This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 299 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 299 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced. A) Hyperbole. B) Parallelism. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 2. A restatement (assertion) supported by evidence is also called ..... A) Argument. B) Theme. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Argument. 3. [I]t is respectable to have no illusions ..... and safe ..... and profitable ..... and dull." (Joseph Conrad) A) Multi-connectors. B) Metaphor. C) Anaphora. D) Unrelated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multi-connectors. 4. Appeals to audience's emotions to persuade them A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 5. A story told in order to give an example or to make something more realistic is which of the following devices? A) Imagery. B) Analogy. C) Metaphor. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anecdote. 6. This family lost everything in the fire. They lost their irreplaceable family photos, not to mention their furniture and clothing. Please donate to help them start over. A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 7. Logos tries to appeal to someone's sense of ..... A) Reason and Logic. B) Emotions and Feelings. C) Ethics and Credibility. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reason and Logic. 8. A question asked for effect (get reader thinking) A) Ethos. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Logos. D) Logical Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Question. 9. Ordinary or familiar conversation A) Colloquial. B) Jargon. C) Deduction. D) Induction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colloquial. 10. What is the definition of the logical fallacy, straw man? A) A conclusion is an attack on the character of a person rather than his or her opinions or arguments. B) A conclusion that presents what most people, or a group of people think, in order to persuade one to think the same way. C) A conclusion that avoids the key issues, often by avoiding opposing arguments rather than addressing them. D) A conclusion that oversimplifies an opponent's viewpoint and then attacks that hollow argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A conclusion that oversimplifies an opponent's viewpoint and then attacks that hollow argument. 11. Regular patterns to syllables in lines of poetry is called ..... A) Free verse. B) Iambic pentameter. C) A sonnet. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meter. 12. The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. On a physical level, it uses terms related to the five senses; we refer to visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory, or olfactory. A) Pathos. B) Aromatherapy. C) Imagery. D) Topography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 13. Identify the dominant appeal: "You will never be satisfied in life if you don't seize this opportunity. Do you want to live the rest of your years thinking about what would have happened if you just jumped when you had the chance?" A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 14. If a kid is show smiling and happy while eating Tyson Chicken Nuggets, which rhetorical device is being used? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 15. She had butterflies in her stomach. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Contrast. D) Comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 16. Use of which of the following rhetorical devices runs the risk of employing a logical fallacy? A) The argument to the people. B) Composites. C) Verification. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The argument to the people. 17. What rhetorical appeal is advertisers using best when they include personal anecdotes, client testimonials and success stories in their ads? A) Appeal to logos. B) Appeal to ethos. C) Appeal to pathos. D) Appeal to thermos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeal to ethos. 18. He is responsible for the creation of rhetoric. A) Plato. B) Aristotle. C) Hesiod. D) Virgil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aristotle. 19. A list of items separated by conjunctions A) Induction. B) Metonymy. C) Multi-connectors. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multi-connectors. 20. True or False:The Rhetorical Triangle is a useful way of formulating your thoughts and presenting your position. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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