This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 411 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 411 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. His smile is like kryptonite to me. A) Hyperbole. B) Allusion. C) Personification. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 2. What is the propositio according to Quintillian? A) A brief summary of what is being put forth or proposed. B) An answer to the question asked. C) Both "a" and "b". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A brief summary of what is being put forth or proposed. 3. Identify the LF:Person 1:Bicycle infrastructure should be expanded because cycling is a sustainable mode of transportation. Person 2:We should not build bike lanes because cyclists run red lights and endanger pedestrians. A) Bandwagon. B) Red Herring. C) Straw Man. D) Hasty Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Straw Man. 4. "to be, or not to be" (Shakespeare). A) Epistrophe. B) Folding. C) Hendiadys. D) Diacope. E) Unconnected. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diacope. 5. A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. Simple examples include "jumbo shrimp" and "cruel kindness." A) Paradox. B) Litotes. C) Oxymoron. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 6. Which is the correct verb tense & usage:Generally, a community full of people (to prevent) unhealthy behaviors from having major consequences. A) Prevent. B) Prevented. C) Prevents. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prevents. 7. How do you establish more ethos? A) Use specialized language or jargon. B) Use descriptive language. C) Use statistics. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use specialized language or jargon. 8. What is the purpose of an anecdote? A) To inform. B) To entertain. C) To persuade. D) To support or demonstrate some point. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To support or demonstrate some point. 9. Is used as a means of convincing an audience by offering reliability, honesty, and credibility. A) Logical responses. B) Ethical and emotional appeal. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 10. The narrator claims to have no personal motive behind his proposal because ..... A) He is English and could not benefit from his proposal. B) His wife is past childbearing age. C) He lives in the country and doesn't own a farm. D) He is not a landlord and does not wish to be rich. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His wife is past childbearing age. 11. A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing is called ..... A) Euphemism. B) Antithesis. C) Aphorism. D) Receipt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 12. You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings. A) It does not follow. B) Slippery Slope. C) Circular Reasoning. D) Card Stacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slippery Slope. 13. Desire to return in the thought or fact to a former time A) Logical Reasoning. B) Rhetoric. C) Alliteration. D) Nostalgia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nostalgia. 14. A set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses A) Diction. B) Parallelism. C) Antithesis. D) Unrelated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 15. "You should consider the implications of your actions on Australia's chance of escaping marine ecosystem collapse." A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Direct address. D) Folding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct address. 16. Means "composed of parts" or "the organization of something, " whenreferring to literature. The structure ofwriting can be described as theorganizational method of the writtenmaterial. A) Genre. B) Structure. C) Syntax. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structure. 17. What is the following an example of:In the thousands of years humans have existed, there has never been recorded evidence of a flying pig. Therefore, it stands to reason pigs cannot fly. A) Appeal to emotion. B) Appeal to logic. C) Appeal to shared beliefs/values. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeal to logic. 18. Successive words, phrases, clauses expressed with the same or very similar grammatical structure. A) Parallelism. B) Anaphora. C) Epistrophe. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 19. What is the definition of propaganda? A) Causing someone to do something through reasoning or argument. B) The art of persuasive speaking or writing. C) The section of the population that is targeted by a piece of persuasive propaganda. D) Biased or misleading information used to promote a point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biased or misleading information used to promote a point of view. 20. Which trope or scheme is used in the following sentence? "President Obama stated there will be no boots on the ground in Syria." A) Antanaclasis. B) Metaphor. C) Synecdoche. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synecdoche. ← 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