This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 332 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 332 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which rhetorical device is being used in the following quote:'I am Lazarus, come from the dead.'? A) Allusion. B) Anaphora. C) Antithesis. D) Aphorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 2. What is a rhetorical situation? A) A rhetorical situation refers to the use of persuasive language in a speech or piece of writing. B) A rhetorical situation refers to the emotional appeal used in a persuasive argument. C) A rhetorical situation refers to the use of rhetorical devices such as metaphors and similes in a speech or piece of writing. D) A rhetorical situation refers circumstances under which a person communicates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A rhetorical situation refers circumstances under which a person communicates. 3. "I can't go out this weekend. I have a ton of homework. Ten whole questions!" A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 4. A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word A) Pun. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Oxymoron. D) Idiom. E) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 5. Logical fallacy in which someone claims that an idea should be accepted because a large number of people favor it or believe it to be true. A) Hasty generalization. B) Bandwagon. C) Ad hominem. D) False dichotomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bandwagon. 6. Doer of the action is the subject and the receiver of the action is the direct object A) Active voice. B) Colloquial language. C) Concrete language. D) Passive voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Active voice. 7. The Center for Disease Control, an official government organization, advises everyone to get a flu vaccination. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 8. Which of the following is an example of 'periphrasis'? A) Saying 'passed away' for 'died'. B) Instead of 'pay with credit cards'. C) The expression 'to wait an eternity'. D) The quote "The pen is mightier than the sword.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saying 'passed away' for 'died'. 9. What is the following an example of:Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf's a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay. A) Appeal to emotion. B) Rhetorical question. C) Appeal to logic. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 10. "You know her-she's taught Sunday School at your church for years, babysat your children, and served as a playground director for many summers." ..... Which type of appeal is being used here? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 11. Expresses strong emotion A) Declarative. B) Imperative. C) Exclamatory. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exclamatory. 12. Pathos relates to the ..... A) Audience. B) Message/Subject. C) Speaker. D) Author. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audience. 13. My nephew is a monkey! He climbs on everything. A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Euphemism. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 14. The ideas contained in the text A) Audience. B) Speaker. C) Subject. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject. 15. An entity is referred to by one of its attributes A) Metonymy. B) Malapropism. C) Parnomasia. D) Periphrasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 16. An appeal that targets the feelings of the readers or audience are called ..... A) Appeal to ethics. B) Appeal to logic. C) Appeal to emotion. D) Appeal to shared values and beliefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal to emotion. 17. People who exercise regularly are 40% happier than those who do not. Therefore, everyone should exercise regularly! A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 18. A rhetorical device that involves using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing or speech. A) Repetition. B) Anaphora. C) Litotes. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 19. Which literary device is used when apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction? A) Oxymoron. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 20. Toothies is the number one leading toothpaste brand in the country. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. 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