This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 315 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 315 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following sentences uses the word "simultaneously" correctly? A) I was watching Youtube while simultaneously working on assignments on another device. B) "I feel simultaneously, " she announced, "so I can't stay for dinner.". C) Simultaneously, he ate the candy. Then, he had a toothache. D) I had breakfast and simultaneously had dinner afterwards. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was watching Youtube while simultaneously working on assignments on another device. 2. What is it called when an author asks its audience to do something in their persuasive text? A) Persuasion. B) Call to action. C) Establishing a mood. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Call to action. 3. When someone argues that if you allow X to occur, then Y will surely follow A) Slippery slope. B) Hasty generalization. C) Either-or-fallacy. D) Bandwagon appeal. E) Ad hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slippery slope. 4. Containing all; not keeping any out A) Inclusive. B) Antithesis. C) Personification. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inclusive. 5. The appeal that uses emotions to sway the audience is called A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 6. Which is an example of antithesis? A) "All the world is a stage, and all men and women merely players.". B) "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant but once.". C) "Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing.". 7. The repetition of a word or phrase for emphasisnon feram, non sinam, non patiar A) Apostrophe. B) Anastrophe. C) Anaphora. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 8. Which of these describes ETHOS? A) Uses common values, famous people, or trustworthy people. B) Uses imagery that appeals to the heart. C) Uses common sense. D) Uses personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uses common values, famous people, or trustworthy people. 9. In the sentence "The world is a stage, " what figure of speech is being used? A) Anaphora. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 10. What is the figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, the whole for a part, the specific for the general, the general for the specific, or the material for the thing made from it? A) Chiasmus. B) Metonymy. C) Synecdoche. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synecdoche. 11. What can you do if you're in the batting position and not allowed to swing the bat? You guessed it, four walks. Which type of questioning method does it belong to? A) Hard questions. B) Ask a question. C) Suspense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ask a question. 12. How can readers gain a deeper appreciation for the text and its underlying meanings? A) By recognizing and interpreting allusions. B) By analyzing the structure of the text. C) By focusing on the author's use of figurative language. D) By studying the historical context of the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By recognizing and interpreting allusions. 13. What is Asyndeton? A) A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. B) A literary scheme in which one or several conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses. C) A rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form. D) The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A literary scheme in which one or several conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses. 14. The central idea in a piece of writing A) Thesis. B) Thes / thet. C) Antithesis. D) Coarctation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thesis. 15. This rhetorical technique is comparing one side of an argument to the other side. A) Comparison and Contrast. B) Cause and Effect. C) Repetition. D) Expert Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparison and Contrast. 16. False analogy A) Using an ambiguous term in more than one sense, thus making an argument misleading. B) A type of informal fallacy in which something is falsely claimed to be an either/or situation, when in fact there is at least one additional option. C) A fallacy that occurs when an analogy compares two things that are not comparable. D) Refers to the setting up of a cause-and-effect relationship when none exists. E) Occurs when the proponent uses too small of a sample size to support a sweeping generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A fallacy that occurs when an analogy compares two things that are not comparable. 17. You'll want to make gravy morning, noon, and night. A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 18. Which of the following most closely aligns with ethos? A) Emotions and beliefs. B) Credibility and trustworthiness. C) Logic and facts. D) Complexity and coherency. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Credibility and trustworthiness. 19. When the author is trying to persaude the auidence with his/her credential or credibility what Rhetorical device are their using? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 20. Repeating words at the clauses' ends A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Unconnected. D) Multi-connector. 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