This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 341 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 341 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why is the refutation and concession section important in an argumentative essay? A) To summarize the main points of the essay. B) To provide background information on the topic. C) To anticipate and address potential opposition and objections. D) To conclude the essay with a strong closing statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To anticipate and address potential opposition and objections. 2. Choosing to write cruel instead of mean is an example of a writer being deliberate about this A) Diction. B) Syntax. C) Symbolism. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 3. An argument based on facts, evidence, or reasons A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 4. The techniques of using language in order to persuade your audience. A) Refuting a Claim. B) Rhetoric. C) Research Results. D) Rhetorical Devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical Devices. 5. The use of loaded language in a text may be a sign that the author is attempting to utilize which rhetorical appeal? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 6. What would be the correct rebuttal here?Claim:School should be year-longCounterclaim-but students need a break to rejuvenate A) While it's easy to think that school should be year-round. students need a break to rejuvinate. B) While it is easy to think that students may need a break from school to rejuvenate, school should be all year so students can make the most of their learning. C) Breaks are important for mental health and well-being. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While it is easy to think that students may need a break from school to rejuvenate, school should be all year so students can make the most of their learning. 7. Repeating the exact same words at the end of a sentence or clause at least 3 times. A) Anaphora. B) Folding. C) Epistrophe. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epistrophe. 8. A sentence that including multiple dependent clauses following a singular independent clause A) Periodic sentence. B) Loose sentence. C) Predicate adjective. D) Predicate nominative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loose sentence. 9. A particular form of understatement, generated by denying the opposite of the statement which otherwise would be used. A) Hyperbole. B) Inductive reasoning. C) Litotes. D) Meiosis. E) Missing the point. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Litotes. 10. The third mode of persuasion identified by Aristotle; it relies on logical reasoning, evidence, and rational arguments to persuade. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 11. "We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ..... " Patrick Henry A) Anaphora. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 12. "O Wind, / If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" A) Metonymy. B) Pathetic Fallacy. C) Elegy. D) Colloquialism. E) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Rhetorical Question. 13. Which word best matches the following definition:Appealing to emotion to persuade. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 14. When someone twists or oversimplifies the opponents argument into something weaker. A) Scarecrow. B) Straw Man. C) Correlation does not equal causation. D) To Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Straw Man. 15. The art of speaking, writing, and communicating in order to persuade/argue effectively is known as ..... A) Rhetoric. B) Call to Action. C) Anecdote. D) Reliable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetoric. 16. How do we define a "red herring" logical fallacy? A) It is diverting attention away from the issue by introducing a new point. B) It is attacking the person and not the argument. C) It is a "black or white" way of thinking where everything is in absolutes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is diverting attention away from the issue by introducing a new point. 17. Which of the following is not a rhetorical device A) Repetition. B) Anaphora. C) Verb. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 18. Which one of these are pathos A) None of these. B) Example:Any use of slang or dialect to better connect with the audience. C) Example:Someone who has authority. D) Example:Your donation might just get this puppy off the street and into a good home. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Example:Your donation might just get this puppy off the street and into a good home. 19. Q:When a speaker influences the emotions of the audience in order to persuade them, they are using ..... A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Alliteration . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 20. Kairos is about persuading people by doing things ..... A) At the right time. B) In the right place. C) With the right people. D) With the right attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the right time. ← 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