This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 316 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 316 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It was so cold outside I saw polar bears wearing jackets! A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 2. "A Modest Proposal" is a famous example of? A) Rhetorical choice. B) Didactic teaching. C) Satirical commentary. D) Respectful homage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satirical commentary. 3. What did Martin Luther King Jr. advocate for? A) Nonviolent resistance. B) Violent protest. C) Racial segregation. D) The Vietnam War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonviolent resistance. 4. How much did the McDonald brother ask for to sell their company? A) 5 Million Dollars. B) 10 Million Dollars. C) 2.7 Million Dollars plus 1% property perpetuity. D) 2 Million Dollars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2.7 Million Dollars plus 1% property perpetuity. 5. What is the purpose of pathos in persuasive writing or speeches? A) To evoke emotions in the audience. B) To establish credibility and trustworthiness. C) To use logic and reasoning to persuade. D) To create a memorable impression on customers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To evoke emotions in the audience. 6. And you are still not mature enough to tell it like it is. A) Loaded language. B) Personal pronouns. C) Euphemism. D) Synthetic personalisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loaded language. 7. Rhetorical appeal:provides credibility or trust A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 8. We traveled out east to avoid the Michigan cold and drove right into a surprise snow storm out east. A) Irony. B) Not irony, just unfortunate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 9. "I have a dream that my four little children will [ ..... ] I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia [ ..... ] I have a dream today!"What type of persuasive rhetoric is this? A) Parallelism. B) Aphorism. C) Repetition. D) Inductive Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 10. What is the speed or tempo of an author's writing A) Pacing. B) Juxtaposition. C) Syntax. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacing. 11. What are common ways to spot an argumentative writing A) Contains claims and counterclaims. B) Contains evidence. C) Contains reasoning and logic. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. My friend, who has a PhD in nutritional science, says that we should eat fewer carbohydrates. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 13. What is literally meant by a "rhetorical analysis" essay? A) Read and annotate a persuasive text. B) Breaking an effective persuasive text into parts. C) Being able to identify rhetorical strategies. D) Creating a 2.4 essay to analyze the writer's theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breaking an effective persuasive text into parts. 14. The use of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases similar in length and parallel in structure A) Chiasmus. B) Tricolon. C) Isocolon. D) Tetracolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isocolon. 15. "This morning I looked out my window at a beautiful garden below-the green grass, streams and trees" This is an example of ..... A) Appeal to pathos. B) Appeal to ethos. C) Figurative language. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 16. Rhetorical device that repeats the exact same word or phrase A) Amplification. B) Parallelism. C) Anaphora. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 17. Recognize the rhetorical device in this sentence: "She's not the sharpest tool in the shed." A) Hypallage. B) Hyperbaton. C) Epigram. D) Periphrasis. E) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periphrasis. 18. Intentional and extreme exaggeration A) Enumeration. B) Concession. C) Paradox. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 19. An argument made personally against an opponent instead of against the argument. A) Bandwagon. B) To Man. C) Circular Argument. D) Red Herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To Man. 20. What is the effect of a periodic sentence? A) To distract the reader. B) To add emphasis and structural variety. C) To confuse the reader. D) To make the sentence weaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To add emphasis and structural variety. ← 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