This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 405 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 405 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who wrote "The Rhetoric" -a major work in speech communication? A) Shakespeare. B) Plato. C) Aristotle. D) Socrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aristotle. 2. "If you're still unsure, please consider that my advanced degree and field work speak for themselves."Which appeal is this an example of? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 3. The ability to share someone else's feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in that person's situation. A) Logic (noun). B) Empathy/empathy (noun). C) Sympathy/sympathy (noun). D) Ethics/ethics (noun). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Empathy/empathy (noun). 4. The use of language in which multiple meanings are possible ..... Example:The word "cool" has multiple meanings. A) Connotation. B) Ambiguity. C) Perspective. D) Logical Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ambiguity. 5. What is a understatement? A) A word used to demonstrate a sound. B) A statement that deliberately exaggerates something. C) A statement that minimizes the significance ofsomething or says less than it means. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A statement that minimizes the significance ofsomething or says less than it means. 6. The establishment of authority and reliability, used to gain the confidence and trust of theaudience. A) Credibility (Ethos). B) Emotion (Pathos). C) Reason (Logos). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Credibility (Ethos). 7. Bizarre, incongruous, ugly, unnatural, or abnormal A) Hyperbole. B) Grotesque. C) Ethos. D) Archetype. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grotesque. 8. Which kind of figurative language is used in the sentence below? Silly Sally sat on six silver coins. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Juxtaposition. D) Alliteration tags4L5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration tags4L5. 9. It is pertinent to understand the art of persuasion so that you do not fall victim to what? Choose the best answer: A) Manipulation. B) Deceit. C) Both manipulation and deceit. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both manipulation and deceit. 10. What does the term rhetoric best match? A) To inform. B) To persuade. C) To entertain. D) To summarize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To persuade. 11. Identify the rhetorical device being used in this passage. "As Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 12. The speaker creates a text with a target group, known as the ....., in mind. A) Listener. B) Everyone. C) Audience. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audience. 13. The process of replacing a word that you intend with something is closely associated with it A) Litotes. B) Metonymy. C) Invective. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 14. Famous saying/quote A) Aphorism. B) Antithesis. C) Anecdote. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aphorism. 15. Uses pronouns he/she A) 1st Person POV. B) 2nd Person POV. C) 3rd Person POV. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3rd Person POV. 16. "Wednesday, I will send to Congress a law ..... the broad principles of that bill will be in the hands of the Democratic and Republican leaders tomorrow. After they have reviewed it, it will come here formally as a bill ..... " A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Juxtaposition. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 17. "Buy the new Taylor Swift album! It has so many number 1 hits, you know it has to be good!" A) Strawman. B) False dilemma. C) To man. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bandwagon. 18. The principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively. A) Rebuttal. B) Refutation. C) Repetition. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 19. Supporting an argument with strong facts and evidence. A) Concession. B) Refuting a Claim. C) Weak Argument. D) Strong Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strong Argument. 20. Utilize A) Likely to occur. B) To indicate or suggest without stating clearly. C) To recognize. D) To put to use. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To put to use. ← 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