This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 390 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 390 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is an example of parallelism? A) "Within these walls they were born, and here they shall die!". B) "We must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms is all that is left us!". C) "From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected?". D) "The war is inevitable and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Within these walls they were born, and here they shall die!". 2. What does MLA stand for? A) Modern Land Association. B) Modern Language Association. C) Modern Listening Association. D) Modern Lies Association. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modern Language Association. 3. Fred Harvey, an English-born entrepreneur. He decided to open his own restaurant business to serve rail customers. Beginning in the 1870s, he opened dozens of restaurants in rail stations and dining cars. These Harvey Houses, which constituted the first restaurant chain in the United States, was unique for its high standards of service and quality. The menu was modeled after those of fine restaurants, so the food was leagues beyond the sinister fare travelers were accustomed to receiving in transit.His restaurants were immediately successful, but Harvey was not content to follow conventional business practices. The writer is considering deleting the previous sentence. Should the writer make this change? A) Yes, because it introduces information that is irrelevant at this point in the passage. B) Yes, because it does not logically follow from the previous paragraph. C) No, because it provides a logical introduction to the paragraph. D) No, because it provides a specific example in support of arguments made elsewhere in the passage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, because it provides a logical introduction to the paragraph. 4. The effect the speaker is claiming is out of proportion to the cause, or illogical based on the cause. A) To Man. B) Bandwagon. C) Either-Or. D) Slippery Slope. E) Hasty Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slippery Slope. 5. A type of communication that attempts to promote or sell a product, service or idea. A) Advertising. B) Buyer persona. C) Brand. D) Customer loyalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Advertising. 6. Which persuasive appeal uses the writer or speaker's authority, credibility, or expertise? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 7. How long must we suffer before someone stands up and says something? A) Rhetorical question. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 8. Person A:I think that the US will come out of this recession quickly. Person B:What do you know about economics? You don't even have a job! Person B insulted the character of the speaker rather than attacking the argument. What did he use? A) A hyperbole. B) An attack. C) A fallacy. D) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A fallacy. 9. What is the Latin name for conclusion in the six parts of classical rhetoric? A) Conclusion. B) Conclusion. C) Peroration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peroration. 10. What is argumentative writing? A) A type of nonfiction.Nonfiction includes any text that is factual. B) A genre of writing thatrequires the student to investigate a topic; collect, generate, and evaluateevidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner. C) A single claim or statement followed by a seriesof facts, support, and reasoning presented and defended by the writer. D) Reasons that are true, factual, and reasonable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A genre of writing thatrequires the student to investigate a topic; collect, generate, and evaluateevidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner. 11. Persuading through the character and credibility of the author A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Path. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 12. Examples in rhetoric can be from A) This class only. B) Books only. C) Pretty much anything that is relevant to the point. D) Mainstream media. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pretty much anything that is relevant to the point. 13. Which of the following would build the most credibility? A) Personal anecdotes. B) Interviews. C) Personal experience. D) Research from periodicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Research from periodicals. 14. An opinion statement. A) Counterargument. B) Rebuttal. C) Support. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claim. 15. An interruption in dialogue that allows for the direct address of a person or abstract idea. This person/object may or may not be present; heightened emotions A) Allusion. B) Aphorism. C) Analogy. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apostrophe. 16. Audience, Context, Purpose, and Propaganda are all rhetorical terms. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. What are the three basic methods of persuasion according to Aristotle? A) Ethos, pathos, and logos. B) Emotion, manipulation, and truth. C) Rhetoric, logic, and reasoning. D) Authority, emotion, and argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos, pathos, and logos. 18. Repeating the exact same words at the beginning of a sentence or clause at least 3 times. A) Epistrophe. B) Anaphora. C) Folding. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 19. A person who has been erased from all official records and history by the Party A) Unperson. B) Memory hole. C) Ministry of Love. D) Ministry of Truth tags1984. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unperson. 20. What does the "A" in the SOAPS mnemonic stand for? A) Altruism. B) Audience. C) Analogy. D) Auditory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audience. ← 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