This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 397 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 397 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... reasoning is making an inference based on an observation, often of a sample. A) Purpose. B) Inductive. C) Implication. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inductive. 2. Which of the following is an example of anadiplosis? A) She opened the store, the store that would be the end of her career. B) They went for a walk. They went for a run. C) Without you there is no joy with you. D) Beyond and before, there have been issues. Beyond and before, there will be problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She opened the store, the store that would be the end of her career. 3. "Don't let down the ones you love, buy Secure-It." A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 4. Introducing new and creative ideas or methods. A) Hyperbole. B) Innovation. C) Anaphora. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Innovation. 5. Making assumptions about a whole group or range of cases based on a sample that is inadequate is referred to as ..... A) Hasty generalization. B) Repeat fallacy. C) Logical appeal. D) Slippery slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hasty generalization. 6. Combine so as to form a more complex product, etc. A) Synthesize. B) Hypothesize. C) Revolutionize. D) Criticize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synthesize. 7. You may well ask: "Why direct action? Why sit-ins, marches, and so forth? Isn't negotiation a better path?" You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks to dramatize the issue so that it can no longer be ignored. A) Allusion. B) Respectful Diction. C) Counterargument. D) Antithesis. E) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Counterargument. 8. Which statement is a valid generalization? A) Everyone who coughs has the flu. B) Some people who cough have the flu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Some people who cough have the flu. 9. What device is used in the following example: "While a few studies have shown that some snacks may have negative health effects, the solution to this issue is not a complete ban on junk food." A) Hyperbole. B) Understatement. C) Loaded language. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement. 10. Pick the term that matches the definition:the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists A) Rhetoric. B) Author. C) Purpose. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purpose. 11. Which of the following is an example of parallel structure? A) "all the world's a stage.". B) As big as an elephant. C) "We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne . D) Can that man call England or any other kingdom his country?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne . 12. A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. (If the authorship is unknown, the statement is generally considered to be a folk proverb.) Can be a memorable summation of the author's point. A) Sarcasm. B) Aphorism. C) Criticism. D) Parable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aphorism. 13. Type of appeal: "By donating fifty cents a day ..... your child can have clean drinking water ..... " A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Sad . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 14. What is the purpose of using allusions in a writer's work? A) To make comparisons between unrelated things. B) To create connections between unrelated things. C) To add depth and meaning to the writer's work. D) To provide evidence for the writer's claims. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To add depth and meaning to the writer's work. 15. Which rhetorical appeal aims to establish the credibility and trustworthiness of the speaker or writer? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Mythos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 16. What does it mean to show bias? A) To be concieted. B) To favor one side over another. C) To refuse to take a side. D) To show selfishness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To favor one side over another. 17. Every text has a purpose. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. A question posed by the speaker/author in order to bring attention to an issue; used to lean on the emotions of an audience A) Pun. B) Understatement. C) Rhetorical question. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 19. The recurrence of initial consonant sounds A) Rhetorical Question. B) Allusion. C) Parallelism. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 20. A figure of speech; an artful variation from expected modes of expression of thoughts and ideas A) Aphorism. B) Conceit. C) Motif. D) Trope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trope. ← 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