This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 255 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 255 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "If you give a mouse a cookie, they'll want to take over the world" is an example of what kind of logical fallacy? A) Strawman. B) Bandwagon. C) Slippery Slope. D) To Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slippery Slope. 2. A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point than rather get an answer A) Hyperbole. B) Juxtaposition. C) Rhetorical question. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 3. The faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion; the art of using words to persuade an audience A) Author's craft. B) Analysis. C) Rhetoric. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetoric. 4. ..... is a reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance. Example:Chocolate is his Kryptonite. A) Allusion. B) Juxtaposition. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 5. A poem that gives praise to a certain subject A) Ode. B) Sonnet. C) Double negative. D) None listed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ode. 6. What rhetorical device is this? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 7. What is a figure of speech that pairs two opposing words called? A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 8. Repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in a close proximity, as in boost/best; it can also be seen within several compound words, such as fulfill and ping-pong. A) Consonance. B) Epigraph. C) Diction. D) Euphony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. 9. In rhetorical analysis, we do not focus on whether or not we agree with the stands authors take, but how effectively they make them. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Which of the following is the best definition for the word "imply" ? A) To suggest or hint something, without stating it directly. B) To draw a conclusion, putting two and two together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To suggest or hint something, without stating it directly. 11. Is misinformation the same as propaganda A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 12. Series of three parallel words, phrases, or clauses A) Tricolon. B) Isocolon. C) Three-pin. D) Hyperbaton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tricolon. 13. A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization of idea A) Rhetorical device. B) Rhetorical mode. C) Rhetorical choice. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 14. How should an in-text citation look? A) (Seuss, 1974). B) Dr. Seuss, book. C) (Dr. Seuss, Cat in the Hat). D) (Cat in the Hat). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (Seuss, 1974). 15. A coherent series of reasons, statements, or facts intended to support or establish a point of view is called A) Democracy. B) An argument. C) An essay. D) A story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An argument. 16. Judicial rhetoric is ..... A) Political. B) Celebratory. C) Legal. D) Deductive. E) Inductive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legal. 17. A decade ago, most people couldn't guess that Trump would be considered a powerful speaker. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. What is this an example of:It feels like I walked a million miles this morning to get to school. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 19. Trying to downplay something would be an example of this literary device. A) Hyperbole. B) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement. 20. Proposing measures to eliminate undesirable conditions A) Extended metaphor. B) Corrective measures. C) Concession. D) Emotional words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corrective measures. ← 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