This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 372 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 372 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the main characteristic of a predicate adjective? A) It follows a linking verb and names the subject. B) It follows a linking verb and modifies the subject. C) It precedes the main clause. D) It is always a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It follows a linking verb and modifies the subject. 2. What part of the story comes after the climax and leads to the resolution of the story? A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Falling Action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falling Action. 3. What is ad hominem? A) It is an argument that suggests taking a minor action will lead to major and sometimes ludicrous consequences. B) When a lack of evidence is taken to be the evidence. C) When someone misrepresents someone's argument to make it easier to attack. D) This fallacy means against the "man" or "against the person.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) This fallacy means against the "man" or "against the person.". 4. Identify the rhetorical device in the sentence: "Time is a thief." A) Zeugma. B) Tautology. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. E) Simile tagsrhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 5. Cause and effect (If ....., then ..... ) statements equal A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 6. "having produced nine million award shows, I know ..... the producer's up there saying, 'Hurry." ' A) Antithesis. B) Analogy. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 7. What is a false dilemma? A) An "either-or" type of argument. Two choices are presented, when more might exist, and the claim is made that one is false and one is true-or one is acceptable and the other is not. Often, there are other alternatives, or both choices might be false or true. B) An argument used to evade or divert attention from the topic discussed. C) When a lack of evidence is taken to be the evidence. D) An inconsistency within your logical appeal (logos) that lowers your credibility (ethos). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An "either-or" type of argument. Two choices are presented, when more might exist, and the claim is made that one is false and one is true-or one is acceptable and the other is not. Often, there are other alternatives, or both choices might be false or true. 8. Prefering some ideas over others. Example:supporting WGMS over Frank Seale because you attend the school. A) Bias. B) Stereotype. C) Logical Fallacy. D) Target Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bias. 9. POSITIVE CONNOTATION:Ms. Baxter has been a(n) ..... employee at this company for three years. A) Valuable. B) Costly. C) Mediocre. D) Full-time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Valuable. 10. Which of the following sentences does not contain an example of synecdoche? A) His salary brings home the bacon for our family. B) Nice ride, man. C) Hurry up, gray beard!. D) Can you pass me a Kleenex?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nice ride, man. 11. Choose the correct term for the following definition:Specific techniques used in writing or speaking to create a literary effect or enhance effectiveness. A) Rhetorical context. B) Rhetorical question. C) Rhetorical devices. D) Rhetoric. E) Rhetorical appeals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical devices. 12. "Can you imagine that?" and "Do you think money grows on trees?" are both examples of: A) Antithesis. B) Rhetorical questions. C) Theme. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical questions. 13. Many mumbling mice are making midnight music in the moonlight.-Dr. Seuss A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Antithesis. D) Anastrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 14. Example: "It's so beautiful I could just die" A) Situational irony. B) Verbal irony. C) Irony. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dramatic irony. 15. When a writer/speaker uses evidence such as research data to support their argument this is A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 16. The humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words A) Ellipses. B) Aside. C) Pun. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 17. "If my age doesn't convince you that I know what I'm talking about, at least consider that I am your grandfather and I only want the best for you." A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 18. If the speaker/writer is able to inspire emotions such as love, pity, justice, patriotism, hope, jealousy, anger, or fear, they are appealing to ..... A) Pathos. B) Let's go. C) Ethos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 19. Arrange the author's claims in the correct logical order, as they appear in her speech. What would be the third one? A) The leadership of the U.S. as a world democracy compels it to give all American women the vote. B) The political parties should put the female suffrage amendment through Congress and the legislatures. C) Are party leaders willing to take the blame for failing to keep pace with the world if they fail to give American women the right to vote?. D) Since some American women already have the vote, it is inevitable that all American women must obtain it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The political parties should put the female suffrage amendment through Congress and the legislatures. 20. Identify the rhetorical appeal in this example:As you explained yesterday, only 40 out of 120 seniors turned in their essays on time. Doesn't that give you an indication that the three days you gave us to do the assignment were not enough? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. ← 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