This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 359 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 359 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of rhetorical device is used in:. "What point in the anti-slavery creed would you have me argue? On what branch of the subject do the people of this country need light?" A) Rhetorical question. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 2. What does cite mean? A) Something I can see. B) Someplace I can go. C) Analyzing date. D) Saying what my source or evidence is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saying what my source or evidence is. 3. Repetition of the initial consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in a sequence or portion of text. A) Anaphora. B) Adage. C) Antithesis. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 4. Word order, syntax, letters, and sounds rather than the meaning of words A) Trope. B) Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scheme. 5. What was the primary rhetorical device used in "The Gettysburg Address" ? (Think about the purpose of it that you just answered). A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 6. The aroma of Jill's new perfume reminded me of lilacs and vanilla. A) Positive connotation. B) Neutral Connotation. C) Negative Connotation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive connotation. 7. Third person narrator who only reports what would be visible to a camera A) Limited Omniscient. B) Omniscient. C) Objective. D) Stream of Consciousness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Objective. 8. When you are writing rhetorical analysis you need to ..... A) Figure out if you agree with the claim they make. B) Look at the structure of the argument and the language the author used to make their argument. C) Look at someone else's argument and decide whether or not you agree. D) Make your own argument based on the topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Look at the structure of the argument and the language the author used to make their argument. 9. An inference drawn from insufficient evidence is called ..... A) Hasty Generalization. B) Faulty Causality. C) To Man. D) Straw Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hasty Generalization. 10. A word or phrase used in place of one which may be considered offensive by others A) Sarcasm. B) Euphemism. C) Paradox. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 11. Which persuasive appeal is Abraham Lincoln using when he states the following words in the Gettysburg Address?"We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this." A) Ethical appeal. B) Emotional appeal. C) Logical appeal. D) Appeal to authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethical appeal. 12. Sentence structure controls ..... and ..... A) Spelling and grammar. B) Verbal pacing and focus. C) Meaning and understanding. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal pacing and focus. 13. ..... is the technique of asking questions and immediately answering them. A) Hypophora. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Anaphora. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypophora. 14. Which of these is one of the ways to earn the coveted sophistication point? A) Addressing the speaker's perspective. B) Discussing alternate perspectives or a broader context. C) Having topic sentences that show the main idea. D) Providing commentary for each piece of evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Discussing alternate perspectives or a broader context. 15. Point of view spoken from the author's perspective (use of I, my, our) A) 1st. B) And. C) An offer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st. 16. Mrs. Dennis is as sweet as pie. A) REPETITION. B) ALLUSION. C) METAPHOR. D) SIMILE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SIMILE. 17. The context of Gehrig's speech would like the following: A) Sports fans. B) World War II. C) 1939, Yankee Stadium, farewell speech, July 4. D) His wife, the managers, mother-in-law, groundskeepers etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1939, Yankee Stadium, farewell speech, July 4. 18. When you use a personal example in your own writing, which persuasive device are you using? A) Quoted words. B) Extreme and absolute language. C) Anecdote. D) Numbers & stats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anecdote. 19. Authority forgets a dying king A) Pun. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Pathetic Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 20. They also rely on my generation sucking hundreds of billions of tons of your CO2 out of the air with technologies that barely exist. A) Facts. B) Imagery. C) Tripling/asyndeton. D) Humour. 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