This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 355 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 355 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Who ate my plums that I was saving for breakfast?" A) Forensic. B) Epideictic (demonstrative). C) Deliberative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forensic. 2. What is the purpose of a claim? A) To state reasons why the reader should agree with you. B) To state the position you are trying to get your readers to accept/believe in. C) To shut down any ideas the other side of the argument might have. D) To provide some background details on the issue being discussed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To state the position you are trying to get your readers to accept/believe in. 3. "Death, be not proud." A) Silence. B) Receipt. C) Apostrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe. 4. A Greek philosopher well known for his "Treatise on Rhetoric"; he lived in the 4th Century B.C.E. A) Aristotle. B) Plato. C) Socrates. D) Pythagoras. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotle. 5. My mom argued with me as to whose fault it was when I had an accident with the car. A) Forensic. B) Demonstrative. C) Deliberative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forensic. 6. Reasoning from Specific to General A) Inductive Reasoning. B) Deductive Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inductive Reasoning. 7. A question that is posed for emphasis, not requiring an answer is called ..... A) Understatement. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Aporia. D) Aphorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Question. 8. In essays, one of the chief types of composition. The purpose is to explain something. In drama, it is the introductory material, which creates the tone, gives the setting, and introduces the characters and conflict. A) Exposition. B) Description. C) Narration. D) Argumentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 9. This type of reasoning goes from the broad to the specific A) Deductive. B) Inductive. C) Abductive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deductive. 10. In his "Pearl Harbor" speech, FDR exudes two contrasting tones. Which word does he use to portray his tone toward Japan? A) Premeditated. B) Maintenance. C) Grave danger. D) Inevitable triumph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Premeditated. 11. She's a great singer who sings like a crow. A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) No figure of speech. D) Parallel structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 12. Which of the following questions would be helpful when considering tone? A) What is the author's purpose?. B) How is your stance likely to be received by your audience?. C) What is your stance, and how can you best present it to achieve your purpose?. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 13. Language that describes specific, observable things, people, or places, rather than ideas or qualities. A) Consonance. B) Euphemism. C) Concrete Language. D) Explication. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concrete Language. 14. The art of persuasive speaking and writing is known as: A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 15. Giving emphasis by professing to say little or nothing about a subject A) In the past. B) Pedantic. C) Parody. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the past. 16. What does it mean for a source to be credible? A) The source should not be trusted. B) The source provides enough information. C) The source is consistent, trustworthy and accurate. D) The source is factual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The source is consistent, trustworthy and accurate. 17. This method of persuasion includes statistics, research and facts. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 18. Numerous road tests by independent agencies prove that Hondas are the safest cars when the roads are wet. This is an example of ..... A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 19. Words or phrases said over and over to illustrate importance or highlight meaning A) Rhetorical Device. B) Repetition. C) Hyperbole. D) Rhetorical Questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 20. "My uncle eats pizza and cake and he is thin. Pizza and cake aren't the cause of obesity. " is an example of A) To man. B) Bandwagon. C) Circular reasoning. D) Begging the question. E) Hasty generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hasty generalization. ← 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