This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 41 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the tone of this statement?I know it's been hard. I appreciate all you are going through right now. If you will just put the receipts on the counter, I will take care of the paperwork for you. A) Sympathetic. B) Sarcastic. C) Threatening. D) Cruel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 2. The need or what motivates the message / argument / discourse A) Requirement. B) Ethos, pathos, and logos. C) Rhetoric. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Requirement. 3. "Whether you're a sports fanatic, a pet enthusiast, or just looking for a laugh, there's something for everyone on TikTok." A) Logos (Logic). B) Ethos (Authority). C) Pathos (Emotion). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos (Authority). 4. "You should consider another route if you leave later. I heard that that street is far more dangerous and ominous at night than during the daytime." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 5. Using a part to name the whole, or using the name of one thing for that of another associated with it. Example:Lakewood scored the winning goal. A) Chiasmus. B) Irony. C) Metonymy. D) Unrelated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metonymy. 6. The general topic, content, and ideas contained in the text. A) Purpose. B) Rhetorical Situation. C) Subject. D) Constraints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject. 7. Real events are in ..... ? A) Fiction. B) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonfiction. 8. A "closed" ending. Allquestions are answered for the readerand no conflicts remain. A) Resolution. B) Theme. C) Falling action. D) Denouement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resolution. 9. The tough one, the sullen kid who scoffed at any show of sentiment, John gave his mother flowers. A) Periodic. B) Loose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periodic. 10. Hundreds of peer-reviewed studies show that learning to play a musical instrument has benefits for memory later in life. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 11. We should abolish the death penalty. Even Taylor Swift is opposed to it. A) Hasty Generalization. B) Bandwagon. C) Straw Man. D) Appeal to Authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeal to Authority. 12. He is an honest thief. A) Paradox. B) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 13. Mark made his point by ..... to a greek god to explain his strength A) Illuding. B) Directing. C) Introducing. D) Alluding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alluding. 14. Rhetorical questions are not..... A) Repetitive. B) Not expected to be answered. C) Tools writer's use to build a strong speech. D) Usually something with an obvious answer, or something the speaker wants you to consider. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetitive. 15. Mommy I want to go home. The speakers ..... are their parents. A) Audience. B) Message. C) Purpose. D) Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audience. 16. The association between a symbol and its referent is not arbitrary. It is natural A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) Not sure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 17. In the sentence, "He stole my heart and my wallet, " which rhetorical device is used? A) Zeugma. B) Tautology. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. E) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zeugma. 18. "Mom, he hit me!" + "Because she pushed me!" = A) Two wrongs fallacy. B) Cherry picking fallacy. C) Circular reasoning fallacy. D) Ad hominem fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two wrongs fallacy. 19. What is the date that the speech was given? A) November 4, 1917. B) December 17, 1949. C) February 22, 2018. D) September 8, 1974. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) November 4, 1917. 20. Jumbo shrimp, plastic silverware, pretty ugly, old news, only choice.All of these are examples of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Sarcasm. C) Oxymoron. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. ← 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