This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 354 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 354 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which logical fallacy attacks the person instead of the argument or the ideas? A) Bandwagon. B) Slippery Slope. C) To Man. D) Hasty Generalizaiton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To Man. 2. A mocking remark directed toward someone in order to demonstrate foolishness; may be said harshly and bitterly, or in a light, jesting tone. (It may include verbal irony, but it doesn't have to.) A) Unconnected. B) Sarcasm. C) Symbolism. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sarcasm. 3. What is the definition of mythos? A) A type of poetry or song. B) A collection of historical facts and events. C) Appeals to an audience beliefs, values, culture, and traditions. D) A fictional story with magical or supernatural elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeals to an audience beliefs, values, culture, and traditions. 4. They say he's closed the eyes of many a man and opened the eyes of many a woman. A) Anaphora. B) Assonance. C) Antithesis. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 5. PLAGIARISM A) "Style.". B) Cheating by stealing someone else's words or ideas without giving credit. C) Any piece of writing, not just a textbook. D) Statement of Facts. Telling the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cheating by stealing someone else's words or ideas without giving credit. 6. "Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings." Patrick Henry A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 7. "When you are late getting home past curfew-you distract your parents by talking to them about the weather-how cold it is, or how rainy it is." A) Red Herring. B) Loaded Question. C) Circular Reasoning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red Herring. 8. This means to appeal to your audience by establishing your own credibility. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 9. Concluding sentences should do all of the following EXCEPT ..... A) Tie up loose ends. B) Signal to the reader that the details have been fully explained. C) Sums up ideas in the paragraph. D) Introduce new ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Introduce new ideas. 10. What is epideictic? A) The people watching or listening to a speech. B) Arguing about politics or morals. C) Arguing in a court of law. D) Testifying at public ceremonies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Testifying at public ceremonies. 11. I quickly dressed myself and the salad is an example of ..... A) Chiasmus. B) Anaphora. C) Antithesis. D) You. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You. 12. Tells a story or narrate an event or series of events; makes a point; background on people or event; show sequence of events A) Narration. B) Description. C) Parable. D) Political. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narration. 13. A word or phrase that compares something directly to something else, in order to create an image or resemblance. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Parallelism. D) Charged Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: "The stars danced in the night sky." A) Hypallage. B) Hyperbaton. C) Epigram. D) Periphrasis. E) Metonymy tagsrhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Metonymy tagsrhetoric. 15. Which rhetorical question can you match with the following statement?"My bad mood is justified." A) How do you expect me to feel?. B) What do you want?. C) How should I know?. D) What were you playing at?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How do you expect me to feel?. 16. Which on of the five senses is used in this sentence? The juicy burger was like heaven on my tongue. A) Taste. B) Touch. C) Sight. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taste. 17. A work that shows a critical attitude through the use of humor A) Satire. B) Anecdote. C) Denotation. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Satire. 18. Nelly made a compelling argument to get Sarah to run for class president A) Forensic. B) Epideictic. C) Deliberative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deliberative. 19. What is the Greek word for passion or emotion? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 20. A rhetorical analysis requires references to the text A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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