This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 288 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 288 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Rhetorical Devices use words in a certain way to convey meaning or to persuade. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. The suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security. A) Propaganda. B) Doublethink. C) Surveillance. D) Censorship tags1984Real Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Censorship tags1984Real Life. 3. Figure used to transform an unpleasant, distasteful, or repulsive expression into more socially acceptable terms A) Synecdoche. B) Soliloquy. C) Euphemism. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphemism. 4. A person's account of an event or state of affairs. A) Anecdote. B) Testimonial. C) Metonymy. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 5. Which rhetorical device uses facts and statistics? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 6. What does the word comprehend mean? A) To understand. B) To know. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To understand. 7. Which is the best definition of subjective writing? A) Writingthat presents facts without any opinion, bias, or interpretation. B) Writing that tries topersuade or convince a disagreeing reader. C) Writingthat uses facts and statistics to appeal to the reader's intellect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 8. What is the perspective from which a story is told called? A) Narrative. B) Point of view. C) Storytelling. D) Narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of view. 9. Logos uses a chain of ..... to prove a point. A) Reasoning, events. B) Opinions. C) Emotions. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reasoning, events. 10. Quotations should be inserted as seamlessly as possible into your own writing when using text evidence to support your thesis A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. The repetition of a grammatical structure is known as A) Repetition. B) Rhetorical question. C) Allusion. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 12. What are you analyzing in the rhetorical analysis essay? A) Whether you agree or disagree with the author. B) The tools/strategies the author uses to reach his/her audience. C) Whether the author is effective in persuading the audience. D) The author's theme or purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tools/strategies the author uses to reach his/her audience. 13. Many people think that Donald Trump makes no sense and is not good at using language. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Statements:No giraffe is a leopard All leopards are kangaroos All kangaroos are wolfs Conclusions:I. All kangaroos can never be giraffes II. All giraffes are definitely wolfs. A) If only conclusion I follows. B) If only conclusion II follows. C) If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows. D) If both conclusions I and II follows. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If only conclusion I follows. 15. Balancing two or more ideas or arguments that are equally important is ..... A) Repetition. B) Anecdotes. C) Parallelism. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 16. The main idea of a piece of writing. It's typically one or two sentences that sum up the main points/argument and showcase the reason for writing. A) Rhetorical Devices. B) Research Results. C) Counterclaim. D) Thesis Statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thesis Statement. 17. If you saw an injustice happening, and you wanted to bring attention to it by writing an online post, the event that sparked your desire to respond is called ..... A) Context. B) Requirement. C) Rhetoric. D) Text structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Requirement. 18. The technique of showing position or authority is- A) Repetition. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 19. If I lend her snack money today, she is going to expect me to do it every day. She'll probably want my lunch too. A) To Man. B) Hasty Generalization. C) Bandwagon. D) Slippery Slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slippery Slope. 20. Tells what is happening historically or culturally A) Requirement. B) Purpose. C) Context. D) Message. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Context. ← 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