This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 331 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 331 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight n France. We shall fight on the seas and oceans." This is an example of ..... A) A simile. B) Personification. C) Parallelism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 2. Praising the audience to make them more likely to accept your opinion A) Irony. B) Flattery. C) Name-calling. D) Last resort. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flattery. 3. Define Rhetorical appeals A) ETHOS-(character) LOGOS-(reason) PATHOS-(emotion). B) S = Subject O = Occasion A = Audience P = Purpose S = Speaker T(one) = Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ETHOS-(character) LOGOS-(reason) PATHOS-(emotion). 4. The use of disparaging or abusive names to attack those who oppose the speaker or writer A) Name-calling. B) Rhetorical question. C) Concession. D) Appeal to pride. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Name-calling. 5. What does ethos refer to in the context of persuasion? A) Credibility. B) Emotion. C) Logic. D) Morality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Credibility. 6. Figure of addition and emphasis which intentionally employs a series of conjunctions(and, or, but, for, nor, so, yet) not normally found in successive words, phrases, or clauses. A) Multi-connector. B) Personification. C) Syntax. D) Expletive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multi-connector. 7. Which sentence is parallel? A) Our new puppy is both friendly and has lots of energy. B) Our new puppy is both friendly and energetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Our new puppy is both friendly and energetic. 8. According to Fox, there is hope for Parkinson's patients because ..... A) They can use many techniques to mask their symptoms. B) Many celebrities are supporting the cause. C) The disease gets more funding than other neurological disorders. D) Scientists believe a cure is possible if enough funding is available. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scientists believe a cure is possible if enough funding is available. 9. What is this an example of:Even though she is caring and patient, she is sometimes treated like the Cinderella of the family. A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 10. I should do well on the test. I've been studying. A) The evidence is "I should do well". B) The evidence is "I've been studying". C) There is no evidence; it's not an argument. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The evidence is "I've been studying". 11. What does the Greek word "ethos" mean? A) Emotions. B) Logic. C) Credibility. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Credibility. 12. For many young women, wearing the hijab (Islamic head covering) shows that they are attached to their culture, proud of their religion, and secure in their identity. A) Oxymoron. B) Parallelism. C) Anaphora. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 13. Presents your topic to the reader and indicates how you will interpret the significance of the subject matter discussed A) Antithesis. B) Syntax. C) Evidence. D) Thesis statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thesis statement. 14. The importance of providing evidence is to provide ..... for your claim A) Captions. B) Connections. C) Candescent opposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connections. 15. What is the Rhetorical term for Listener? A) Crowd. B) People. C) Audience. D) Rabble. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audience. 16. "Mommy I want to go home now because the cat has scratched me!" The speaker's ..... is to communicate that she is in danger. A) Voice. B) Purpose. C) Audience. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purpose. 17. Parallel structure:Satellites give us plenty of information about human activities, and the knowledge that they add about birds is a lot as well. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. All sound arguments must be logical. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." A) Parallelism. B) Apposition. C) Unrelated. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 20. Research, surveys, statistics, charts or diagrams, definitions, and examples would support which rhetorical appeal? A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. ← 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