This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 289 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 289 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. As a mechanic, I know that these tires will last the longest. A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Weather. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 2. What is the reason WHY the speaker is sending the message to the audience? A) Context. B) Purpose. C) Requirement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purpose. 3. Figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer. The answer is considered to be obvious and understood. A) Rhetorical Question. B) Parallelism. C) Restatement. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Question. 4. The ironic minimizing of fact, ..... presents something as less significant than it is. The effect can frequently be humorous and emphatic ..... is the opposite of hyperbole. A) Thesis. B) Tone. C) Transition. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Understatement. 5. When you acknowledge your opponent's viewpoints, you give a/an A) Counterargument. B) Concession. C) Call-to-action. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concession. 6. "We will fight for justice. We will fight for equality."What rhetorical devise is used? A) Epistrophe. B) Anaphora. C) Parallelism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epistrophe. 7. Repetition of the last work of one clause at the beginning of the following clause A) Commoratio. B) Parallelism / parallel structure. C) Folding. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Folding. 8. What are the three persuasive appeals? A) Emotional, Logical & Ethical. B) Emotional, Logical & Smart. C) Logical, Ethical & Humorous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotional, Logical & Ethical. 9. Which rhetorical choice is often sarcastic or highlights a contradiction? A) Tone. B) Diction. C) Irony. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 10. This rhetoric appeal uses logic A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 11. Which of the following is NOT a requirement for your Unit 2 Embedded Assessment 2 project? A) 2-3 minute speech. B) Include a clear claim, support, and a counterclaim. C) Include a conclusion/call to action. D) Include a presentation with graphs and images. E) Incorporate rhetorical appeals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Include a presentation with graphs and images. 12. A comparison of two different things that uses the word "like" or "as" in the statement (example:He looks like a fish out of water.) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 13. This family lost everything in the fire. They lost their precious, irreplaceable family photos, not to mention their furniture everything else they own. They have to start over with nothing. Please donate today to help restore their lives. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 14. Why are literary techniques used in speeches? A) They make the speaker sound more intelligent. B) They can create an emotional response in the listener. C) They make the speech appeal to educated people. D) They make the speech more poetic and interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They can create an emotional response in the listener. 15. A question asked just for effect or to lay emphasis on some point discussed when no real answer is expected. A) Inference. B) Metonymy. C) Pathetic Fallacy. D) Rhetorical Question. E) Tragic Flaw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical Question. 16. Enhanced interrogation A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Euphemism. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphemism. 17. Which logical fault is this:My client killed Joe Smith, but the cause for his violent behavior was a life of eating Twinkies and other junk food which impaired his judgment. A) To the man. B) Conspiracy theory. C) Exaggeration. D) False certainty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exaggeration. 18. The repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence-Ex. "We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe ..... " A) Repetition. B) Parallelism. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 19. What is dialysis? A) The presentation of the alternative argument. B) The presentation of direct opposites. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The presentation of the alternative argument. 20. " ..... and we will not be satisfied until 'justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream." ' What type of figurative language is stated here? A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Simile. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. ← 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