This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 383 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 383 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A brief recounting of a relevant episode. Often inserted into fictional or non-fictional texts as a way of developing a point or injecting humor. A) Anecdote. B) Testimonial. C) Metonymy. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 2. What is the author or speaker's attitude toward the subject? A) Information. B) Persuasiveness. C) Tone. D) Ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 3. Two words that are used together but have opposite meanings A) Pun. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Oxymoron. D) Idiom. E) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 4. The same word is repeated in immediate succession A) Epistrophe. B) Expletive. C) Conjugation. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conjugation. 5. What is this an example of:"As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 6. "Loaded Language" is rhetoric used to influence an audience by using words and phrases with strong connotations. A) Personification. B) Charged Language. C) Analogy. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charged Language. 7. What is the antecedent? Nobody was able to complete his or her test. A) Nobody. B) His. C) His or her. D) Was able. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nobody. 8. To what does ethos refer when analyzing rhetoric? A) Reasoning and logic. B) Credibility. C) Morality. D) Passion/emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Credibility. 9. This acronym is used to closely analyze nonfiction mediums. A) S.T.E.A.L. B) S.P.A.C.E.C.A.T. C) A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. D) SOAPSTone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SOAPSTone. 10. "Together we can a make the world a better place for everyone" What is the tone? A) Disappointed. B) Concerned. C) Optimistic. D) Worried. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Optimistic. 11. Logical Fallacy:Person 1:Bicycle infrastructure should be expanded because cycling is a sustainable mode of transportation. Person 2:We should not build bike lanes because cyclists run red lights and endanger pedestrians. A) Circular Reasoning. B) Either/Or. C) Hasty Generalization. D) Straw Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Straw Man. 12. What is speaker? A) Point of view of the text. B) What we need to understand. C) Main topic. D) Whom the text is directed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point of view of the text. 13. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head. A) Jargon. B) Interior Monologue. C) Invective. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interior Monologue. 14. Argument based on the creditability of the speaker. A) Logos. B) Syntax. C) Diction. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos. 15. What is the definition of thesis statement? A) A specific, debatable claim with multiple reasons located at the end of the introduction paragraph. B) The 1st paragraph of the paper. The purpose of this paragraph is to tell the reader what the essay is about. C) The middle paragraphs of an essay. These paragraphs explain the thesis with reasons, evidence, and explanations. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A specific, debatable claim with multiple reasons located at the end of the introduction paragraph. 16. An implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text A) Allegory. B) Allusion. C) Parable. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 17. Appealing to popularity or the fact that many people do something in order to establish the validity of an argument A) Slippery slope fallacy. B) Strawman fallacy. C) Bandwagon fallacy. D) Ad hominem fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bandwagon fallacy. 18. In SOAPSTone, the P is representative of the reason behind the piece. A) Place. B) Position. C) Purpose. D) Point. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purpose. 19. "The veterinarian says that an Australian shepherd will be the perfect match for our active lifestyle." A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 20. Michael Jordan is better than LeBron James because Jordan won six championships, and James has only won two. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. 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