This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 312 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 312 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An appeal to trust and ethics is an appeal to ..... A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 2. Misrepresenting or exaggerating an opponent's argument in order to make it easier to attack. (a) A) A Strawman. B) Circular reasoning. C) Red herring. D) Hasty generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Strawman. 3. A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" is ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 4. Paragraph one ends with a ..... A) Claim. B) Counterclaim. C) Hook. D) Piece of evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claim. 5. Symbols are the medium for rhetoric A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) Not sure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 6. What we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness; but love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another.-RFK A) Repetition. B) Allusion. C) Antithesis. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 7. ..... is an idea or feeling which a word invokes. A) Figurative language. B) Connotation. C) Anaphora. D) Hypophora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 8. When are rhetorical devices? A) The art of speaking or writing persuasively. B) Devices (words/phrases) that promote an author's ideas. C) The repetition of words or phrases in a speech. D) Facts, examples and expert opinions that uphold a claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Devices (words/phrases) that promote an author's ideas. 9. Emotional appeals are given this rhetorical term. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 10. "Negro" A) Imagery. B) Analogy. C) Repetition. D) Restatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 11. Which of the following is an example of an IRONY? A) The bacon sizzled in the hot skillet. B) Every cloud has a silver lining. C) Shaina ordered jumbo shrimp at the seafood restaurant. D) The school dietitian eats a double bacon cheeseburger three times a week. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The school dietitian eats a double bacon cheeseburger three times a week. 12. What kinds of things can be symbolic? A) Colors. B) Objects. C) People. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 13. A verbally abusive attack A) Inference. B) False Analogy. C) Invective. D) Jargon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Invective. 14. But with your help, if we do everything we can to eradicate this disease, in my 50s I'll be dancing at my children's weddings. And mine will be just one of millions of happy stories. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 15. What rhetorical device is characterized by the omission of conjunctions between clauses? A) Unrelated. B) Anaphora. C) Multi-connectors. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unrelated. 16. Something the speaker assumes the audience agrees with A) Underlying Assumption. B) Claim. C) Rhetoric. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Underlying Assumption. 17. Atticus showing that Bob Ewell is left handed is an example of ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 18. Melissa looked at me and shook her head and shook her curls and turned away. A) Parallelism. B) Unexpected. C) Personality. D) Multi-connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multi-connectors. 19. Alice ran into the room, into the garden, and into our hearts. This is an example of ..... A) Antithesis. B) Parallelism. C) Analogy. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 20. This type of reasoning starts with a generalization and then applies it to a specific case A) Logical appeal. B) Induction. C) Deduction. D) Ethical appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deduction. ← 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