This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 347 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 347 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. .....means to say an artistic creation, according to all the rules of rhetoric, avoiding only gesticulation! A) Recitation. B) Joke. C) Recitation. D) Storytelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recitation. 2. Which Rhetorical Device is shown in the following sentence: "The pen is mightier than the sword." A) Metonymy. B) Synecdoche. C) Unconnected. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 3. "When a vulture flies he takes carrion luggage" contains a(n) ..... A) Multi-connectors. B) Colloquialism. C) Pun. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 4. Choose the correct term for the following definition:A question that is asked for effect or one for which the answer is obvious. A) Rhetorical context. B) Rhetorical question. C) Rhetorical devices. D) Rhetoric. E) Rhetorical appeals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical question. 5. "Love is like war:easy to begin but very hard to stop." A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Direct address. D) Folding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. The flying insect was a nuisance.What is the participle? A) Insect. B) Flying. C) Nuisance. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flying. 7. Rhetorical devices and appeals are primarily used to ..... A) Inform. B) Persuade. C) Entertain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persuade. 8. - "Leaping lizards like licking luscious leaves."- "I have heard how hedgehogs hog the hedge."These are examples of which rhetorical device? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 9. Making a concession in an argument is effective because it shows that the writer A) Uses clear, rational ideas. B) Understands a viewpoint other than their own. C) Ignores ideas that run counter to their own. D) Provides a balance of ethos, pathos, logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understands a viewpoint other than their own. 10. What device is used in the following example: "Is it really necessary to ban the creative and powerful tool of books just to avoid some uncomfortable language? A) Metaphor. B) Rhetorical question. C) Loaded language. D) Appeal to authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical question. 11. A variety of speech with particular grammar or pronunciation, from a particular region. A) Language. B) Dialect. C) Dialogue. D) Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialect. 12. Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis. This can be a sound/word/idea repeated in one sentence, back to back sentences, or throughout the speech/writing. Ex.-Martin Luther King Jr. repeats the phrase "I have a dream" throughout his famous speech. A) Parallelism. B) Restatement. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 13. " ..... signed the Emancipation Proclamation ..... " A) Ethos. B) Metonymy. C) Alliteration. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 14. What is the role of ethos in establishing trust with an audience? A) To evoke emotions in the audience. B) To establish credibility and trustworthiness. C) To use logic and reasoning to persuade. D) To create a memorable impression on customers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To establish credibility and trustworthiness. 15. "The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition." is an example of A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Procatlepsis. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 16. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses is called ..... A) Anaphora. B) Alliteration. C) Antithesis. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 17. "Hope for the best; prepare for the worst" is an example of A) Figurative language. B) Charged words. C) Metonymy. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 18. What is the purpose of antithesis in everyday expressions and proverbs? A) To create confusion and contradiction. B) To encourage people to embrace adversity. C) To discourage people from finding inspiration in adversity. D) To highlight the negative aspects of adversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To encourage people to embrace adversity. 19. What is the first (1) sentence's purpose? A) Author's support of thesis/ central idea (discuss rhetorical supports). B) Author's intended audience. C) Author name, genre, title, theme/ central idea. D) Purpose/ motive:why the author is writing this . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Author name, genre, title, theme/ central idea. 20. Which Logical Fallacy implies that because something is popular, that makes it right/valid. A) Slippery Slope. B) False Authority. C) Hasty Generalization. D) Bandwagon. 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