This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 415 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 415 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Argument A) The extra-textual environment in which the text is being delivered. B) A form of logical reasoning wherein a general principle is applied to a specific case. C) The combination of reasons, evidence, etc that an author uses to convince an audience of their position. D) The use of spoken or written word (or a visual medium) to convey your ideas and convince an audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The combination of reasons, evidence, etc that an author uses to convince an audience of their position. 2. If you were writing a story about your grandmothers walk you would use A) Multi-connectors. B) Unrelated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multi-connectors. 3. Definition of ..... is:uses logic & evidence A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Passion & Reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 4. A type of metaphor in which non ..... human objects or ideas are given human qualities. Example: "The wind whispered her name." A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Parallelism. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 5. "That's why Rosa sat on the busThat's why we walk through Ferguson with our hands up" is an example of ..... A) Synecdoche. B) Consonance. C) Allusion. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 6. Which logical fault is this:You are either with God or against him. A) False dilemma. B) Irrelevant quotation. C) Reasoning by anecdote. D) Reasoning by question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False dilemma. 7. This comparison uses like or as A) Requirement. B) Apes. C) Metaphor. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apes. 8. What is the author's purpose? In other words, what has motivated Brian Edward Kinghorn to write this article? A) To warn thepublic against the trend of parents using social media shaming as a tool tocorrect their children's positive behavior. B) To warn thepublic against the trend of parents using social media shaming as a tool tocorrect their children's poor behavior. C) To praise parents for using social media as a tool tocorrect their children's poor behavior. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To warn thepublic against the trend of parents using social media shaming as a tool tocorrect their children's poor behavior. 9. (b) Part BWhich quotation from Catt's speech to Congress is an example of ethos as defined in Part A? A) "The maxims of the Declaration were once called 'fundamental principles of government.". B) "Woman suffrage. will eventually be ordained in all the nation. No one will deny it.". C) "[Can] a single man justify such inequality of treatment, such outrageous discrimination?". D) "As a party measure why not put the amendment through Congress and the legislatures?". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "[Can] a single man justify such inequality of treatment, such outrageous discrimination?". 10. What are the parts of a counterargument? A) Argument and counterargument. B) Counterargument and Concession. C) Concession and rebuttal or refutation. D) Rebuttal and Refutation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concession and rebuttal or refutation. 11. Speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices A) Straw man. B) False dilemma (either/or). C) Weak analogy. D) Hasty generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False dilemma (either/or). 12. Adventures of a rogue or adventurer as he/she drifts from place to place A) Picaresque. B) Essay. C) Parable. D) Homily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Picaresque. 13. The definition of twoness is A) Duality. B) The fact or state of being two. C) Both of these options. D) Neither of these options. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these options. 14. It has been made to represent how an audience feels or experiences a message. A) Channel. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 15. Casey was such a dynamic leader; she easily won class president. A) Positive connotation. B) Neutral Connotation. C) Negative Connotation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive connotation. 16. Which logical fault is this:Tony wants us to believe that the origin of life was an "accident" . Tony is a godless SOB who has spent more time in jail than in church, so the only information we should consider from him is the best way to make license plates. A) Ad hominem. B) Conspiracy theory. C) Exaggeration. D) False certainty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ad hominem. 17. Which rhetorical appeal uses the following questions: "Why should we trust you? Why should we believe you? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 18. Writers should choose their language and style given their ..... A) Purpose and intended audience. B) Education and life experience. C) Age and wisdom. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Purpose and intended audience. 19. Drive my dead thoughts over the universe like withered leaves A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Apostrophe. D) Pub. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 20. The repetition of vowel sounds between different consonants inside a line. A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance. ← 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