This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 367 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 367 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is where your phone should be when the bell rings A) Your backpack. B) Your desk. C) Your pocket. D) Your hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your backpack. 2. Lampoon A) A type of burlesque. B) A lamp used to hunt whales. C) Humor ridiculing significant subjects in an absurd or crude way, or by presenting insignificant subjects in a sophisticated way. D) A sharp satire directed against an individual or an institution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A sharp satire directed against an individual or an institution. 3. The word "fallacy" is derived from the Latin word "fallere" meaning: A) To deceive, to trick. B) To humiliate. C) To make complete. D) A proven truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To deceive, to trick. 4. "Read her new novel. Ten million (and counting) Americans already have. That many can't be wrong." A) Loaded Words. B) Bandwagon Appeal. C) Analogy. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bandwagon Appeal. 5. "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength, " (Orwell 1949). These contradictions reveal a rational meaning which are an example of a ..... A) Personification. B) Foreshadowing. C) Symbolism. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 6. Words that grab your attention, keepyou riveted, and influence what you think. A) Pervasive. B) Persuasion. C) Persuasion. D) Persuasive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persuasion. 7. An author uses avariety of traits to make them morerealistic. (They act more humanlike/realistic). A) Round character. B) Flat character. C) Characterization. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Round character. 8. The issue, problem, or situation that prompts the speaker to deliver a message: A) Situational context. B) Unrelated. C) Requirement. D) Emotional appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Requirement. 9. What are the three purposes of an author? A) Persuade, interpret, and explain. B) Persuade, inform, and explain. C) Persuade, inform, and entertain. D) Persuade, interpret, and entertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Persuade, inform, and entertain. 10. What you write, how much you write, how you phrase it, and even your genre are all influenced by the ..... you envision. A) Topic. B) Media. C) Audience. D) Paper length. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audience. 11. And I can pledge our nation to a goal:When we see that wounded traveler on the road to holy city of Jericho, we will not pass to the other side. A) Antithesis. B) Biblical Allusion. C) Repetition. D) Parallel Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biblical Allusion. 12. A fallacy that involves "the bandwagon" approach is one where: A) The truth is never proven. B) Everyone is doing it so that makes it right. C) Appealing to logic and reason. D) Using music to make a point. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everyone is doing it so that makes it right. 13. Which holiday celebrates its "publication" ? A) Valentine's Day, February 14. B) Independence Day, July 4. C) Veteran's Day, November 11. D) Christmas, December 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independence Day, July 4. 14. Which genre deals with the past? A) Judicial. B) Epidiectic. C) Deliberative. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Judicial. 15. Logical Fallacies:If you don't study, you'll fail your test. Then you will do poorly in the class and your GPA will fall. You won't get into a good college, so you'll never get a decent job and you'll end up poor and homeless. A) Slippery Slope. B) Circular Reasoning. C) Red herring. D) False dilemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slippery Slope. 16. MLK calling racial injustice "quicksand" and brotherhood a "solid rock" is an example of a ..... A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 17. Why is Rhetoric persuasive? A) It needs to convince. B) It needs to be charming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It needs to convince. 18. A persuasive technique that presents ideas that elicit strong feelings A) Ethical appeal. B) Logical appeal. C) Emotional appeal. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emotional appeal. 19. My teacher last year taught me how to multiply! A) Past tense. B) Future tense. C) Present tense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past tense. 20. To relish something means you A) Put it away. B) Enjoy it. C) Fear it. D) Do it routinely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enjoy it. ← 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