This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 303 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 303 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the rhetorical device:There are many ways to win (including cheating), but I can't support that. A) Antithesis. B) Paradox. C) Parenthetical idea. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parenthetical idea. 2. What kind of appeal is this ad making? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 3. Repetition at the end of a line A) Epistrophe. B) Anaphora. C) Repetition. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epistrophe. 4. Who is credited with writing it? A) Thomas Jefferson. B) John Doe. C) Chester Cheetah. D) Benjamin Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Jefferson. 5. When something is said but the exact opposite is meant A) Pun. B) Idiom. C) Proverb. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verbal irony. 6. Appeals to the audience's sense of logic and reasoning (usually deals in facts and data). A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 7. Probably, in most cases, sometimes, usually, are known as A) Qualifiers. B) Logos. C) Deductions. D) Adverbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qualifiers. 8. What is the rhetorical element that uses emotional persuasion? A) Delta. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 9. What is a common reason for using an allusion A) To trick and confuse other people. B) To impress people with your pop culture knowledge. C) To deppen the readers understanding of the text. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To deppen the readers understanding of the text. 10. "While giving treats to children or friends offer them whatever they like." The antecedent of 'they' is: A) Treats. B) Children or friends. C) Whatever. D) While. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Children or friends. 11. You should buy me a car because I always do my best in school and do all my chores. A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 12. Cup and silver on the barnished board A) Alliteration. B) Oxymoron. C) Hendiadys. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hendiadys. 13. Which of the following words/phrases from the selected quote is an example of figurative language? "your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade, and solemnity, are, to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy-a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. " A) A thin veil to cover up crimes. B) All your religious parade, and solemnity, are, to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy. C) Would disgrace a nation of savages. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A thin veil to cover up crimes. 14. Doctors agree that flossing is beneficial for your teeth. What type of rhetoric is being used here? A) Logical Appeal. B) Emotional Appeal. C) Ethical Appeal. D) Dr.'s are always right. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logical Appeal. 15. Melissa herself shook her own curls. A) Parallelism. B) Unexpected. C) Personality. D) Pleonasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pleonasm. 16. What is the rhetorical triangle (rhetorical situation)? A) The situation people find themselves in when trying to understand a problem. B) An equilateral triangle that is used in mathematics. C) The context or set of circumstances our of which something arises. D) None of these answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The context or set of circumstances our of which something arises. 17. What type of rhetorical appeal is being used in this ad? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 18. "Similes, metaphors, and imagery" are types of ..... A) Explicit Language. B) Implicit Language. C) Figurative Language. D) Loaded Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative Language. 19. We will not fall, we will not falter, we will not pause, we will not fail. A) Anaphora. B) Analogy. C) Contrast. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 20. When a speaker is talking to an based off logical reasoning which Rhetorical Device is he using A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. ← 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