This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 343 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 343 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The purpose of a rhetorical question is to: A) Make the reader think of an obvious answer. B) Make the reader feel emotion. C) Repeat a key word. D) Over exaggerate something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make the reader think of an obvious answer. 2. A short story A) REPETITION. B) ANECDOTE. C) METAPHOR. D) SIMILE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ANECDOTE. 3. The attitude of the speaker/author toward their subject. A) Tone. B) Persona. C) Requirement. D) Rhetorical Situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 4. Rock and Roll is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 5. What is the effect of polysyndeton in writing? A) To distract the reader. B) To create a feeling of singularity. C) To create a feeling of addition and emphasis. D) To confuse the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To create a feeling of addition and emphasis. 6. Food at KFC tastes better than food at McDonalds!What type of persuasive rhetoric is this? A) Inductive Argument. B) Deductive Argument. C) Logical Appeal. D) Emotional Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deductive Argument. 7. Rhetoric Triangle A) The way sentences are grammaticallyconstructed. B) The relationship between the author, the audience, the text/message, andthe context. C) The author's own personal approachto rhetoric in the piece; similar tovoice. D) Offering a brief narrative episode. Thisdevice can serve many functions in atext-for example, introducing anissue, serving as evidence, to illustratea point, and so on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The relationship between the author, the audience, the text/message, andthe context. 8. Comparing two unlike things using the words like, as, or than A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Figurative language. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. Which Rhetorical Device is shown in the following sentence: "As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results." A) Appeal to Ethos. B) Appeal to Logos. C) Appeal to Pathos. D) Appeal to Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to Ethos. 10. Attempt to convince the audience by appealing to the reputation of a famous person, but they are NOT an expert. A) False Authority. B) Logical Fallacy/Faulty Reasoning. C) Anecdote. D) Rhetorical Device. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False Authority. 11. Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independencewas not an official state document but A) Recipe. B) Manuscript. C) Argument. D) Book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Argument. 12. If you utilize these forms of persuasion into your writing; you will be more likely to influence your audience's thinking about your subject. A) Ethos and Logos. B) Logos and Pathos. C) Ethos and Pathos. D) Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. 13. What is the purpose of studying rhetoric in class? A) To study historical events. B) To learn about different languages. C) To understand the art of persuasion. D) To practice public speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To understand the art of persuasion. 14. The wooden floor groaned when we walked on it. A) PERSONIFICATION. B) SYMBOL. C) ALLUSION. D) SIMILE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PERSONIFICATION. 15. Figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated. A) Metonymy. B) Synecdoche. C) Parallelism. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 16. Appealing to your audience using logic and reasoning (data, statistics, expert opinions, facts, etc.) A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Was taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 17. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today." -Martin Luther King, Jr. "My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." -John F. Kennedy These examples show A) Parallelism. B) Repetition. C) Juxtaposition. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 18. An idea, object, or concept that repeats itself throughout a text in order to give clues to a theme or to reinforce ideas the other wants to emphasize A) Unconnected. B) Motif. C) Aphorism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motif. 19. Fallacy is the ..... A) Repeat of a claim to provide evidence. B) Argument that something is right or wrong. C) Use of invalid or faulty reasoning in an argument. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use of invalid or faulty reasoning in an argument. 20. What is the Rhetorical term for message? A) Requirement. B) Purpose. C) Reason. D) Memo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Requirement. ← 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