This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 262 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 262 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is not one of the five elements of the rhetorical situation that all writers should think about? A) Design. B) Medium. C) Plot. D) Genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 2. The features that make up a speech can be A) Internal and external. B) Open and closed. C) Composition and theme. D) Theme the principles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal and external. 3. Revise this sentence so that it is grammatically correct:I took Angie the one with the freckles to the movie last night. A) I took, Angie the one with the freckles to the movie last night. B) I took Angie, the one with the freckles, to the movie last night. C) I took Angie the one with the freckles, to the movie last night. D) I took Angie, the one with the freckles to the movie last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I took Angie, the one with the freckles, to the movie last night. 4. What is the term for how the author feels about his/her piece? A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Feeling. D) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 5. Therefore, the ..... of a literary work the ..... is not something that is stated in a particular sentence and easily located; it is something that is comprehended upon reflection. It is the main idea or POINT that the writer/creator is trying to make through their writing. A) Ethos. B) Voice. C) Message. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Message. 6. True or false:A sentence may only have 1 rhetorical device A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Which of the following is an example of Epistrophe? A) As country we need to be equal and we must fight to be equal because we all deserve to be equal. B) We shall fight for equality. We shall fight for liberation. We shall fight for peace. C) Sally sold seashells. D) BAM!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As country we need to be equal and we must fight to be equal because we all deserve to be equal. 8. Choose the correct term for the following definition:A thesis statement describing the position the writer is taking on an issue. A) Claim. B) Support. C) Counterclaim. D) Call to action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claim. 9. The second C in SPACECAT stands for: A) Counterargument. B) Choices. C) Claim. D) Context. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Choices. 10. Melissa's curls shook. Melissa's curls turned. Melissa's curls left the room. Melissa's curls were gone. A) Apophasis. B) Anaphora. C) Alliteration. D) Antonomasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 11. A brief reference to someone or something expected to be widely recognized by reader from history, literature, religion, sports, science, etc. A) Allusion. B) Folding. C) Epistrophe. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 12. Melissa absolutely distended her curls. A) Hypallage. B) Hyperbole. C) Hyperbaton. D) Twenty days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 13. What type of support does the author offer for their claim in the following paragraph:The very essence of knowledge acquisition not only empowers individuals but serves as the cornerstone of societal progress. Consider the remarkable advancements in technology over the past century, a testament to the indelible link between education, innovation, and the relentless pursuit of understanding. A) Personal anecdote. B) Statistical data. C) Counterargument. D) Example. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Example. 14. The repetition of words at the beginning of a line A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Euphemisms. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 15. What is missing from this argument?If all cuddly wolves are mammals, and all mammals have hair, then all wolves are cuddly because of their hair. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) It is not missing any rhetorical device. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 16. A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response. A) Hero. B) Symbol. C) Archetype. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Archetype. 17. The writer's credibility or trustworthiness A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Requirement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 18. This includes the audience, message, context, and speaker. A) Rhetorical problem. B) Rhetorical analysis. C) Rhetorical situation. D) Rhetorical context. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical situation. 19. ..... may be used in logos to appeal to our logic A) Reasons. B) Numbers. C) Reasons and numbers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reasons and numbers. 20. Viewpoint A) To recognize. B) To restate a text and give it in a different meaning. C) An attitude of mind. D) Ordinary form of spoken or written language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An attitude of mind. ← 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