This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 297 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 297 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The following is an example of which literary term?"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." A) Rhetorical question. B) Hypothetical question. C) Juxtaposition. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juxtaposition. 2. "I see millions whose lives ..... I see millions denied ..... I see millions lacking the means ..... " A) Metaphor. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaphora. 3. Using logical reasoning and evidence to persuade A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Reliability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 4. Ethos is an appeal to the authority or credibility of the presenter. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 5. In order to really look at the problem of global warming, we must first consider how the homeless suffer when it is cold. A) Hasty generalization. B) It does not follow. C) Straw man. D) Red herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red herring. 6. The lighthouse sat lonely on its rock as the tide slowly receded. A) Personification. B) Allusion. C) Pun. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 7. Language that goes beyond the literal A) Diction. B) Syntax. C) Figurative. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative. 8. A rhetorical appeal to the audience's sense of right or wrong; often created using the speaker's trustworthiness or reputation A) Pathos. B) Rhetoric. C) Ethos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 9. An example of ANAPHORA is A) The pen is mightier than the sword. B) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. C) It takes a family, it takes teachers, it takes clergy . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It takes a family, it takes teachers, it takes clergy . 10. A short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature. A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Anecdote. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anecdote. 11. A figure of speech that implies a similarity between things otherwise dissimilar. (uses the words like, or as, or so to introduce comparison) A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Figurative language. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 12. An error in reasoning that undermines the soundness of an argument is called: A) Logical reasoning. B) Logical appeals. C) Logical fallacy. D) Rhetorical appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logical fallacy. 13. Quoting well-regarded experts to give your argument more credibility A) Reference to authority. B) Definitions. C) Analogy. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reference to authority. 14. When I went home for the summer, I was looking forward to spending time with Lucy. She was my girlfriend and had written me a letter daily my first year of college. A) Point of view. B) Parallelism. C) Paradox. D) Parody. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point of view. 15. The term that means a reference to a well known person, place or thing is A) Parallelism. B) Allusion. C) Diction. D) Anachronism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 16. A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it A) Metonymy. B) Metaphor. C) Mood. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 17. Telegraphic sentence A) Under five words in length. B) Under ten words in length. C) Over twenty words in length. D) Twenty or more words in length. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under five words in length. 18. Parallel structure:He came, he saw, and he conquered. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. What does trepidation mean? A) Grumpy old man. B) Cleaning by water. C) Fear that something will happen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fear that something will happen. 20. As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this treatment will generate the best results. A) Ethos appeal. B) Logos appeal. C) Pathos appeal. D) Logical fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos appeal. ← 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