This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 346 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 346 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Nearly 25% of all car accidents are caused by drivers using cell phones while driving.What type of rhetorical appeal does this make? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 2. Comparing by saying one thing is to another A) Sophistry. B) Metaphor. C) Delivery. D) Sophists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. Logical fallacy in which partway through an argument, the arguer goes off on a tangent, raising a side issue that distracts the audience from what the topic really is A) Slippery slope. B) Ad hominem. C) Red herring. D) Post hoc. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red herring. 4. Form of repetition in which a grammatical pattern is repeated A) Appeal. B) Rhetorical question. C) Repetition. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 5. Just because you acknowledge and respect a person's viewpoint does NOT mean you have to agree with it A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 6. Recurrence of initialconsonant soundsA snake slithered silently inthe moonlight. A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 7. Attacking the person making the argument rather than the argument itself. (a) A) A Ad hominem. B) Appeal to authority. C) Appeal to emotion. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Ad hominem. 8. When listening to a speech about a product, the announcer states, "This product is especially appealing to simple people just like you and me." This is an example of which propaganda technique? A) Snob Appeal. B) Plain Folks. C) Testimonial. D) Badwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plain Folks. 9. When I was in high school, I was on the track team. We traveled all over the country for competitions. A) ANECDOTE. B) SYMBOL. C) ALLUSION. D) SIMILE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ANECDOTE. 10. Seizure of private property A) Confiscation. B) Fraudulent. C) Subsequently. D) Sloth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confiscation. 11. Suggesting that association with a person or product can make you special A) False Analogy. B) Snob Appeal. C) Hasty Generalization. D) Circular Reasoning/ Begging the Question (Unsupported Assertion). E) Appeal to Fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Snob Appeal. 12. 99% of students at Plainfield East love English class.Using this statistic is an example of using A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 13. Using excessive, untrue, or insincere praise in an attempt to ingratiate oneself with the audience, and therefore make them more likely to accept your opinion A) Imagery. B) Flattery. C) Metonymy. D) Last resort. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flattery. 14. Children are dying of cancer, please send a check or money order to the American Cancer Society A) Logos. B) Bogos. C) Ethos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos. 15. Using phrasing that is grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter. A) Litotes. B) Oxymoron. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 16. Ways of writing, such as irony, sentence structure, repetition, allusion, figurative language, etc that impact the reader and contribute to purpose. A) Speaker. B) Audience. C) Requirement. D) Choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Choices. 17. The time and location that a speech is given. A) Tone. B) Setting. C) Occasion. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occasion. 18. When an argument presents a conclusion that is unrelated it is A) A rhetorical question. B) An irrelevant conclusion. C) CRAAP Test. D) Subjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An irrelevant conclusion. 19. A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. Often has a comic effect; however, a serious effect is also possible. Often, this figure of speech produces irony. A) Hyperbole. B) Understatement. C) Apostrophe. D) Hypertension. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 20. What is the term we use in non-fiction writing, especially persuasive writing, to describe an author's opinion? A) Claim. B) Evidence. C) Support. D) Text structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claim. ← 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