This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 391 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 391 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The first to write about rhetoric as an important way to persuade your audience A) Aristotle. B) August Wilson. C) Vincent van Gogh. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotle. 2. An object, character, or action that represents or stands for something else. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Homily. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 3. When you place two elements together for rhetorical effect, that is called ..... A) Syntax. B) Ethos. C) Tone. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 4. A ..... sentence is a sentence that connects two independent clauses, typically with a coordinating conjunction like and or but. They're best for combining two or more self-sufficient and related sentences into a single, unified one. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Inverted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 5. What uses terms related to the five senses:visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory, and olfactory? A) Figurative language. B) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 6. The rules language follows A) Syntax. B) Antithesis. C) Parallelism. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syntax. 7. What is a counterclaim in an argumentative essay? A) A counterclaim is a summary of the main claim. B) A counterclaim in an argumentative essay is a viewpoint that opposes the main claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A counterclaim in an argumentative essay is a viewpoint that opposes the main claim. 8. The problem or struggle that the maincharacter has to solve or overcome bythe end of the story (may be internal orexternal). A) Conflict. B) Climax. C) Exposition. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 9. "Jumbo Shrimp" is an example of a ..... A) Oxymoron. B) Cephalopods. C) Mesozeugma. D) Paroemia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 10. "Many schools are like learning factories." A) Over-exaggeration. B) Emotional language. C) Irony and sarcasm. D) Facts and statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over-exaggeration. 11. YOUR ANSWER TO #14 A) F. B) G. C) H. D) J. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) F. 12. A memoir is not an autobiography. Why? A) It is not about the author. B) A story is told from others people's point of view. C) All ideas are not related to the setting. D) It emphasizes in one spec ific experience in the autho's life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It emphasizes in one spec ific experience in the autho's life. 13. "You know me, I've taught Sunday School at your church for several years, babysat your kids, and been a playground director for many summers." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 14. Message A) The time, place, and occasion of the text. B) The writer's main idea, central argument, stance, position, claim. C) The goal the writer wants to achieve or accomplish with the text. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The writer's main idea, central argument, stance, position, claim. 15. How can you recognize bias? A) When the information given is incomplete. B) When the information presented plays on prejudice. C) When the speaker appears nervous. D) When the speaker appears angry or outraged. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the information presented plays on prejudice. 16. Reference to something (literature, current events, etc.) outside the work itself A) Charged words. B) Allusion. C) Antithesis. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 17. Define:Parenthesis A) An element of writing used when a writer wants to insert information into a passage that adds detail. B) The literary term for using one word to modify two other words, in two different ways. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An element of writing used when a writer wants to insert information into a passage that adds detail. 18. 16 The terms written in to the lengthy contract ..... A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 19. Rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling. The three major ones are to ethos (character), logos (reason), and pathos (emotions). A) Rhetoric. B) Rhetorical questions. C) Rhetorical appeals. D) Devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical appeals. 20. Claim or prove that(evidence or an accusation) is false. A) Reject/remove. B) Reply/respond. C) Refute/rebut. D) Receive/reclaim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refute/rebut. ← 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