This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 401 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 401 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is hard evidence? A) Your personal feelings, which can be proven true or false. B) The opinion of someone with experience or knowledge of a subject. C) Evidence that is difficult for the average person to find or understand. D) The facts, which are proven true and cannot be disputed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The facts, which are proven true and cannot be disputed. 2. Modern and antiquated A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 3. Independent or Dependent? I am a good cook. A) Independent. B) Dependent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent. 4. A grammatical or structural arrangement of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs so that elements of equal importance are equally developed and similarly phrased A) Personification. B) Multi-connector. C) Parallelism. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 5. Cultural diversity in America adds flavor to the melting pot. This is an example of ..... A) Historical allusion. B) Figurative language. C) Rhetorical question. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative language. 6. Identify the rhetorical device in the sentence: "The darkness deepened, and the night grew darker still." A) Zeugma. B) Tautology. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. E) Simile tagsrhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tautology. 7. According to Aristotle, what is an "artistic" proof? A) A physical or scientific proof. B) Proofs provided by the speaker. C) Proofs that are self-evident. D) Proofs that are also poetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proofs provided by the speaker. 8. How does the use of ethos enhance the credibility of a speaker? A) Ethos enhances the credibility of a speaker by using emotional appeals. B) Ethos enhances the credibility of a speaker by using excessive hand gestures. C) Ethos enhances the credibility of a speaker by establishing their expertise, authority, and trustworthiness. D) Ethos enhances the credibility of a speaker by using humor and jokes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos enhances the credibility of a speaker by establishing their expertise, authority, and trustworthiness. 9. Tribunal words are A) Judicial words. B) Parliamentary words. C) Party. D) Warrior's words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parliamentary words. 10. Presenting a topic as a problem and then relating the author's solution A) Problem/solution. B) Contrast/juxtaposition. C) Definition. D) Cause and/or effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Problem/solution. 11. Rhetorical Skills 7 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 12. What the reader needs to know before understanding the main part of the literary work. A) Background. B) Theme. C) Inference. D) Counterargument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Background. 13. Which rhetorical appeal appeals to emotions and feelings? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 14. Consider the following phrase:In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, What rhetorical strategy is being employed here? A) Anaphora. B) Antithesis. C) Epistrophe. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 15. In which of the following situations is rhetorical thinking useful? A) When you're creating a post on social media. B) When you're writing an essay for a college class. C) When you're reading an article for a college class. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 16. This rhetorical technique is when the writer specifically references the opinion of an expert. A) Expert Opinion. B) Hard Evidence. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expert Opinion. 17. "I saw, I conquered, I came." -Mr. Worldwide A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Tricolon. D) Unconnected. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unconnected. 18. Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction A) Antithesis. B) Parallelism. C) Anaphora. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antithesis. 19. An assertion seemingly opposed to common sense, but that may have some truth in it. A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 20. I didn't bring any money ..... paying for me? A) Whose. B) Who's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who's. ← 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