This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 327 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 327 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is an appeal to authority and credibility. A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 2. What is the correct pattern of Passive Voice? A) Doer$\rightarrow$ Action$\rightarrow$ Receiver. B) Receiver$\rightarrow$ Action (By Doer). C) Action$\rightarrow$ Doer$\rightarrow$ Receiver. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receiver$\rightarrow$ Action (By Doer). 3. This refers to the use of words that are similar in sound, structure, or meaning. For example, "To err is human; to forgive is divine" (Alexander Pope). A) Parallelism. B) Litotes. C) Syntax. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 4. The presentation of something as being smaller or less important than it actually is A) Understatement. B) Audience. C) Credibility. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understatement. 5. Which is an example of ethos? A) Homelessness amongst children has risen 25% in this country in the past decade. B) "Doctors all over the world recommend this type of treatment.". C) We must pass this bill or else all of the starving country in this nation will. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Doctors all over the world recommend this type of treatment.". 6. Which rhetorical appeal appeals to the audience's logic and reasoning? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 7. Intend for the word or words to have a meaning that is different than the literal meaning A) Trope. B) Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trope. 8. Charts and Graphs A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 9. What is the audience? A) The people watching or listening to a speech. B) Arguing about politics morals. C) Arguing in a court of law. D) Testifying at public ceremonies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The people watching or listening to a speech. 10. In rhetorical analysis, your job is to evaluate how authors use language to create arguments and accomplish a purpose, not necessarily to evaluate the merits of their arguments. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Pick the term that matches the definition:the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing A) Rhetoric. B) Speaker. C) Purpose. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetoric. 12. In the line below, what kind of technique is the author using to create his/her style? "So far, so good. On duty at 10 o'clock ..... a few words about the ice problem with Lookout Reginald Lee, who shared the same watch ..... a few more words about the cold ..... but mostly just silence, as the two stared into the darkness." A) Sentence length and punctuation. B) Imagery and tone. C) Point of view and voice. D) Word choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence length and punctuation. 13. In an opinion essay, the argument that the writer acknowledges as the opposition. A) Rebuttal. B) Argument. C) Claim. D) Counterargument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Counterargument. 14. What figurative language can be identified in the following quote to help Hamilton convince his audience of his worthiness. "I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal Tryin' to reach my goal, my power of speech:unimpeachable" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. What literary device is MOST used throughout the speech? A) Allusion. B) Repetition. C) Paradox. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 16. When an inference or conclusion is drawn on the basis of insufficient evidence A) Slippery slope. B) Hasty generalization. C) Either-or-fallacy. D) Bandwagon appeal. E) To man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hasty generalization. 17. Figure of addition and emphasis which intentionally employs a series of conjunctions (FANBOYS:for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) not normally found in successive words, phrases or clauses; the deliberate and excessive use of conjunctions in successive words or clauses. A) Multi-connector. B) Unrelated. C) Asyndeton. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multi-connector. 18. Which of following is imagery A) The blue sky filled with cotton white clouds. B) A quote from a speech. C) My dad " kicked the bucket last year ". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The blue sky filled with cotton white clouds. 19. Choose A, B, C, D A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 20. What is the effect of Lincoln's allusion to the Declaration of Independence in the opening paragraph of the Gettysburg Address? A) It reminds the audience of their common origin as one nation & the values of liberty the Founding Fathers had. B) It shows the hypocrisy of the Confederacy and shows the Union to be morally superior. C) It juxtaposes the peace of founding America with the current violence of the Civil War and shows how destructive the Confederacy is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It reminds the audience of their common origin as one nation & the values of liberty the Founding Fathers had. ← 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