This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 348 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 348 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the primary form(s) of rhetoric used in the speech? A) Pathos and logos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos and logos. 2. Which of the following MUST I include in my essay? A) A thesis that states a strong position. B) Specific Evidence. C) Counterargument. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them. 3. In what century did William Wallace start the rebellion against the English king? A) 11th century. B) 12th century. C) 13th century. D) 14th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 13th century. 4. Supporting details must..... A) Support the claim or main idea. B) Be entertaining. C) Use pathos. D) Use strong diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Support the claim or main idea. 5. Jane Goodall spent years in the the Gombe forest in Africa living with and becoming an expert on chimpanzees. Her knowledge of chimps surpasses anyone else. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 6. For one thing, lack of exposure to natural light has a significant impact on employees' health. A study conducted in 2013 by Northwestern University in Chicago showed that inadequate natural light could result in eye strain, headaches, and fatigue, as well as interference with the body's circadian rhythms. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.Workers in offices with windows sleep an average of 46 minutes more per night than workers in offices without windows.Should the writer make this addition here? A) Yes, because it supplies quantitative data that will be examined in the rest of the paragraph. B) Yes, because it explains the nature of the bodily functions referred to in the next sentence. C) No, because it interrupts the discussion of circadian rhythms. D) No, because it does not take into account whether workers were exposed to sunlight outside the office. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, because it interrupts the discussion of circadian rhythms. 7. Author's specific choice of words A) Diction. B) Tone. C) Paradox. D) Imagery. E) Archetype. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 8. The veterinarian says that a Chihuahua dog will be the perfect dog for our family. Is this a(an): A) Logical Appeal-Logos. B) Emotional Appeal-Pathos. C) Ethical Appeal-Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotional Appeal-Pathos. 9. The purpose of a text is ..... A) What the speaker wants the audience to do. B) The goal of the audience for the text. C) What the speaker believes. D) What the speaker thinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What the speaker wants the audience to do. 10. Type of Appeal:Nearly 25% of all car accidents are caused by drivers using cell phones while driving. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 11. Which type of rhetorical appeal is used in the following sentence: "One glass of Florida orange juice contains 75% of your Vitamin C needs." A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 12. In "A Modest Proposal" what does Swift propose doing to solve the poverty in Ireland? A) Sell children into slavery. B) Ship the Catholic children to England. C) Slaughter children of the poor for food. D) Train poor children for the English army. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slaughter children of the poor for food. 13. If I eat this donut today, I'll probably do it again tomorrow and the next day, and then I'll never be able to eat healthy again. A) False Authority. B) Hasty Generalization. C) Slippery Slope. D) Appeal to Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slippery Slope. 14. What rhetorical device is a statement that seems contradictory but, nonetheless, expresses some sort of truth? A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 15. What is the rhetorical device used in the sentence:'I've told you a million times to clean your room!'? A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 16. Which enslaved people were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation? A) Only the enslaved people in the 4 Union slave states. B) All enslaved people in both the North and South. C) Only the enslaved people in the Confederacy (but the Confederacy didn't recognize his authority, so really no slaves). D) Mixed race enslaved people (but only if you could prove you were at least 1/4 white). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only the enslaved people in the Confederacy (but the Confederacy didn't recognize his authority, so really no slaves). 17. Non-human objects or ideas are given human qualities A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Juxtaposition. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 18. An oral, public address or talk. A) Speech. B) Claim. C) Sub-claim. D) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speech. 19. What are the 3 main possible purposes behind a text? A) To Persuade, Inform, and Entertain. B) To Question, Inform, and Persuade. C) To Simplify, Entertain, and spark conversation. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To Persuade, Inform, and Entertain. 20. What is Hortative Sentence? A) Describes language that moves, for meaning or effect, beyond standard or literalmeaning. B) Sentence that exhorts, advises, calls to action. C) A picture made with words although images may also appeal to touch, hearing, and taste. D) Sentence used to command, enjoin, implore, or entreat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence that exhorts, advises, calls to action. ← 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