ..... " A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 4. What is the purpose of logos in rhetoric? A) To evoke emotions in the audience. B) To establish credibility and trustworthiness. C) To provide logical reasoning. D) To appeal to the audience's sense of ethics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To provide logical reasoning. 5. True or False-The author and speaker are the same. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. A technique where the writer makes a statement that is too broad to prove A) Circular Reasoning. B) Vernacular. C) Over-generalization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over-generalization. 7. The use of both repetition and parallel structure creates a device known as: A) Anaphora. B) Antithesis. C) Allusion. D) Unconnected. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 8. This rhetorical technique builds an argument around the idea that if one thing happens, another thing will occur. A) Hard Evidence. B) Cause and Effect. C) Problem Solution. D) Comparison and Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cause and Effect. 9. Concession A) Agreeing with the opposing viewpointon a certain smaller point (but not inthe larger argument). B) Mockingly stating the opposite of whatyou mean. Easier to convey in thespoken word than via writing. C) A phrase or assertion that appears tocontradict itself (but the contradictionitself may have its own meaning). D) Referring to one part of something as away to refer to the whole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agreeing with the opposing viewpointon a certain smaller point (but not inthe larger argument). 10. "Why is it that countries which we call 'strong' are so powerful in creating wars but so weak in bringing peace?" is an example of what rhetoric tool? A) Appeal to audience's morals. B) Emotionally-charged language. C) Parallel Structure. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical question. 11. What is the technique of using language effectively and persuasively? A) Argument. B) Figure of Speech. C) Advertising. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 12. Which of these is NOT a consideration in Rhetorical Situation? A) Purpose. B) Audience. C) Time Frame. D) Writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time Frame. 13. What term describes the purposeful choice of language? A) Diction. B) Tone. C) Genre. D) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 14. An argument that begins with a generalization and proceeds to examples and supporting facts A) Inductive reasoning. B) Deductive reasoning. C) Logical appeal. D) Circular reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deductive reasoning. 15. The law of gravity is certain no matter where you are in the world. If you drop something, it will fall at the same rate, guaranteed. No one has been able to prove otherwise. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 16. When children read Oh, the Places You'll Go, they are considered the A) Real audience. B) Inexperienced audience. C) Intended audience. D) There is no audience! This is a book, not a play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intended audience. 17. How was the 1% Perpetuity deal done between the McDonalds Brothers & Ray A) Through a conversation. B) On paper. C) Hand Shake. D) Eye contact. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hand Shake. 18. "My parents were firm believers that children should be seen & not heard" is an example of A) Allusion. B) Anecdote. C) Ethos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdote. 19. Existing but hidden A) Unavailing. B) Latent. C) Peremptorily. D) Credulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latent. 20. Choose the word that has a negative connotation to complete the sentence. It made me feel ..... A) Uneasy. B) Frightened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frightened. ← 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