This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 25 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The language used especially the vocabulary, peculiar trade, profession, or group. A) Irony. B) Jargon. C) Juxtaposition. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jargon. 2. James' mom is concerned when she finds out that he skipped class one day. She tells him that she is concerned that since he skipped one class, he will start skipping more frequently. Then he will drop out altogether, never graduate or get into college, and end up unemployed and living at home for the rest of his life. What type of fallacy has James' mom committed? A) After this, therefore because of this. B) Slippery Slope. C) Genetic Fallacy. D) Circular Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slippery Slope. 3. If the ..... and/or ..... change, the ..... will change. A) Semantics/Pragmatics/Syntax. B) Semantics/Syntax/Pragmatics. C) Pragmatics/Semantics/Syntax. D) Pragmatics/Syntax/Semantics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pragmatics/Syntax/Semantics. 4. An appeal to logic A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Rhetoric. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 5. Which of these is an example of a rhetorical question? A) "What is it that gentlemen wish?". B) "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?". C) "Why stand we here idle?". D) "But when shall we be stronger?". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?". 6. What does a dependent clause NEVER have A) A period. B) A complete thought. C) An interjection. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A complete thought. 7. These are the means to persuade an audience in an argument:through logic (logos), emotion (pathos), and ethics (credibility). A) Tone. B) Appeals. C) Diction. D) Rhetorical choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeals. 8. A secondary character who contrasts with a major character. A) Foil. B) Juxtaposition. C) Theme. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foil. 9. Rhetorical Skills 1 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 10. "The McRib is the most magnificent sandwich on the McDonald's menu. Order it!" A) Anaphora. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Tricolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 11. A writer's words are his paintbrush. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Rhetorical question. D) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 12. What is a oxymoron? A) Successive words, phrases, clausesexpressed with the same or very similargrammatical structure. B) A statement that minimizes the significance ofsomething or says less than it means; oftenused for comedic effect. C) The combination of two words of oppositemeaning for dramatic, comedic orprovocative effect. D) Nun of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The combination of two words of oppositemeaning for dramatic, comedic orprovocative effect. 13. Literal opposite A) Antithesis. B) Syntax. C) Parallelism. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antithesis. 14. Your thesis statement should always have A) Sophisticated thoughts. B) A line of reasoning. C) Pronouns that declare who the writer is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A line of reasoning. 15. What is the author's purpose in Patrick Henry's speech? A) To explain to the British that their presence was no longer needed. B) To warn the king that they were no longer going to follow his rules. C) To urge the colonists to pack their things and move west. D) To show the colonists that war with Britain was their only option. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To show the colonists that war with Britain was their only option. 16. The reader knows something that a character doesn't. A) Sarcasm. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 17. The generator hummed quietly after we turned it on. A) Alliteration. B) Rhyme. C) Repetition. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 18. When two words, phrases, images, or ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast A) Metonymy. B) Oxymoron. C) Paradox. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 19. What is one reason we speak, read, and write? What is the purpose of English class? A) To pass high school. B) To get a good score on the SAT. C) To learn to communicate. D) Because reading and writing is important. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To learn to communicate. 20. Define PROPAGANDA A) The author's intent either to inform/teach, to entertain, or to persuade/convince the audience. B) The spread of ideas and information to further a cause. The use of lies, rumors, disinformation and scare tactics to damage or promote a cause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The spread of ideas and information to further a cause. The use of lies, rumors, disinformation and scare tactics to damage or promote a cause. ← 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