This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 410 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 410 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Bond. James Bond." and "A horse! A horse! A kingdom for a horse!" are both examples of a(n) ..... A) Aphorism. B) Paradox. C) Multi-connectors. D) Diacope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diacope. 2. Why would you use an expert opinion in persuasive writing A) To give your opinion the credibility of someone who is knowledgeable in the area. B) To show the reader you don't know what you are talking about. C) To get the reader to think. D) To explore different options. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To give your opinion the credibility of someone who is knowledgeable in the area. 3. Analyzing the rhetorical situation means to A) Know little about the speaker. B) Examine the audience primarily. C) Step inside the event and experience and provide new insight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Step inside the event and experience and provide new insight. 4. When the author presents you facts, data, statistics, reasoning: A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 5. "They might dismiss us and say that we are too young to understand. But I understand pain. I get grief. I see it in the eyes of the families mourning for those they lost. I hear it in the wails of the loved ones who had to bury one of their own because grown men and women won't listen to common sense and do the bare minimum." Which of the following answers the O in SOAPSTone? A) A Podcast. B) A Podcast highlighting youth perspective regarding the pandemic. C) A Podcast and the one million listeners tuning in. D) A Podcast; grown men and women. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Podcast highlighting youth perspective regarding the pandemic. 6. Something lofty is A) Very high. B) Good-smelling. C) Confusing. D) Indoors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Very high. 7. Which type of rhetorical appeal is used in the following sentence: "Tiger Woods endorses Nike." A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 8. The general feeling a reader experiences as they read a piece of literature A) Prose. B) Metonymy. C) Mood. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 9. Appeal to authority is a propaganda device that is used to: A) Make us feel like we need to get the police involved. B) Make us feel like we can believe an expert. C) Trick us into thinking that we will be in trouble if we purchase the product. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make us feel like we can believe an expert. 10. The data is clear. This investment option consistently turns a profit, so we should use it. A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 11. Which word correctly completes the sentence?Surgery was ..... because Ken broke his arm in half. A) Sustain. B) Ingenious. C) Inevitable. D) Ineffectual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inevitable. 12. If using this strategy, a writer might use simple vocabulary, use an analogy to break down a complex topic into simpler terms, and present him or herself as an average Joe-a common person who can understand and empathize with a listener's concerns. A) Present multiple examples of statistics. B) Compare or contrast. C) Use of persuasive appeals. D) Plain folks appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plain folks appeal. 13. A taunting, sneering, cutting, or caustic remark A) Sarcasm. B) Conceit. C) Contrast. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcasm. 14. While this term generally means the written word, in the humanities it has come to mean any cultural product that can be "read" ..... meaning not just consumed and comprehended but investigated. This includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, political cartoons, fine art, photography, performances, fashion, cultural trends, and much more. A) Audience. B) Text. C) Syntax. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Text. 15. Select the text where the author's tone is negative: A) My little brother is so stubborn. He never shuts up. B) My little brother is very determined. He never gives up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My little brother is so stubborn. He never shuts up. 16. Use of repeated words to gain audience attention and make advertisement memorable. A) Logical Fallacy. B) Celebrity Endorsement. C) Appeal to emotion/pity. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 17. A poem of 14 lines A) Sonnet. B) Ballad. C) Iambic. D) None Listed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 18. Deliberately de-emphasizing something in order to downplay its importance."To say the Internet improved our means of communication is a understatement." A) Hyperbole. B) Apostrophe. C) Understatement. D) Conduplicatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understatement. 19. A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses A) Litotes. B) Balanced Sentence. C) Periodic Sentence. D) Loose Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loose Sentence. 20. We have conducted the experiment 57 times and we get the same results every single time. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. ← 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