This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 245 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 245 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the purpose of antithesis? A) To emphasize contrasting ideas. B) To provide examples of rhetorical devices. C) To explain the concept of parallelism. D) To analyze the structure of a paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To emphasize contrasting ideas. 2. What are rhetorical questions used for? A) To make a point or create an effect. B) To provide information. C) To ask for clarification. D) To express emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make a point or create an effect. 3. What are techniques used in language in order to convey a point or influence an audience? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 4. Statements:Some dogs are bats. Some bats are cats. Conclusions:Some dogs are cats.Some cats are dogs. A) Only (1) conclusion follows. B) Only (2) conclusion follows. C) Neither (1) nor (2) follows. D) Both (1) and (2) follow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither (1) nor (2) follows. 5. The art of persuasive use of language. A) Rhetoric. B) Argumentation. C) Figurative language. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetoric. 6. You're being let go. Her father passed away. The toddler told his mom that he needed to go potty. These are examples of which rhetorical device? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Epistrophe. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphemism. 7. Words or phrases that appeal to the senses, used to describe persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas. A) Imagery. B) Euphemism. C) Details. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 8. Which of the following describes how Division should begin? A) A comical story to warm up the audience to your proofs. B) Stating the thesis. C) Show where you and the opposition agree and disagree. D) Destroy your opposition's proofs using logic and emotional appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Show where you and the opposition agree and disagree. 9. Feeling or atmosphere provoked in the reader by the author's use of diction, syntax, and figurative language. A) Figurative Language. B) Diction. C) Syntax. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 10. Complete the pun:Broken pencils are ..... A) Wood. B) Pointless. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pointless. 11. A question that is asked merely for effect with no obvious answer expected. A) Diction. B) Unconnected. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Ad hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Question. 12. You should learn to play the flute because hundreds of peer-reviewed studies show that learning to play a musical instrument has benefits for memory retention later in live. A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 13. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity between two unlike things; this is an appeal to logic A) Restatement. B) Slogans. C) Analogy. D) Rhetorical question. E) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 14. Which of the following is NOT an example of antimetabole? A) You can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl. B) When the going gets tough, the tough get going. C) Fail to prepare and you prepare to fail. D) He told me he isn't coming back. He's not returning, he said. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He told me he isn't coming back. He's not returning, he said. 15. The placement of two things side by side to create contrast or comparison A) Parody. B) Juxtaposition. C) Metonymy. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition. 16. The central point a text is making; a reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong A) Argument. B) Unrelated. C) Appeals. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Argument. 17. Invention is ..... A) The content of the speech. B) Where you announce the subject. C) The order of organization. D) The artful expression of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The content of the speech. 18. Appeals to the emotions (empathy) and the sympathetic imagination, as well as to beliefs and values. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 19. Substituting an inoffensive word or phrase for an unpleasant or embarrassing expression A) Euphemism. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 20. "I said, 'Who killed him?' and he said 'I don't know who killed him, but he's dead all right, ' and it was dark and there was water standing in the street and no lights or windows broke and boats all up in the town and trees blown down and everything all blown and I got a skiff and went out and found my boat where I had her inside Mango Key and she was right only she was full of water." A) Multi-connector. B) Hyperbole. C) Understatement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multi-connector. ← 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