This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 337 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 337 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which rhetorical device is the following an example of? "It is an outrage that the school wants to remove the vending machines. This is taking our freedom away!" A) Sweeping Generalizations. B) Direct Address. C) Rhetorical Questions. D) Loaded Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loaded Language. 2. A mild or pleasant word meant to substitute something that is offensive or unpleasant A) Euphemism. B) False Analogy. C) Hyperbole. D) Jargon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 3. When you have an underlying belief that you make without proof, something taken for grated, that is called ..... A) An assumption. B) A purpose. C) A tone. D) Being the Imposter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An assumption. 4. An argument that contradicts (against) the writer's main argument. A) Claim. B) Opposing Claim. C) Bandwagon. D) Intended Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opposing Claim. 5. "Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated." -Malala Yousafzai, 'Address to the United Nations Youth Assembly, ' July 20, 2013. This quote contains an example of ..... : A) Sibilance. B) Anaphora. C) Metaphor. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 6. Thinking rhetorically is useful in just about any communication context, whether you're reading, writing, speaking, or listening. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. "We all know how loud she can get at basketball games." A) Audience involvement. B) Personal involvement. C) Alliteration. D) Expert opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audience involvement. 8. The emotional attitude that's experienced by the reader or audience: A) Mood. B) Motif. C) Tone. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 9. What is the art of speaking and writing persuasively? A) Parallelism. B) Rhetoric. C) Rhetorical device. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetoric. 10. "Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master." ~Christian Lous Lange~ The main rhetorical appeal that is used here to present this message is ..... A) Ethos because he is the president of the USA. B) Logos because the creator wants the audience to understand the facts and statistics that help inform the situation. C) Pathos because the creator wants the audience to be friendly. D) Pathos because the creator wants the audience to be afraid of how technology can become scary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos because the creator wants the audience to be afraid of how technology can become scary. 11. What type of irony is this?A couple appears in court to finalize a divorce, but during the proceeding, they reconcile and decide to remarry instead. A) Situational. B) Dramatic. C) Verbal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational. 12. A rhetorical appeal to the audience's emotions; often created using personal anecdotes and loaded language A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Rhetorical appeals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 13. Who could vote in the first democracy? A) Citizens. B) Everyone. C) Adults. D) Women. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Citizens. 14. This refers to a short and interesting story (often personal, but not always) you might use to support a point you are making. A) Anecdote. B) Jargon. C) Allusion. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 15. Kobe Bryant writes Dear Basketball as his announcement that the 2015-16 season would be his last. What is the CONTEXT of his letter? A) A Bryant announcing his retirement. B) B Bryant is one of the greatest players of all time, holds multiple records, Bryant suffered injuries previous seasons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B Bryant is one of the greatest players of all time, holds multiple records, Bryant suffered injuries previous seasons. 16. What was Douglass' purpose for writing an autobiography? A) To be a document for future historians to look at and have an enslaved person's perspective on the American Civil War. B) To make enough money to buy freedom for himself, his wife, and their 2 children. C) To reveal the horrors of slavery to turn public opinion against it. D) To juxtapose benevolent masters with the cruel ones to show slave owners how to treat their slaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To reveal the horrors of slavery to turn public opinion against it. 17. What is the definition of politics? A) The art or science of democracy. B) The art or science of influencing people's beliefs on a civic or individual level. C) The art of persuasion. D) The science of persuasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The art or science of influencing people's beliefs on a civic or individual level. 18. A word associated with something is used to refer to the thing itself. Ex: "White House" referring to the President or "a bunch of suits" meaning businesspeople A) Synecdoche. B) Metonymy. C) Unconnected. D) Multi-connector. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 19. A device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. A) Antithesis. B) Anecdote. C) Anaphora. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antithesis. 20. Rhetoric can appear in A) Magazines. B) Political Speeches. C) Articles. D) All of the above. 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