This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 326 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 326 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Pick the term that matches the definition:a writer of a book, article, or report A) Speaker. B) Author. C) Purpose. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Author. 2. What are the constraints of a rhetorical situation? A) Purpose, content, genre. B) Context, purpose, genres & medium. C) None of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Context, purpose, genres & medium. 3. Begging the question A) Ploy where the arguer sidesteps questions or conflicts, evading or ignoring the question. B) Examination of the causes and/or effects of a situation or phenomenon. C) Arrangement in the order in which things occur; may move from past to present or in reverse order, from present to past. D) A use of reason in which the premises depends on or is equivalent to the conclusion, a method of false logic by which "this is used to prove that, and that is used to prove this". E) Arrangement of objects according to class. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ploy where the arguer sidesteps questions or conflicts, evading or ignoring the question. 4. Which figurative language is the following an example of? "Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred" (King). A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 5. The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea is ..... A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Repetition. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 6. "98% of climate scientists believe climate change is real." A) Strawman. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 7. Identify the dominant appeal: "If you're still unsure, please consider that my advanced degree and awards for my work speak for themselves." A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 8. What rhetorical device is often used in conjunction with rhetorical questions, hyperbole, and irony? A) Reprimand. B) Anaphora. C) Metonymy. D) Euphemism tagsSupporting details. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reprimand. 9. Showing a predisposition to one side of a topic A) Authority. B) Refutation. C) Concession. D) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bias. 10. The perspective from which the story ispresented; or from whose angle the story isbeing told. A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Diction. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Point of view. 11. Trump uses formal, complex, academic language when he speaks. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. This rhetorical technique is telling a story to provide personal evidence and to support an argument. A) Anecdote. B) Storytelling. C) Narrative. D) Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 13. What is the main characteristic of pathos? A) It appeals to emotion. B) It appeals to logic. C) It establishes credibility. D) It uses moral reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It appeals to emotion. 14. Which rhetorical situation do the following questions address?How will your audience use what you tell them?What are your own goals for the writing task? A) Purpose. B) Audience. C) Genre. D) Stance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Purpose. 15. "Have you got a brook in your little heart, where bashful flowers blow, and blushing birds go down to drink, and shadows tremble so?" A) Irony. B) Metonymy. C) Synecdoche. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 16. Story:All bicycle riders, young and old, should have the right equipment to practice bicycle safety. Bike parts such as tires and brakes must be in proper working condition.Each bicycle should have reflectors so that the rider can be seen from the front, back, and sides. A bell or horn can help prevent accidents, too. Bicycle riders should always wear a helmet to protect their head from an accident. What is the main idea? A) Bicycle riders need to know hand signals. B) Bicycle riders need to get reflectors. C) Bicycle riders need the right equipment to practice bicycle safety. D) Bicycle riders should always wear a helmet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bicycle riders need the right equipment to practice bicycle safety. 17. Persuasive Techniques Expert Opinion: A) Professional that knows what their talking about. B) Gives people a visual. C) Comparing the product to different products. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Professional that knows what their talking about. 18. The structure for all arguments is claim, reason, warrant. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. This restates the argument rather than actually proving it A) To Man. B) To the people. C) Begging the Claim/Question. D) Circular Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circular Reasoning. 20. What is the Latin name for division in the six parts of classical rhetoric? A) Partition. B) Petition. C) Partition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Partition. ← 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