This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 380 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 380 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I listen vainly, but with thirsty ear." A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 2. Which of the following is an appeal to credibility or shared value? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 3. 3 out of 4 dentists recommend Listerine. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 4. "The scientists have proven that 28% of subjects will increase memory by 50% or more." This statement best exemplifies: A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 5. The combination of two words of opposite meaning for dramatic, comedic or provocative effect. Example: "Dark comedy" or "open secret." A) Juxtaposition. B) Simile. C) Understatement. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 6. Citing someone who has no expertise as an authority A) Bandwagon. B) Faulty causality. C) Straw man. D) Appeal to doubtful authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeal to doubtful authority. 7. A newspaper article that is of human interest and often written with a personal slant or style is a ..... A) An advertisement. B) A news article. C) A feature story. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A feature story. 8. Why is Pathos effective? A) Emotions are universal and appeal to everyone. B) If you have a trustworthy source then your information will be trustworthy too. C) Facts and evidence are indisputable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotions are universal and appeal to everyone. 9. Exigence is the urgent need or demand for something. Which of the following does it best answer when acknowledging SOAPSTone? A) First S. B) O. C) Second S. D) P. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) O. 10. Which of the following is a fragment? A) You are!. B) A pencil with no eraser. C) She works out daily. D) Tacos are life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A pencil with no eraser. 11. Teaching or instructing moral or ethical principles A) Didactic. B) Diction. C) Invective. D) Monosyllabic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didactic. 12. "We will not falter or fail. We will go on to the end. We will fight in France. We will fight on the seas and oceans." This is an example of ..... A) A simile. B) Personification. C) Parallelism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 13. Emotional appeal A) Persuading by appealing to an authority figure. B) Persuading by appealing to a reader's feelings. C) Persuading by appealing to statistics. D) Persuading by appealing to common sense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persuading by appealing to a reader's feelings. 14. Who is the main character in a memoir? A) The protagonist. B) The author. C) A family member of the author. D) There is no main character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The author. 15. Which rhetoric device is being used here? "They stand with pride, covered by fear, rejected by the hearts of men." A) Repetition. B) Restatement. C) Parallelism. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 16. A writer can develop an argument, except A) Deductively, by beginning with a generalization, or premise,. B) And proceeding to examples and supporting facts. C) Writers can also argue inductively. D) By beginning with generalizations or facts and proceeding to aconclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By beginning with generalizations or facts and proceeding to aconclusion. 17. In New York. Concrete jungle where dreams are made of. There's nothin' you can't do A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Oxymoron. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 18. The pain is like an axe that chops my heart. A) Metaphor. B) Paradox. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 19. A question someone asks without expecting an answer. It's just asked to make a point. A) Dumb Question. B) Loaded Question. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Parallel Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Question. 20. When a writer places a group of words or a word beside a noun or noun substitute to supplement its meaning, they are using ..... A) A clause. B) An independent clause. C) An appositive. D) A dependent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An appositive. ← 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