This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 416 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 416 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Rhetorical device that makes a reference to an event in history, other literature, art, or pop culture A) Anaphora. B) Analogy. C) Allusion. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 2. Where was the first manual on Rhetoric compiled? A) Sicily. B) Sparta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sicily. 3. Using phrases, words, or ideas over and over again A) Overstatement. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 4. What prompts the speaker to speak at this particular point in time. A) Tone. B) Requirement. C) Purpose. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Requirement. 5. Should you include your own opinion in a Rhetorical Analysis? A) Yes. B) Sometimes. C) No. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No. 6. President Reagan's choice to refer to "Nancy and I" when speaking about his feelings about the Challenger was an appeal to ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 7. Which of the following quotes is an example of parallelism? A) "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." -Winston Churchill. B) "Divine compassion visibly appeared / Love without End, and without measure Grace." -John Milton, Paradise Lost. C) "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." -Martin Luther King Jr. D) "You must eat to live, not live to eat." -Socrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." -Winston Churchill. 8. Logos is the appeal that uses ..... A) Credibility. B) Logic. C) Emotions. D) All three. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logic. 9. Negative words or names used to create an unfavorable opinion of competition A) Claim. B) Name Calling. C) Message. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Name Calling. 10. True or false:All uses of facts, logic, or reason are credible or valid. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. The device that repeats conjunctions (and, or) in a series of coordinated words. A) Multi-connectors. B) Unrelated. C) Euphemism. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multi-connectors. 12. Appeals to emotion that may tend to distort factual evidence. Appeals can play on fears or other emotions. A) Ethos. B) Weather. C) Pathos. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 13. Which of the following is a possible reason why Obama used religious allusions in his speech? A) To create a more spiritual and solemn mood. B) To demonstrate his superior education and knowledge of world events. C) To build a connection with a likely majority Christian audience. D) The stories add a sense of excitement to the speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To build a connection with a likely majority Christian audience. 14. What is missing from this argument? The minimum wage has not increased since 2009. According to Forbes, the purchasing power of the average American is 17% less than it was ten years ago. Therefore, in order to maintain steady growth in our economy, the minimum wage must be raised. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) It is not missing any rhetorical device. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 15. The reason why the author wrote the text A) Message. B) Speaker. C) Purpose. D) Context. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purpose. 16. A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things. Includes apostrophe, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, metonymy, oxymoron, paradox, personification, simile, synecdoche, and understatement. A) Figurative speech. B) Rhetoric. C) Syntax. D) Arrangement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative speech. 17. The state of tension and uncertainty caused by an uncertain, undecided or mysterious situation that creates an emotional pull to encourage the audience to keep reading or watching A) MOOD. B) MYSTERY. C) SUSPENSE. D) TONE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SUSPENSE. 18. The emotion evoked by a word A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Objective summary. D) Personification. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 19. Asking why the sequence matters; lead from one item to another; argue logic of evidence of action A) Cause/effect. B) Classification. C) Comparison. D) Criticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cause/effect. 20. A short amusing story about a real incident (usually a personal story) A) Anecdote. B) Allusion. C) Antithesis. D) Direct address. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. ← 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