This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 364 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 364 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Rhetoric:It's just a little bump. A) Understatement. B) Overstatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understatement. 2. "In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it is perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in." Does this syntax have a rhetorical climax? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 3. Define the root:Gress A) Move. B) Place. C) Equal. D) The same. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Move. 4. Facts or information that indicates whether a view is true or valid, used to give weight to an argument or belief. A) Alliteration. B) Bias. C) Exaggeration. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evidence. 5. Diverting attention from the original issue by bringing up something else (usually irrelevant). A) Rhetorical Appeals. B) To Man. C) Straw Man. D) Red Herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red Herring. 6. In which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning. A) Anaphora. B) Allusion. C) Verbal irony. D) Multi-connector. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal irony. 7. The only thing that could make me feel better is a warm cup of chicken noodle soup like my mom used to make. Please make it for me! A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 8. What does the A stand for in SOAPSTone? A) Audience. B) Awesomeness. C) Authority. D) Algorithmic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audience. 9. Rhetorical choice-short personal story A) Analogy. B) Allusion. C) Anecdote. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anecdote. 10. Use of words together which seem to contradict each other. A) Irony. B) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 11. During which period did rhetoric experience a rebirth in Europe? A) Renaissance and Reformation. B) Middle Ages. C) 17th and 18th centuries. D) Ancient Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renaissance and Reformation. 12. A reference to a well-known work of art, history, etc. A) Bias. B) Ethos. C) Rhetorical appeals. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 13. Which is the is an example of a universal theme? A) In "Night" Elie gains a new identity while in the concentration camps. B) Identity transformations can occur during hard times. C) In "Romeo and Juliet" Romeo makes choices that affect his childhood. D) In "The Odyssey" Odysseus is a respected hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Identity transformations can occur during hard times. 14. Rhetorical Appealpersuading by appealing to the audience's emotion (emotional) A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 15. What is the purpose of a metaphor in writing? A) To appeal to logic. B) To create emphasis or rhythm. C) To make a comparison without using like or as. D) To reference another work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make a comparison without using like or as. 16. Which rhetorical appeal can be established with the use of jargon? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 17. The repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses A) Unrelated. B) Antithesis. C) Anaphora. D) Multi-connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multi-connectors. 18. Wear Nikes. People will notice, people will talk, because people want them. A) Rhetorical question. B) Logos. C) Metaphor. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaphora. 19. This is what happens or fails to happen in that situation? Why is one compelled to speak out? What is going on at the time? What belief, idea, or action does the speaker want to change in THIS moment A) Tone. B) Slogan. C) Requirement. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Requirement. 20. The use of a phrase or words to mock someone or something A) Sarcasm. B) Paradox. C) Invective. D) Parody. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcasm. ← 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