This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 398 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 398 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Door County Wisconsin has 5 state parks and 250 miles of shore, more than any other in the country. A) Claim. B) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evidence. 2. This appeal uses the credibility or trust of the speaker to convince the audience to think or act a certain way. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 3. A reference to a well known person, place, historical event, or text. A) Analogy. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 4. Which of the following is true about Modern Rhetoric? A) It is defined by its function, not by a communication medium, topic, or social location. B) It is not limited to writing and speech, but it occurs through all media and genres. C) It is the study and practice of communication that persuades, informs, inspires, or entertains target audiences. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. One of Trump's similes is "rusted out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape" A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. The rhetorical device of pathos is ..... A) Used to appeal to the reader's logic. B) Use to appeal to the reader's emotions. C) Used to appeal to the reader's ethics. D) Used to create a mental picture for the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use to appeal to the reader's emotions. 7. Which of the following would be an example of a speaker using a rhetorical device? A) The speaker argues using logic and facts. B) The speaker makes the audience laugh. C) The speaker explains they have been studying a topic for 30 years. D) The speaker effectively includes anecdotes in their text, sharing personal stories that highlights the importance of their point-of-view. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The speaker effectively includes anecdotes in their text, sharing personal stories that highlights the importance of their point-of-view. 8. This type of appeal may use creativity (humor, word play, etc. to invoke positive emotions), moving stories and personal anecdotes to prove a person's idea or music, color, art, etc. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 9. Which book did Steven King not write? A) Carrie. B) Whose. C) The Shining. D) The Heart of Darkness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Heart of Darkness. 10. She's as cold as ice. This is an example of: A) Cliche. B) An understatement. C) An oxymoron. D) A circumlocution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cliche. 11. Appeals to logic and reason ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 12. Personal stories are known as A) Opinions. B) Anecdotes. C) Memories. D) Beliefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdotes. 13. Which of the following is an example of an argument using Ad Hominem? A) Mrs. Fletcher, I have noticed that when I listened to music, I have done well on my school work. In fact, on the past three assignments, I have gotten an 85 or above when I listened to music while I have done them. B) I have taken very good care of my puppy, mom. Everyday this week, I have woken up 10 minutes earlier than I needed to in order take Sparky outside to do his business. I should be able to get another pet because I have been responsible. C) Dr. Duncan, I have noticed that you're folder is very messy and that all your papers are almost spilling out. I believe that means that students should not have to carry backpacks at school because we would not do the same thing as you. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dr. Duncan, I have noticed that you're folder is very messy and that all your papers are almost spilling out. I believe that means that students should not have to carry backpacks at school because we would not do the same thing as you. 14. "Since my brother has to start school first, he should shower first" is what type of appeal? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 15. The following example uses what rhetorical device? "The war is inevitable-and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!" A) Rhetorical Question. B) Repetition. C) Metaphor. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 16. The repetition of a sound at the beginning of adjacent words A) Parallelism. B) Repetition. C) Alliteration. D) Tricolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 17. Which logical fault is this:Noah's ark has been found by the Russian government a long time ago, but because of their hate for religion, they have been covering it up ever since. A) Ad hominem. B) Conspiracy theory. C) Exaggeration. D) False certainty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conspiracy theory. 18. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of Swift's proposal? A) Reatly lessen the number of Papists. B) Poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own. C) Bring great customs to taverns. D) It will add to the divorce rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It will add to the divorce rates. 19. "Teenagers enjoyed the program last year, but a lot of them said they wouldn't even sign up if Mr. Jones did not require it. So I highly suggest you require this program again." What kind of reasoning is this? A) Ethos reasoning. B) Pathos reasoning. C) Inductive reasoning. D) Deductive reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inductive reasoning. 20. The term 'Epistrophe' refers to the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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