This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 322 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 322 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Aristotle suggested that ethos contain A) Goodwill, Dynamism, Knowledge. B) B Goodwill, Humor, Passion. C) C Knowledge, Music, Hand movement. D) D Dynamism, Poetry, Humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goodwill, Dynamism, Knowledge. 2. Writer/speaker establishes credibility, authority, moral character to help persuade. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Orthos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 3. Global warming affects humans, the environment, and is scary A) Parallel. B) Not parallel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not parallel. 4. What is this an example of?The cupcake is calling my name. A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 5. Alters or intensifies meaning A) Anaphora. B) Antithesis. C) Modifier. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modifier. 6. Use of a word that applies to multiple words in a sentence in different ways. A) Antithesis. B) Rhetorical question. C) Irony. D) Zeugma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zeugma. 7. Poor study habits ..... many poor grades. A) Causes. B) Cause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cause. 8. Determine the rhetorical device in this sentence: "He's a tall giant." A) Zeugma. B) Tautology. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. E) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tautology. 9. "The Heart wants what it wants-or else it does not care" (Emily Dickinson) A) Allusion. B) Epistrophe. C) Parallelism. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 10. A ..... person might say, "I will be taking off 10 points for poor spelling and grammar!" A) Multi-connector. B) Rhetoric. C) Pedantic. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pedantic. 11. Match the technique to the appropriate appeal:emotional visuals A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 12. The belief in popular opinion, leading one to believe that a proposition is true merely because it is popular is called- A) Bandwagon. B) Hasty Generalization. C) Propaganda. D) False dilemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bandwagon. 13. The people that the piece of media is trying to reach is called ..... A) The message. B) The actual audience. C) The speaker. D) The intended audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The intended audience. 14. What is supporting evidence? A) Statement that goes against the author's claim. B) Facts or data that backs up the author's claim. C) Statement that something is true and correct. D) Statement that explains why the claim was made. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Facts or data that backs up the author's claim. 15. What is an example of symbolism? A) A lion representing fear. B) A rose representing growth. C) A dove representing peace. D) A tree representing grass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A dove representing peace. 16. Who can we credit with his groundbreaking work in the field of rhetoric? A) Aristotle. B) Hercules. C) Sophocles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotle. 17. What does politikos mean? A) Politics. B) Democracy. C) Public. D) Of, for, or relating to citizens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Of, for, or relating to citizens. 18. I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work, The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck, The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands, The wood-cutter's song, the ploughboy's on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown, The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing, Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else, The day what belongs to the day-at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.What literary device is Whitman utilizing in this poem? A) Inversion. B) Parallelism. C) Syllogism. D) Elliptical structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 19. Pleasant or harmonious sounds A) Euphonious. B) Cacophonous. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphonious. 20. The speaker creates an effect achieved by placing several words in close proximity containing the same letter sounds. A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. ← 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