This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 409 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 409 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does kairos refer to in rhetoric? A) The measurement of time. B) The right timing to take action. C) The evocation of emotions in the audience. D) The use of logic and reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The right timing to take action. 2. If a student starts an email to their teacher with YO, fool why you do this to me, B? they are not considering this part of the rhetorical situation A) Requirement. B) Purpose. C) Rhetoric. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Audience. 3. A strategy where an author repeats a sequence of words at the beginning of neighboring clauses creating emphasis. Examples: "I came, I saw, and I conquered." "My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration." "I want my money right now, right here, all right?" A) Speaker. B) Parallelism. C) Anaphora. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 4. Information from a credible person, usually someone with degrees, employment, and/or experience is considered evidence that is ..... A) Personal experience. B) Anecdote. C) Facts and statistics. D) Expert opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expert opinion. 5. A group of the most wealthy and privileged A) Theocracy. B) Aristocracy. C) Legislative. D) Domineering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aristocracy. 6. The reason the author wrote the text; a specific thing the author wants the audience to take with them. A) Speaker. B) Context. C) Purpose. D) Appeals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purpose. 7. ..... Jorge was extremely tired during first period, he still managed to complete the assignment for the class. A) Although. B) Because. C) Furthermore. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Although. 8. What is the figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words? A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 9. "The sky looked like an artist's canvas." A) Red Herring. B) Rhetoric. C) Simile. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 10. ID the preposition:Migos are on top of the world even though I can't understand what they are saying. A) Migos. B) Even though. C) I. D) On top of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On top of. 11. She is not unlike her mother. A) Synecdoche. B) Litotes. C) Metaphor. D) Zeugma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Litotes. 12. What is the effect of the metaphor:"I have the heart and stomach of a king" A) Queen Elizabeth is afraid that her soldiers are abandoning her army to follow the enemies' King. B) Queen Elizabeth is proving that she is as brave and composed as any man would be in the same position. C) Queen Elizabeth is discussing the promise of wealth and riches when they win the battle. D) Queen Elizabeth is trying to prove that she is better equipped to lead because she is more emotional than a man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Queen Elizabeth is proving that she is as brave and composed as any man would be in the same position. 13. What is the art of persuasion? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 14. Rhetorical Devicean obvious, intended exaggeration A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Repetition. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 15. When was the 'I Have a Dream' speech delivered? A) August 28, 1963. B) July 4, 1776. C) November 22, 1963. D) April 4, 1968. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) August 28, 1963. 16. I am so tired I can sleep for a year.Which device is this? A) Hyperbole. B) Paradox. C) Oxymoron. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 17. This technique attempts to use emotions to manipulate how the audience feels about the argument presented. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 18. He installed the new wireless cable in the television room. A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) Juxtaposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 19. An allusion is a reference to a well-known ..... A) Movie or book, saying, etc. B) Dog. C) Magic trick. D) Disappearance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movie or book, saying, etc. 20. Comparing two different things using like or as A) Multi-connector. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Commoratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. ← 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