This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 323 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 323 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Short, simple story that teaches a religious or moral lesson A) Parable. B) Homily. C) Essay. D) Diary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parable. 2. What do you call a persuasive appeal using logic? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 3. Most toddlers are messy eaters. This statement is a A) Fact. B) Opinion. C) Generalization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Generalization. 4. "But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. A) Anaphora. B) Parallelism. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 5. A loose sentence A) Main idea or clause comes first, followed by dependent clauses and phrases. B) Main idea or clause comes last, preceded by dependent clauses and phrases. C) Main idea is broken up and repeated throughout sentence. D) Two dependent clauses followed by a main clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main idea or clause comes first, followed by dependent clauses and phrases. 6. First, find the 'App Store' icon and tap it to access the store. You can either browser the 'New' and 'What's hot' categories to find an app you like the look of. Alternatively, use the Search button at the bottom left of the screen to look for specific apps. Next, the App Store will display a list of matching apps. Simply tap an app to see a further description of it. You can then tap the 'buy' or 'free button' which is displayed on the right-hand side of the app description screen to download it. Finally you'll be prompted to enter your iTunes password Click OK and you'll automatically leave the app store. A) Cause and effect. B) Anecdote. C) Problem/solution. D) Compare/contrast. E) Order/sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Order/sequence. 7. Identify the rhetorical device:If you have nothing nice to say then don't say anything at all. A) Simile. B) Vernacular. C) Anecdote. D) Adage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adage. 8. To identify this rhetorical device, look for the speaker/writer to use meaningful language that has emotional tones and shares emotion-evoking examples and stories of emotional events. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 9. Define Cliche A) Equal or similar grammatical elements used side by side or in succession. B) The use of language for persuasion. C) A saying, image, or idea which has been used so much that it sounds terribly uncreative. D) That which comes before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A saying, image, or idea which has been used so much that it sounds terribly uncreative. 10. Who founded rhetoric? A) Fred Hampton. B) Malcolm X. C) Aristotle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aristotle. 11. Figure of omission in which normally occurring conjunctions (and, or, but, for, nor, so, yet) are intentionally omitted in successive phrases, or causes. A) Alliteration. B) Paradox. C) Expletive. D) Unconnected. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unconnected. 12. Arguments in which the speaker attempts to persuade the listener through the use of deductive reasoning and logic ..... Example:Providing statistics and examples A) Mentos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logos. 13. Which type of rhetoric is primarily being used in the advertisement? A) Pathos. B) Thanos. C) Ethos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 14. A self-contradictory statement that can actually be true A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 15. The book was written entirely in diary format. What rhetorical term best describes this choice. A) Syntax. B) Imagery. C) Diction. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syntax. 16. What month will infant flesh be so plentiful? A) January. B) February. C) March. D) April. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) March. 17. A technique by which the writer or speaker anticipates objections his audience may have to his argument and points out the error in their objections (see correction of erroneous views) A) Anticipation of objection. B) Bandwagon. C) Conceit. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anticipation of objection. 18. "Chocolate cake is my Achilles heel" is an example of A) Allusion. B) Illusion. C) Figurative language. D) Charged words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 19. What is the purpose of transition words such as "first, " "second, " and "third" in a piece of persuasive writing? A) They signal that the speaker has many points to discuss. B) They help the speaker to logically organize her claims. C) They demonstrate the speaker's credibility as an expert. D) They signal that the speaker will present the opposing view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They help the speaker to logically organize her claims. 20. Which of the following is a synonym for chronicle? A) Compact. B) Story. C) Salute. D) Sneer. 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