This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 301 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 301 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the purpose of a counterclaim? A) Shows that you are smart. B) Shows that you have considered the other side of the argument. C) Shows that only your opinion matters. D) Shows that you are only discussing one side of the argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shows that you have considered the other side of the argument. 2. What is Metotymy? A) Using a single feature to present the whole (often not distinguished from synecdoche). B) Parallel sentence structures use the same part of speech or grammatical structure to conveyequal or relate ideas. C) Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end. D) An implied comparison between two things seemingly quite different-metaphors make the abstract, concrete; the unfamiliar, familiar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using a single feature to present the whole (often not distinguished from synecdoche). 3. Why was Hitler's rhetoric successful? A) Because his arguments were logical. B) Because anti-Semitism was already very pervasive in German society at the time. C) Because he was very charismatic. D) Because he was a thorough researcher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because anti-Semitism was already very pervasive in German society at the time. 4. What does ethos involve? A) Emotional appeal. B) Logical reasoning. C) Pathos and logos. D) Credibility and trustworthiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Credibility and trustworthiness. 5. Feelings accentuated by experiencing love, hate, fear, etc. A) Credibility (Ethos). B) Emotion (Pathos). C) Reason (Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotion (Pathos). 6. What rhetorical device is being used in the following quote:"So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania ..... " A) Hyperbole. B) Rule of three. C) Anaphora. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 7. Which rhetorical device refers to logic? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 8. Arrangement is..... A) The artful expression of words. B) The order of organization of a speech. C) The content of your speech. D) What you will argue in the speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The order of organization of a speech. 9. Repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or end of words A) Consonance. B) Alliteration. C) Euphonious. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. 10. What appeal emphasizes the use reason and proof? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 11. Acknowledging a point in an opposing argument. Demonstrates honesty. A) Concession. B) Persuasion. C) Qualifiers. D) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concession. 12. "One reason adulthood begins at 18 is the law currently says so." This sentence can best be described as ..... A) Pathos. B) A claim. C) A topic sentence. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A topic sentence. 13. Using words to mean something other than their dictionary definition to convey an idea A) Figurative Language. B) Influence. C) Author's (or speaker's) purpose. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative Language. 14. Identify which canon of rhetoric is the most difficult. A) Beginning. B) Invention. C) Arrangement. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invention. 15. What two pieces of evidence strongly support Swift's attitude toward the treatment of Ireland's poor people? A) His assurance of religious freedom & statistical prowess. B) His nationality & his excitement for new income for the Irish. C) His plan for "baby-skin" clothing & his wife past childbearing age. D) His list of bad solutions and quote about devouring parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His list of bad solutions and quote about devouring parents. 16. During our vacation in the Bahamas, we hope to ..... and enjoy beautiful sunsets. A) That we eat delicious seafood. B) Eat delicious seafood. C) That eating delicious seafood occurs. D) Eating delicious seafood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eat delicious seafood. 17. Logos builds argument with: A) Facts / figures and reasoning. B) Emotions / visuals and music. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Facts / figures and reasoning. 18. A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them is ..... A) Analogy. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 19. What year did the Indian removal came into affect? A) 1876-1879. B) 1836-1838. C) 1890-1892. D) Non Of The Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1836-1838. 20. "The swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot." A) Paradox. B) Antithesis. C) Hyperbole. D) Multi-connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. ← 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