This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 369 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 369 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In "Heads Up Humans, " how does the writer support the claim of her argument? A) By distinguishing the future of automation from historical tends. B) By explaining how machines impacted the farming and manufacturing industries. C) By showing how future changes in the job market will mirror past changes. D) By providing statistics that relate to many different employment sectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By distinguishing the future of automation from historical tends. 2. The flowers danced in the wind. A) Personification. B) Allusion. C) Parody. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 3. It's not you, it's meis an example of A) Sarcasm. B) Idiom. C) Cliche. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cliche. 4. What is the PURPOSE of the 2018 Question 2 text? A) A commencement ceremony for the graduating class of Mount Holyoke College. B) The women graduates of the college, and the American people. C) A commencement ceremony for the graduating class of Mount Holyoke College. D) Inspiring admiration and perseverance among the listener, and hope for their future. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inspiring admiration and perseverance among the listener, and hope for their future. 5. Another word for the context of a text; includes the exigence and constraints. A) Purpose. B) Rhetoric. C) Occasion. D) Persona. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occasion. 6. Which of the following is a run-on sentence? A) Leonid Fridman argues about America he is fed up with anti-intellectualism. B) Leonid Fridman argues about America, and he's fed up with anti-intellectualism. C) Leonid Fridman argues about America; he's fed up with anti-intellectualism. D) Leonid Fridman argues about America. He is fed up with anti-intellectualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leonid Fridman argues about America he is fed up with anti-intellectualism. 7. All of these are requirements of an introduction to a rhetorical analysis essay except A) Title and author. B) Author's intended effect on reader. C) Analysis and references from the passage. D) The specific choices, strategies, and devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analysis and references from the passage. 8. Which definition closely matches emotional appeals? A) An over-generalized statement about an entire group of people. B) An exaggerated statement. C) Words, terms, or phrases that have strong connotations that are meant to appeal to the audience by evoking emotional reactions that go beyond the meaning of the word. D) An appeal made to win an argument through the emotions of their audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An appeal made to win an argument through the emotions of their audience. 9. If your friend convinces you to buy a particular pair of shoes because they are trending right now, you have just been persuaded by which technique? A) Snob Appeal. B) Transfer. C) Bandwagon. D) Avante garde. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bandwagon. 10. Special words or expressions used by a profession or certain group; used to signal expertise and establish credibility. A) Evidence. B) Jargon. C) Attack. D) Emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jargon. 11. There are 3 kinds/forms of rhetoric. Name them. A) Argument, persuasion, and propaganda. B) Ethos, logos, and pathos. C) Claims, evidence, counterclaims. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Argument, persuasion, and propaganda. 12. A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or oppose to common sense, but contains some degree of truth A) Parallelism. B) Paradox. C) Irony. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 13. Writing or speaking that promotes change and urges people to take action A) Rhetorical Question. B) Allusion. C) Euphemism. D) Call to Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Call to Action. 14. Charles Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities was published in 1840. A) Fact. B) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fact. 15. Repetition is a propaganda device that is used to: A) Annoy the audience. B) Repeat a slogan or just words over and over again to get them stuck in the audience's heads. C) To entertain the audience. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repeat a slogan or just words over and over again to get them stuck in the audience's heads. 16. This rhetorical device presents an idea as fact without explanation by making bold claims to persuade an audience. A) Assertion. B) Evidence. C) Exaggeration. D) Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assertion. 17. "As a three-time Olympic gold medalist, I can assure you that this energy drink will improve your fitness and stamina"What type of ethos is used in the statement above? A) Expert Opinion. B) Success Story. C) Celebrity Endorsement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expert Opinion. 18. Martin Luther King Junior's use of the phrase "I have a dream" is an example of what strategy? A) Anaphora. B) Chiasmus. C) Litotes. D) Unconnected. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 19. To free from a constraint or difficulty A) Strenuously. B) Pernicious. C) Recantation. D) Extricate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extricate. 20. The sentence or groups of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition. A) Syntax. B) Tone. C) Style. D) Thesis. 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