This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 251 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 251 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The combination of two words of opposite meanings for dramatic, comedic or provocative effect A) Oxymoron. B) Parallelism. C) Repetition. D) Oxystupid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 2. Which logical fallacy's definition is "because an event occurred first, it must have caused this later event?" A) Hasty Generalization. B) Either-Or/False Dilemma. C) Post Hoc. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Post Hoc. 3. "I was annoyed at the way they kept talking over me." A) Personal involvement. B) Audience involvement. C) Facts and statistics. D) Expert opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personal involvement. 4. An appeal based on examples of suffering A) Emotional Appeal. B) Logical Appeal. C) Ethical Appeal. D) Loaded Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotional Appeal. 5. Why is this a logical fallacy? "Sure, we haven't given raises in over five years to our employees. You know, we work really hard to make a good product. We try to ensure the best customer service, too." A) It stereotypes employees. B) It takes you away from the true argument. C) It oversimplifies the problem. D) It calls on an expert to persuade you. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It takes you away from the true argument. 6. Which term means a repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of each (or most) words in a phrase or sentence? A) Paradox. B) Alliteration. C) Apostrophe. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 7. Repeating the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or paragraphs. A) Anaphora. B) Euphemism. C) Epistrophe. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 8. Figure of addition and emphasis which intentionally employs a series of conjunctions (and, or, but, for, nor, so, yet) not normally found in successive words, phrases, or clauses; the deliberate and excessive use of conjunctions in successive words or clauses. A) Tricolon. B) Folding. C) Multi-connector. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multi-connector. 9. Arguing on the basis of a comparison of unrelated things. It is setting up a false comparison in an attempt to prove a point. A) False Analogy. B) Snob Appeal. C) Hasty Generalization. D) Circular Reasoning/ Begging the Question (Unsupported Assertion). E) Appeal to Fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False Analogy. 10. Which of the below is the definition for hypophora? A) The use of two opposing ideas next to each other. B) Asking a question, and then immediately providing the answer. C) The repetition of a word or phrase at the start of successive sentences. D) An interesting or amusing story used to illustrate a point. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asking a question, and then immediately providing the answer. 11. According to the textbook, rhetoric achieves all of the following EXCEPT A) Resolving conflict without confrontation. B) Persuading audience to support a position. C) Making decisions quickly and rationally. D) Moving others to take action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Making decisions quickly and rationally. 12. Alone in the dark with nothing but your thoughts, time can draw out like a blade. A) Anaphora. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 13. Define Antithesis A) Meanings that readers assign to words that go beyond the dictionary definition. B) The direct opposite, a sharp contrast. C) A denial of the validity of an opposing argument. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The direct opposite, a sharp contrast. 14. "Better men than us have fought and died to preserve this great nation. Now it's our turn to return the favor. For God and for the homeland, gentlemen!" A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 15. What is the definition of Transition Words? A) 1st sentence of a body paragraph that states what the paragraph is going to be about. B) Quotes, examples, and reasons that support your thesis/claim/topic sentence from outside sources. C) Different words that help connect or link ideas, phrases, sentences or paragraphs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Different words that help connect or link ideas, phrases, sentences or paragraphs. 16. Which rhetorical device is used? I came, I saw, I conquered. A) Parallelism. B) Analogy. C) Repetition. D) Restatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 17. Short and interesting stories or accounts that support a point. A) Rhetorical questions. B) Anecdotes. C) Imagery. D) Emotive Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdotes. 18. What is an appeal to emotion, a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Eros. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 19. Which of the following is NOT part of the rhetorical triangle? A) Message. B) Speaker. C) Purpose. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purpose. 20. In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check ..... America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check that has come back marked "insufficient funds." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. ← 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