This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 352 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 352 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the word toil mean? A) To give up. B) To show effort. C) To work extremely hard. D) To survive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To work extremely hard. 2. A type of metaphor where a part is used to represent a whole Example:I have four mouths to feed at home A) Metonymy. B) Understatement. C) Synecdoche. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synecdoche. 3. A disaster is A) A finished product. B) A total failure. C) A kind of cheese. D) A change for the better. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A total failure. 4. What is Colloquialism? A) Not the thing or idea the word stands for (denotation), but the attitudes, feelings andemotions aroused by the word. B) Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words. It creates an emotionalfeeling of "building up" and that there is more to follow. C) Language which occurs more often in speech than in writing. D) Establishes a clear, contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together orjuxtaposing them, often in parallel structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Language which occurs more often in speech than in writing. 5. The receiver of the action is the subject and the verb contains some form of to be as a helper and a participle; the doer of the action is the object A) Passive voice. B) Active voice. C) Pedantic language. D) Polysyllabic language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Passive voice. 6. "Don't you surrender! Suffering breeds character; character breeds faith; in the end faith will not disappoint. You must not surrender ..... " (Jesse Jackson). A) Folding. B) Anaphora. C) Epistrophe. D) Chiasmus. E) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Folding. 7. To build credibility you should look for A) Respected people in the field of discussion. B) The highest quantity of information. C) Internet support. D) Media and commentary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respected people in the field of discussion. 8. What rhetorical device involves presenting something as less important or serious than it actually is? A) Oxymoron. B) Understatement. C) Eulogy. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement. 9. Imagine you're a detective in the world of debates. Can you identify the type of argument that uses emotional appeals and personal stories to win over the audience? A) Rhetoric. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos. 10. Unfortunately, this cottage cheese will have to be thrown away.Sentence or Fragment? A) Sentence. B) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence. 11. Bailey, Gerry, Chris Scalf, and Gabe McIntosh. Spinosaurus. New York:Crabtree Pub., 2011. Print. In this citation, who is the publisher? A) 2011. B) Chris Scalf. C) New York. D) Crabtree Pub. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crabtree Pub. 12. Imagine Olivia, Isla, and Hannah are having a debate. They are focusing on three main aspects of the rhetorical triangle. Can you guess what these aspects are? A) Author, audience, and text. B) Logos, ethos, and pathos. C) Reason, credibility, and emotion. D) Persuasion, analysis, and structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Author, audience, and text. 13. Melissa looked, shook her curls, turned away. A) Apophasis. B) Anaphora. C) Alliteration. D) Unrelated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unrelated. 14. Imagine Abigail, Aiden, and Michael are in a debate club. If Abigail takes on a specific role to deliver a particular message, what is this called in rhetoric? A) The role the speaker adopts for a particular message. B) The credibility of the speaker. C) The core idea or main point that a speaker is trying to communicate. D) The attitude that is conveyed by a speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The role the speaker adopts for a particular message. 15. How a word makes you feel A) Diction. B) Denotation. C) Connotation. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connotation. 16. The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences. Which type of repetition is this? A) Anaphora. B) Folding. C) Multi-connectors. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epistrophe. 17. Who or what is best described as the ideas being communicated? A) Speaker. B) Audience. C) Message. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Message. 18. "As I stood in the field, the grass whispering its shy music." A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 19. Which of the following examples is NOT an example of synecdoche? A) Boots on the ground. B) Ask for her hand. C) The White House. D) The crown. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The crown. 20. This appeal usually represents the speaker or writer. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. ← 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