This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 295 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 295 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is a "rhetorical question" ?(Meaning a question that doesn't need to be answered.) A) Who was president of the United States during World War 2?. B) Are you crazy?. C) What type of animal is a platypus?. D) When is lunch?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are you crazy?. 2. Which of the following sentences is an example of synesthesia? A) His green jealousy sat thick in his stomach. B) The scent of turkey and apple pie came from the kitchen and made my mouth water. C) The orchestra played such beautiful music I started to cry. D) She looked at him in horror. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His green jealousy sat thick in his stomach. 3. The repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases or sentences. Ex. "One Hundred years later ..... " "One hundred years later ..... " A) Anaphora. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 4. Identify the rhetorical devices used in the following sentence:Where affections bear rule, their reason is subdued, honesty is subdued, good will is subdued, and all things else that withstand evil, for ever are subdued. A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Apposition. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epistrophe. 5. A substitution of a more pleasant expression for one whose meaning may come across as rude or offensive."He passed away, " rather than "He died." A) Euphemism. B) Irony. C) Metonymy. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 6. 7 You watch as each A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 7. Comparisons showing the similarities between two unrelated ideas or facts. A) Expert opinions. B) Case studies. C) Analogies. D) Warrants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogies. 8. What is style? A) The topic topic of a speech. B) The order of a speech. C) The expressions in a speech. D) How to perform a speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The expressions in a speech. 9. Appeal to logic and reason A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 10. The four cardinal virtues are A) Courage, wisdom, moderation, justice. B) Goodness, fairness, omniscience, ethical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Courage, wisdom, moderation, justice. 11. BOOM! POW! POW!Is an example of what? A) Humor. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 12. What is the transition word in this sentence? Then Mrs. Bell briskly walked across the hall. A) Briskly. B) Then. C) Walked. D) Across. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Then. 13. The house is silent. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 14. This type of rhetoric causes someone think or behave differently with reason A) Motivational. B) Informational. C) Persuasive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Persuasive. 15. After the writer gives the counterclaim, he/she can attempt to disprove it by using a ..... A) Rebuttal. B) Purpose. C) Central idea. D) Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rebuttal. 16. If an ad claimed: "35 people drank this diet soda, and 33 of them subsequently lost weight, " the ad is using ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 17. A doctor showing his heart medicine in an ad is an example of A) Expert opinion. B) Emotional Response. C) Loaded Language. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expert opinion. 18. Define subject A) What the text is about. B) The purpose of the text. C) The audience. D) The mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What the text is about. 19. A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike things, usually linked by a "like" or "as" . A) Pun. B) Metaphor. C) Aphorism. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 20. Which appeal is used when an advertisement features a beautiful celebrity endorsing a product that will improve your appearance? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. ← 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