This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 384 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 384 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Classical rhetoricians use this 5-part argument structure. A) Straw man. B) Classical oration. C) Logical fallacy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Classical oration. 2. Love is like war:easy to begin but very hard to stop. (H.L. Mencken) A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. What is the goal of stasis? A) To ask anything. B) To ask nothing. C) To ask certain questions to arrive at the point at issue in the debate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To ask certain questions to arrive at the point at issue in the debate. 4. Identify the best example of pathos (emotional reasoning) in the options below. A) "If you donate to our cause, you will help a poor, defenseless animal find shelter from the cold.". B) "As a veterinarian, I support this cause to help improve the well-being of these animals.". C) "According to the source, 90% of abandoned animals will not find a new home.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "If you donate to our cause, you will help a poor, defenseless animal find shelter from the cold.". 5. Method of persuasion that appeals to LOGIC and REASON. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 6. A stylistic device in which a single word governs or modifies two or more other words in different ways. "I lost my coat and my temper." A) Conception. B) Syntax. C) Chiasmus. D) Ellipsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conception. 7. An exaggerated imitation of serious work for humorous purposes. A) Parody. B) Parenthetical Idea. C) Poetic Device. D) Persona. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parody. 8. A personal story someone tells (usually to prove a point) is called ..... A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Anecdote. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anecdote. 9. What are Cicero's five canons of rhetoric? A) Invention, arrangement, emotion, memory, delivery. B) Invention, argument, style, memory, delivery. C) Invention, arrangement, style, memory, deliveryy. D) Argument, arrangement, style, memory, delivery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Invention, arrangement, style, memory, deliveryy. 10. "I'm not just advocating for this policy as a politician; I'm a parent who deeply cares about the future of our children's education." Which rhetoric is used? A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 11. President Reagan used a ..... when said the astronauts "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God." A) Metaphor. B) Anecdote. C) Allusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 12. Luis was adamant and insisted, "But Mom said she was preparing dinner tonight!" The word that best defines adamant is- A) Happy. B) Unsure. C) Nervous. D) Stubborn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stubborn. 13. When did this happen he discover the tenets? A) 367-322 BCE. B) 1600-1650 AD. C) 1700 AD. D) 900 BCE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 367-322 BCE. 14. Who defined rhetoric and is well known for his practice of it? A) Socrates. B) Aristotle. C) Plato. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plato. 15. She wanted the lightness back, the confidence, the strength. A) Polysyndeton and tricolon. B) Asyndeton and tricolon. C) Parallel Structure and tricolon. D) Parallel Structure and climactic order. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asyndeton and tricolon. 16. Writing, "I'm done. I'm done. I'M DONE!" consecutively is an example of ..... A) Repetition. B) Parallelism. C) Alliteration. D) Rhyming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 17. Jumbo shrimp is an example of which rhetorical device? A) Pathos. B) Oxymoron. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 18. Which appeal is audience focused? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 19. Which rhetorical device is used? There must be strict supervision, there must be an end to speculation, there must be provision for adequate currency. A) Parallelism. B) Analogy. C) Repetition. D) Restatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 20. The everyperson, the celebrity, and the expert are all types of ..... A) Calls to action. B) Audience members. C) Speakers. D) Messages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speakers. ← 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