This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 250 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 250 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who argued that rhetors should make use of invented ethos at the start of every speech? A) Isocrates. B) Aristotle. C) Plato. D) Cicero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aristotle. 2. Two unrelated objects are compared for their shared qualities A) Analogy. B) Imagery. C) Irony. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 3. Like a disgruntled elephant, Melissa shook her curls. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Litotes. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 4. "The children had lost everything:their family, their home, their pet dog" is an example of A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 5. Which of the lines from Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" contains an analogy? A) Where the she-whale swims with her calf and never forsakes it,. B) Where the fin of the shark cuts like a black chip out of the water,. C) Where the half-burn'd brig is riding on unknown currents. D) Where the panther walks to and fro on a limb overhead,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where the fin of the shark cuts like a black chip out of the water,. 6. Why is it important to use pathos in conjunction with other rhetorical devices? A) To manipulate the reader's emotions. B) To create a balanced and persuasive argument. C) To make the writing more concise. D) To establish authority on the topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To create a balanced and persuasive argument. 7. "But it is not in despair that I paint you that picture. I paint it for you in hope ..... because the nation, seeing and understanding the injustice in it, proposes to paint it out." A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Tone. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 8. What is the figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point? A) Metonymy. B) Chiasmus. C) Synecdoche. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chiasmus. 9. A figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. A) Jargon. B) Euphemism. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 10. When an author, speaker, or advertiser provides a reason(s) that oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument. A) Unconnected. B) Antithesis. C) Antimetabole. D) Counterargument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Counterargument. 11. Grammatical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity A) Parallelism. B) Apostrophe. C) Ethos. D) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 12. Two contrasting objects, images, or ideas placed together or described together, so that differences are emphasized. A) Allusion. B) Paradox. C) Antithesis. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 13. What are the constraints of the Rhetorical Situation? A) Author's beliefs and the audience's frame of mind or environment. B) Genre and Purpose. C) Author and Audience's Beliefs. D) Historical Context and medium . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Author's beliefs and the audience's frame of mind or environment. 14. Which rhetorical appeal appeals to the audience's ethics and credibility? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 15. Effusive A) Indefinable. B) Irksome. C) Strong outpouring of emotion. D) Facetious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strong outpouring of emotion. 16. What is the term for the use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some could otherwise be omitted? A) Epistrophe. B) Anaphora. C) Multi-connector. D) Unconnected. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multi-connector. 17. When three adjectives or phrases are listed. A) Generalisation. B) Bias. C) Rule of three. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rule of three. 18. Which of the following is a definition of jargon? A) The feeling or emotion a word invokes. B) The literal meaning of a word. C) The meaning of a word in a different language. D) Specific words used by a profession or group. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Specific words used by a profession or group. 19. A protracted metaphor or conceit which makes a series of parallel comparisons A) Corrective measures. B) Extended metaphor. C) Concession. D) Emotional words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extended metaphor. 20. I hear your voice, just like an angel sighing A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Assonance. D) Alliteration. 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