This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 395 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 395 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When an author uses language and words in a way to compare similar things. A) Repetition. B) Anecdote. C) Tone. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analogy. 2. 6 Gillespie, along with ..... A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 3. The art of using language effectively and persuasively to influence or persuade an audience. A) Alliteration. B) Revolutionise. C) Rhetoric. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetoric. 4. "With the speed of a cheetah, the man sprinted past me" is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Trope. C) Simile. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 5. Identify the type of sentence:When did you wake up today? A) Imperative. B) Declarative. C) Interrogative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interrogative. 6. Who or what is best described as the individual(s) on the receiving end of the communication? A) Audience. B) Speaker. C) Message. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audience. 7. Rhetoric is the art and study of using language in an effective and persuasive manner to influence the thoughts and actions of listeners. It relies heavily on 3 aspects-what are they? A) Metaphor, simile, illusion. B) Metaphor, syntax, illusion. C) Metaphor, simile, allusion. D) Metaphor, syntax, allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor, simile, allusion. 8. How can someone turn "altruistic" into a noun? A) Altruist. B) Altruisticity. C) Altruistic News. D) Altruism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Altruism. 9. Purpose of using Assertion in rhetoric A) To emphasize certain words for memorization. B) To connect a personal story with the audience. C) To add emphasis and be emotive and make the image more specific. D) To assert authority and project confidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To assert authority and project confidence. 10. The technique that uses your feelings about one thing to get you to feel the same way about something else. A) Transfer. B) Testimonial. C) Card Stacking. D) Glittering Generality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transfer. 11. Repetition of phrases or words at the end of successive clauses A) Epistrophe. B) Conjugation. C) Erotema. D) Symploce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epistrophe. 12. Which word best describes the following example:You should try your best in this class because I have 14 years experience and I know how to explain things to you so you'll understand. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 13. What might a writer appeal to in order to heighten his/her credibility? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Kronos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos. 14. An speaker's background, qualifications, and reputation all support which rhetorical appeal? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 15. Jack wasn't tired ....., he took a nap A) Otherwise. B) Hence. C) Nonetheless. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nonetheless. 16. Ironic Understanding in which a thing is affirmed by stating the negative of its opposite. A) Juxtaposition. B) Antithesis. C) Antiphrasis. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Litotes. 17. Which rhetorical device is being used? Tiger Woods endorses Nike. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Lagos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 18. A text can only have one type of structure. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. ..... is related to the words pathetic, sympathy and empathy. Whenever you accept a claim based on how it makes you feel without fully analyzing the rationale behind the claim, you are acting on ..... A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Egos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 20. The juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balance or parallel words or phrases A) Syntax. B) Persona. C) Antithesis. D) Allusion. E) Trope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. ← 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