This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 302 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 302 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendance rates went up, and behavior incidents went down. What type of persuasive rhetoric is this? A) Emotional Appeal. B) Deductive argument. C) Logical Appeal. D) Ethical Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logical Appeal. 2. Which word is spelled incorrectly? A) Character. B) Imagry. C) Prose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagry. 3. According to "Marketing to Children, " how much of a youth's day is spent using technology? A) 8.5 hours. B) 6.5 hours. C) 80 percent. D) 57 percent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6.5 hours. 4. A (a) compares two things using a direct comparison. A) A metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Juxtaposition. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A metaphor. 5. This appeal makes the audience feel or experience the message by appealing to their emotions. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 6. Trump likes to make up names for people he dislikes. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. A statement that says less than what is meant A) Understatement. B) Proverb. C) Hyperbole. D) Ellipsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understatement. 8. A repeated use of words or phases for emphasis A) Personification. B) Euphemism. C) Irony. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 9. Which rhetorical device is this sentence an example of, "She opened the door and her heart to the homeless boy." A) Parallelism. B) Zeugma. C) Antithesis. D) Restatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zeugma. 10. This refers to the arrangement of sentences. For example, a series of short sentences (especially those with strong diction) can help a speaker or writer emphasize a point. A) Syntax. B) Chiasmus. C) Anecdote. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syntax. 11. The root word "path" is Latin for ..... A) Sympathy. B) Feeling. C) Emotion. D) Empathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feeling. 12. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.- "The Road Not Taken"-Robert Frost A) Juxtaposition. B) Oxymoron. C) Allusion. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition. 13. Spending just one dollar at a chain restaurant will lead to the closing of thousands of family owned businesses. A) Slippery slope. B) Straw man. C) Hinting. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slippery slope. 14. An appeal to credibility, ethics, or moral principles A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 15. A cleansing release of unhealthy emotions. A) Cliche. B) Anachronism. C) Alliteration. D) Catharsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Catharsis. 16. "The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you." What is the purpose of the personification? A) The personification is used to diminish the enemy. B) The personification is used to describe the immense challenge the soldiers are about to face. C) The personification is used to remind the soldiers that they are supported and they will be remembered. D) The personification is used to help the soldiers cope with the death of a comrade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The personification is used to remind the soldiers that they are supported and they will be remembered. 17. "If I know one thing, it's that I know nothing, " is an example of: A) Paradox. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 18. As a nutritionist and doctor it is my recommendation that you eat at least 12 lbs of meat every day is an appeal to ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 19. "You can take the girl out of the jungle, but you can't take the jungle out of the girl." A) Juxtaposition. B) Chiasmus. C) Oxymoron. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chiasmus. 20. Gives inanimate objects or inanimate ideas human characteristics. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. ← 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