This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 31 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An attempt to convince the audience that God is on the side of the speaker or writer and that failure to side with the speaker's or writer's argument will be the equivalent of a failure to defend God A) Imagery. B) Irony. C) Holy War. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Holy War. 2. Independent or Dependent? If they take me with them. A) Independent. B) Dependent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent. 3. Imagine Luna, Abigail, and David are watching a Ford Mustang commercial. What can they deduce about the authors of the commercial? A) They might be famous Greek philosophers. B) They could be experts in persuasive oratory. C) Nothing is mentioned about the authors. D) They might be actors from the referenced movies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nothing is mentioned about the authors. 4. Saying one small event will cause worse events to happen A) Straw man. B) Slippery slope. C) Rhetorical definition. D) Downplayers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slippery slope. 5. The "SPACE" components of the "SPACECAT" acronym deal with what? (a) A) A The rhetorical situation. B) Rhetorical strategies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A The rhetorical situation. 6. "It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity." A) Alliteration. B) Understatement. C) Hyperbole. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement. 7. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury:not only do we have fingerprints, a lack of an alibi, a clear motive and an expressed desire to commit the robbery.....We also have a video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more opening and closing." A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 8. Which type of rhetorical appeal is used in the following sentence: "Miley Cyrus appears in Oreo advertisements." A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 9. Identify the device present in this example:Throughout the play we are made to witness the force of politics to shape and shatter lives. A) Alliteration. B) Imagery. C) Paradox. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 10. Which of the following is an example of a rhetorical question? A) Can that man call England or any other kingdom his country?. B) Do you want to get ice cream with me?. C) Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. D) Can I borrow a pencil?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can that man call England or any other kingdom his country?. 11. What rhetorical device is illustrated in the example below? " ..... as evidenced by their presence today, have to come to realize their destiny is tied up with our destiny." A) Metaphor. B) Parallelism. C) Allusion. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 12. The new MaaacBook Pro X is the only laptop designed by Bill Kates. It's the only laptop you must buy. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 13. Uses pretty words that have no meaning A) Transfer. B) Loaded words. C) Bandwagon. D) Testimonial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loaded words. 14. Example:he was a real Romeo with the ladies A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Act 1. D) Acting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 15. ..... appeals to the speaker's status or authority, making the audience more likely to trust them. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 16. The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. It is not generally acceptable for formal writing, but gives a work a conversational, familiar tone. These can include local or regional dialects. A) Unconnected. B) Aphorism. C) Chiasmus. D) Colloquialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colloquialism. 17. True or False:Pathos is considered the strongest form of persuasion. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. A brief reference to a famous person, event, book, song, etc. The most commonly used one of these from a book comes from the Bible A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Diction. D) Analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 19. The windows of the house glared at me as though they were angry.This is an example of? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Sarcasm. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 20. A writing form that uses repetition creating a feeling of rhythm and balance A) Diction. B) Hyperbole. C) Parallelism. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. ← 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