This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 265 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 265 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Finish your dinner. There are starving children in Africa." is an example of A) Slippery slope. B) Bandwagon. C) Circular reasoning. D) Red herring. E) Hasty generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red herring. 2. What should you put in the conclusion of a rhetorical analysis essay? A) All of these. B) Significance of the rhetorical strategies. C) Level of effectiveness of the strategies on message & aud. D) Short explanation of the main points. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of these. 3. What is the tone of this statement?This place needs some repairs, but I'm sure the landlord will be making improvements sometime soon. A) Optimistic. B) Bitter. C) Humorous. D) Angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Optimistic. 4. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way! A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 5. The use of language to IMPLY something without actually saying it (reading between the lines) A) Insinuating. B) Sarcasm. C) Hyperbole. D) Slanter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insinuating. 6. How do you define rhetoric? A) Fictional writing, generally meant to make the reader questions their beliefs. B) Writing or speech that is intentionally persuasive. C) An author's use of figurative, or creative, language in their works. D) A speech typically presented to a student body and attempting to change their viewpoint on a topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Writing or speech that is intentionally persuasive. 7. Used most of the time to exaggerate outcomes of actions or policies; exaggerated statements or claims meant to be taken metaphorically (not literally). A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 8. This appeal that uses logic to sway the audience is called A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 9. "that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth." A) Epiphora. B) Anaphora. C) Parallelism. D) Hypophora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphora. 10. A conclusion one draws based on evidence. A) Inference. B) Claim. C) Rebuttal. D) Counterargument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inference. 11. The appeal to the audiences logic and reasoning. Example: "The data clearly shows that this type of investment consistently turns a profit, even in the worst of economic downturns." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 12. Define appeal to authority A) A type of logical fallacy in which the writer or speaker seeks to persuade not by giving evidence but by appealing to the respect people have for the famous. B) A statement in which the writer has added some information, evidence, or phrase in order to make it less strong or less generalized. C) The abstraction of a general idea, principle, or pattern from the observation of particular objects, events, or experiences. A statement that is broad enough to cover or describe characteristics that are common to a variety of particular objects, events, or experiences. D) A brief recounting of a relevant episode. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A type of logical fallacy in which the writer or speaker seeks to persuade not by giving evidence but by appealing to the respect people have for the famous. 13. What is the overall tone of the text? A) Ironic and silly. B) Encouraging and hopeful. C) Angry and disappointed. D) Sarcastic and mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Encouraging and hopeful. 14. "Yesterday, December 7th, 1941-a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan" ..... FDR Which rhetorical devices and/or persuasive techniques are used in the above statement? A) Logos and pathos. B) Ethos and pathos. C) Allusion and pathos. D) Allusion and ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos and pathos. 15. An ad featuring Avril Lavigne would be more effective for a teen magazine in 2002 than in 2012 because of this appeal. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weather. 16. Consists of leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses A) Unrelated. B) Enumeration. C) Repetition. D) Silence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unrelated. 17. "Dentists recommend mouthwash in addition to brushing." A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 18. The comparison of two similar things in order to clarify a difficult idea; "practical" explanations A) Allusion. B) Aphorism. C) Analogy. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 19. A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison. A) Repetition. B) Persuasion. C) Simile. D) Multi-connector. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 20. When two items are put next to each other to make the observer infer that the two are correlated when they are not. A) Jargon. B) Juxtaposition. C) To Man. D) Glittering Generality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition. ← 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