This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 285 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 285 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts." is A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Anaphora. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 2. Rhetorical Devicea statement that expresses the opposite of the literal meaning of the words ..... often used for humorous or sarcastic effect. A) Understatement. B) Rhetorical question. C) Verbal irony. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal irony. 3. Which element is the most important to an argument A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) They are equal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are equal. 4. These areunrealistic characters that are builtaround one trait. A) Round character. B) Flat character. C) Characterization. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Round character. 5. "Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master." ~Christian Lous Lange~ The main PURPOSE in this quote is to get the audience to ..... A) Consider using technology only for social media purposes. B) Consider limiting the times when they let technology be in control. C) Consider using technology all the time. D) Consider limiting the times when they let technology control their money only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consider limiting the times when they let technology be in control. 6. After realizing that Emancipation alone would not resolve racial issues in the U.S., the African American community hoped that what would resolve problems? A) Women's suffrage. B) The right to vote for all African Americans. C) Property rights. D) Equal access to education. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The right to vote for all African Americans. 7. Stopping abruptly and leaving a sentence unfinished A) Silence. B) Unrelated. C) Appositive. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silence. 8. The picturing in words of something or someone through detailed observation of color, motion, sound, taste, smell, and touch; one of the four modes of discourse A) Description. B) Emotional appeal. C) Epigraph. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Description. 9. An argument that assumes the truth of what it is trying to prove. A) Hasty generalization. B) Circular reasoning. C) Straw man argument. D) To man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circular reasoning. 10. When the writer/speaker repeats the claim as evidence A) Bandwagon. B) Circular reasoning. C) Straw man. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circular reasoning. 11. Replacing one word or phrase that sounds harsh with something that sounds nicer A) Euphemism. B) Simile. C) Allegory. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 12. The target of the rhetoric A) Speaker. B) Audience. C) Text. D) Rhetorical triangle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audience. 13. Although I am apprehensive about the test. I am going for it. A) No change. B) About the test; I am going for it. C) About the test, I am going for it. D) About the test, but I am going for it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) About the test, I am going for it. 14. The use of language that stirs up particular emotions in the reader. A) Imagery. B) Emotive diction. C) Appeal to shared beliefs. D) Anecdotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotive diction. 15. What was the main message of the 'I Have a Dream' speech? A) A future where individuals are judged by their character, not the color of their skin. B) Advocating for racial segregation and discrimination. C) Promoting violent protest and resistance. D) Calling for an end to civil rights for all Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A future where individuals are judged by their character, not the color of their skin. 16. Now it's time to get serious. See all this grease? Depending on how many gravy eaters you're cooking for, you may not want to use all of this. On this particular morning last weekend, all four of our punks were at my dad's and I was watching my waistline. So I really was only making gravy for Marlboro Man. But then I realized I wasn't kidding anyone and that I'd wind up scarfing down at least some of the stuff. So I planned on gravy for two. A) Order/sequence. B) Anecdote. C) Compare/contrast. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdote. 17. Can anyone look at our reduced standing in the world today and say, "Let's have four more years of this?" A) Parallel Structure. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Repetition. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Question. 18. The repetition of words at the end of a line A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epistrophe. 19. A question that does not require an answer because the answer is obvious A) Rhetorical question. B) Rhetorical devices. C) Rhetoric . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 20. An opposing viewpoint A) Parallelism. B) Concession. C) Bias. D) Counterargument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Counterargument. ← 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