This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 266 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 266 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A dependent clause A) Can stand alone. B) Cannot stand alone. C) Does not need a subject. D) Does not need a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cannot stand alone. 2. Which of these best describes Logos? A) Uses similes and metaphors. B) Uses facts and statistics. C) Uses emotions. D) Uses timing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uses facts and statistics. 3. It can rely on reputation or experiences to prove a point. Credibility is key to winning an audience's belief and support for one's argument. A) Logos. B) Paths. C) Ethos. D) In Cairo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 4. Which of these would be a good transition to BEGIN a composition? A) Finally. B) Next. C) To begin with. D) I also think. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To begin with. 5. Which is 1st person point of view? A) I went to the store to buy snacks for the party I am holding later on. B) You were lurking in the shadows to hide from the bullies that chased you every day after school, when you stepped on a stick and brought attention to yourself. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I went to the store to buy snacks for the party I am holding later on. 6. Questioning oneself (or rhetorically asking the audience), often pretending to be in doubt is called ..... A) Aporia. B) Metaphor. C) Aphorism. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aporia. 7. What is a trope? A) An artful variation from the typical or expected way a word or idea is expressed. B) An artful variation from the typical arrangement of words in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An artful variation from the typical or expected way a word or idea is expressed. 8. "Walking down the street, I saw the cat." A) Syntax. B) Anaphora. C) Repetition. D) Periodic sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periodic sentence. 9. "The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger." A) Metaphor. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 10. A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity A) Metaphor. B) Symbol. C) Ambiguity. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 11. "Unique" is an example of what? A) Positive Connotation. B) Negative Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive Connotation. 12. The type of writing where an author can be seen to be expressing his/her personal view. A) Objective. B) Subjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subjective. 13. Which TV show is Donald Trump famous for? A) Dragon's Den. B) Undercover Boss. C) Saturday Night Live. D) The Apprentice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Apprentice. 14. What problem did Americans WRITE about that we read? A) Issues with the British government. B) Religion. C) Fiction. D) Immigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Issues with the British government. 15. Which rhetorical technique is being used in this example? "Using this product, you can lose weight!" A) Compare and Contrast. B) Cause and Effect. C) Anecdote. D) Expert Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cause and Effect. 16. A speaker painting a vivid picture of her grandmother and how she always wanted wanted her to run for political office would most likely be an appeal to ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 17. What is one reason that Thomas Paine brings up the opposing argument that the colonies have done well under British control? A) To create parallelism by showing how both sides are similar. B) To show the opposition that they agree on some things. C) To give the opponents a chance to explain their arguments. D) To create an opportunity to disprove the argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To create an opportunity to disprove the argument. 18. Logical Fallacy:This is a fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea A) The Tin Man. B) Straw man. C) Dorothy. D) Auntie Em. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Straw man. 19. When Aristotle says, "All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal, " he is using ..... A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 20. Bobby would have been playing ball until the cows came home if it hadn't been for Suzie dragging him home for dinner. What does this idiom mean? A) Bobby was just about to stop playing ball. B) Bobby didn't even want to play ball to begin with. C) Bobby prefers nature to athletics. D) Bobby would have continued playing ball for a long time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bobby would have continued playing ball for a long time. ← 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