This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Match the technique to the appropriate appeal:research A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 2. What is the definition of Universal Truth? A) A sentence that draws the reader in and gets them interested about the essay. B) A grand or big statement that a lot of people find relatable. C) Additional information about the essay topic that explains the history, important people, dates, or what the topic is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A grand or big statement that a lot of people find relatable. 3. Which of these would be an argument using pathos? A) Statistics about an athlete. B) Kobe Bryant promoting Call of Duty. C) A political poll about the economy. D) A picture of malnourished animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A picture of malnourished animals. 4. "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." ..... Abraham Lincoln Which techniques are used in the above passage from The Gettysburg Address? A) Allusion. B) Parallelism. C) Alliteration. D) Parallelism and allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism and allusion. 5. The variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing. A) Rhetoric. B) Rhetorical modes. C) Narration. D) Persuasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical modes. 6. Which sentence uses parallel structure? A) Original, imaginative, and fantastic describe the techniques of Dali's paintings. B) Original, imaginative, and seeming fantastic describe the techniques of Dali's paintings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Original, imaginative, and fantastic describe the techniques of Dali's paintings. 7. The technique or skill of persuading through effective speaking or writing is which of the following devices? A) Alliteration. B) Rhetoric. C) Allusion. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetoric. 8. The writer and reader both have A) Confirmation bias. B) Implicit bias. C) Implied bias. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Implicit bias. 9. Rhetorical device that relies mainly on stats, numbers, charts, or other evidence A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 10. People are suffering. People are dying. A) Emotive language. B) Figurative language. C) Parallelism. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 11. What primary strategy does this candidate seem to be using?Mayoral candidate: "My opponent wants to cut money for city schools, which proves he wants to close school libraries." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 12. Rhetorical questions are questions that A) Can be answered with "yes" or "no.". B) Are intended for the audience to have a detailed answer. C) The author asks but then provides the answer. D) Have an implied answer. No answer is actually expected. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have an implied answer. No answer is actually expected. 13. Identify the rhetorical device being used in this passage. "When dictators commit atrocities, they depend upon the world to look the other way until those horrifying pictures fade from memory" . A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 14. A short, entertaining story that is usually personal or biographical A) Metaphor. B) Analogy. C) Anecdote. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anecdote. 15. The juxtaposition (placing together side by side) of contrasting ideas in a balanced way. A) Allusion. B) Chiasmus. C) Antithesis. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 16. "Soot is an extremely powerful light absorber. It settles over the ice and captures the Sun's heat." The result is a self-reinforcing cycle. As the ice melts, the land and water under the ice become exposed, and since land and water are darker than snow, the surface absorbs even more heat, which is related to the rising temperatures. Which choice best completes the description of a self-reinforcing cycle? A) NO CHANGE. B) Raises the surface temperature. C) Begins to cool at a certain point. D) Leads to additional melting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leads to additional melting. 17. A 32-oz. bottle of Tide holds enough to wash 32 loads. A) Appeal to Pathos. B) Appeal to Ethos. C) Appeal to Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal to Logos. 18. An action or situation in a story that prepares the reader for something that comes later in the story. A) Foreshadowing. B) Metaphor. C) Flashback. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 19. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. A) Simile. B) Parallelism. C) Metapho. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 20. An appeal to credibility A) Weather. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTheory QuizzesRhetoric Quiz 1Rhetoric Quiz 2Rhetoric Quiz 4Rhetoric Quiz 5Rhetoric Quiz 6Rhetoric Quiz 7Rhetoric Quiz 8Rhetoric Quiz 9Rhetoric Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books