This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 246 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 246 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The speaker uses emotional language to play on the person's feelings in order to persuade them A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Queso. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 2. Read the quote below from paragraph 5. Then select which type of rhetorical device it is.The rise may be directly related to the fact that parents and high schools are encouraging students to take on more classwork, according to Ben Steverman, a Bloomberg reporter who covers teen employment. A) Rhetorical question. B) Benefits. C) Expert opinion. D) Statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 3. Vacuuming under the furniture, dusting the ceiling fans, and scrubbing the tile grout with a toothbrush, Jerry prepared the house for his ultra-picky mother-in-law. A) Correct. B) Error in structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 4. Suggesting that a small, initial action will inevitably lead to much larger, undesirable consequences, without providing sufficient evidence or reasoning. (a) A) A Slippery slope. B) Circular reasoning. C) Hasty generalization. D) Red herring:. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Slippery slope. 5. How a writer arranges words and sentences is A) Requirement. B) Ethos, pathos, and logos. C) Rhetoric. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Syntax. 6. A reference from literature, mythology, religion, or history that an author expects the reader to understand. A) Hyperbole. B) Epistrophe. C) Folding. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 7. Eating meat is like signing up to support politicians. A) Truth surrogate. B) Faulty analogy. C) Rhetorical definition. D) Hinting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Faulty analogy. 8. Define:Climax A) When coordinate ideas are arranged in phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that balance one element with another of equal importance and similar wording. B) A figure of repetition in which words or phrases or sentences are arranged in order of increasing intensity or importance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A figure of repetition in which words or phrases or sentences are arranged in order of increasing intensity or importance. 9. A simile is a comparison of two things using the words like or as. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. What does the last "s" in SOAPSTone represent? A) Style. B) Source. C) Structure. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject. 11. In the sentence 'The leaves danced in the wind, ' what figurative language is being used? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 12. Which trope or scheme is used in the following sentence:Envy eats nothing but its own heart A) Antanaclasis. B) Litotes. C) Paradox. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 13. The speech appeals to the audience's emotions A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 14. "You should eat ice cream! Everyone does!" is an example ofwhat kind of logical fallacy? A) Bandwagon. B) Slippery Slope. C) Strawman. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bandwagon. 15. Which of the following is the use of facts and explanations to convince an audience? A) Deimos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logos. 16. Involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. A) Prose. B) Multi-connector. C) Pedantic. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sarcasm. 17. Also known as "symbouleutikon, " this type of rhetoric focuses on the future and argues what society should do as we progress. A) Rhetoric/rhetoric. B) Persuasion/persuasion. C) Forensic rhetoric. D) Epideictic rhetoric. E) Deliberative rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Deliberative rhetoric. 18. Identify the rhetorical appeal used in the following quote: "We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality." A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 19. When we read things that affirm our bias, this is called A) Confirmation bias. B) Implicit bias. C) Implied bias. D) Self serving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confirmation bias. 20. A written piece that contains significant portions of text froma single source without alterations. A) Find-replace. B) Clone. C) Ctrl-c. D) Aggregator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ctrl-c. ← 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