This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 300 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 300 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Writing may or may not have a purpose depending on the situation. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. He's no spring chicken. A) Litotes. B) Personification. C) Synchysis. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Litotes. 3. The term that means a comparison of two unlike things using like or as is ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Analogy. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. Which definition closely matches stereotype? A) An over-generalized statement about an entire group of people. B) An exaggerated statement. C) Words, terms, or phrases that have strong connotations that are meant to appeal to the audience by evoking emotional reactions that go beyond the meaning of the word. D) An appeal made to win an argument through the emotions of their audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An over-generalized statement about an entire group of people. 5. Rhetorical choice-contrasts two opposing ideas using a similar grammatical structure (parallelism) A) Analogy. B) Allusion. C) Anecdote. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 6. The people the message/arguments was intended for A) Requirement. B) Ethos, pathos, and logos. C) Rhetoric. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Audience. 7. Sounds of the voice-shush, giggle, growl, whine, murmur, blurt, whisper, hiss. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Oxymoron. C) Inversion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 8. ..... is the art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people A) Rhetoric. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetoric. 9. The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern A) Repetition. B) Style. C) Diction. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 10. The art of using language effectively is also know as: A) Rhetoric. B) Rhetorical appeals. C) Rhetorical question. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetoric. 11. Words or phrases deliberately chosen to bring out strong emotions, feelings, or reactions in the audience or reader. A) Rhetoric. B) Emotive Language. C) Inclusive Pronouns. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotive Language. 12. A comparison of two or more things (that are often not alike) by stating that one is the other is called a/an ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Rhetoric. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 13. Information that has evidential support and is generally acknowledged to be proven or true. A) Backing. B) Qualifiers. C) Factual Information. D) Refuting a Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Factual Information. 14. A writer's or speaker's statement on a position or issue A) Fact. B) Fallacy. C) Bias. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claim. 15. Which of the following would be considered a credible source to quote as evidence in an article? A) Your Best Friend. B) Aunt Midlred. C) Your neighbor. D) Former Education Secretary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Former Education Secretary. 16. Read the following passage.When you need to make a big decision, always begin by listing advantages and disadvantages! If you don't, you will almost certainly make a very bad choice.Which sentence best describes the passage? A) It uses direct address, which is a rhetorical device, and generalization, which is a logical fallacy. B) It uses direct address and analogy, both of which are rhetorical devices. C) It uses analogy and generalization, both of which are logical fallacies, but uses no rhetorical devices. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It uses direct address, which is a rhetorical device, and generalization, which is a logical fallacy. 17. Men and women experience the world differently A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Anecdotes (personal stories) and personal beliefs A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Alternatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 19. A strong persuasive argument will contain how many rhetorical appeals? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 20. In 1972, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Traf-O-Data, a computer program that tracked automobile traffic based on counters installed on roadways. Although Traf-OData was only moderately successful, the two men would go on to found Microsoft a few years later. A) Inform. B) Persuade. C) Explain. D) Entertain. 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