This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 336 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 336 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "This award is not just for me. It is for those forgotten children who want education. It is for those frightened children who want peace. It is for those voiceless children who want change." What rhetoric tool is this? A) Appeal to audience's morals. B) Appeal to audience's feelings. C) Proving speaker's credibility. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeal to audience's feelings. 2. This term refers to an argument that appeals to the credibility of the person. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 3. Again they searched meticulously, but no keys. Where could they be? They've looked EVERYWHERE! If you did something meticulously, you would be- A) Feeling silly. B) Working very carefully. C) Trying to finish quickly. D) Trying to find something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Working very carefully. 4. What is the definition of appeals? A) Appeal to the credibility/trustworthiness of the speaker. B) Something an author uses to make the subject interesting to the reader and to grab the reader's attention. C) Appeal to logic. D) Appeal to the emotions of the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something an author uses to make the subject interesting to the reader and to grab the reader's attention. 5. She sighed, no longer able to ..... her hope. A) Sustain. B) Specter. C) Ingenious. D) Respite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sustain. 6. Images, figures, character types, settings, and story patterns that, according to the Swiss analytic psychologist Carl Jung, are universally shared by people across cultures. A) Allusion. B) Archetype. C) Idiom. D) Meiosis. E) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archetype. 7. The following sentence is an example of which rhetorical device? We stand indicted in the public opinion, rejected by men, hated by many. A) Repetition. B) Analogy. C) Parallelism. D) Restatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 8. Is a restaurant critic's review rhetorical? A) Yes. B) No. C) Only part of it. D) It depends on the newspaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 9. Why is Logos effective? A) Emotions are universal and appeal to everyone. B) If you have a trustworthy source then your information will be trustworthy too. C) Facts and evidence are indisputable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Facts and evidence are indisputable. 10. Often, the most important decision an author makes is his or her word choice. What is word choice also known as? A) Diction. B) Words. C) Foreshadowing. D) Metaphors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 11. "We must work to bind up the wounds of a suffering world-to build an abiding peace, a peace rooted in justice and in law." -Harry S. Truman A) Anaphora. B) Repetition. C) Simile. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 12. Infer A) To prevent. B) To conclude or judge by reasoning; guess. C) To recognize. D) Strict meanings or words; not metaphorical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To conclude or judge by reasoning; guess. 13. What is an example of parallel structure? A) We were told to either reduce the staff or find new customers. B) Plan ahead, it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark. C) He was good at business but his Achilles heel was gambling. D) Agnes was neither going to classes nor doing her assignments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We were told to either reduce the staff or find new customers. 14. When an idea is presented as fact without full explanation or evidence; used to make claims sound factual. A) Bias. B) Assertion. C) Exaggeration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assertion. 15. A rhetorical appeal to strong emotions, values, ideals, etc. in the audience (anecdotal evidence usually helps the audience feel emotion) A) Rhetoric. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 16. Fox uses a pathos appeal when he ..... A) Asks the Senate to increase funding by $ 75 million. B) Describes the suffering of Parkinson's patients. C) Mentions his career as a famous movie actor. D) Praises the senators for supporting medical research. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Describes the suffering of Parkinson's patients. 17. Categories of literature A) Poetry and prose. B) Figurative language. C) Genres. D) Social sciences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genres. 18. The side that argues in favor of the resolution A) Affirmative. B) Negative. C) Resolution. D) Rebuttal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affirmative. 19. A type of subject complement-a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that renames the subject in the predicate of the sentence A) Predicate nominative. B) Periodic sentence. C) Predicate adjective. D) Subordinate clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predicate nominative. 20. The triangle illustrates the process that determines persuasive communication A) Rhetoric. B) The rhetorical triangle. C) Rhetorical Appeals. D) The rhetorical situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rhetorical triangle. ← 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