This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 417 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 417 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How do anecdotes support the main ideas and arguments of a speech? A) By providing specific examples. B) By summarizing the main points. C) By analyzing the counterarguments. D) By presenting statistical data. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By providing specific examples. 2. PATHOS appeals are characterized by: A) Emotion. B) Authority. C) Common Sense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotion. 3. What are the terms 'logos', 'ethos' and 'pathos' collectively known as? A) Speech writing. B) The Aristotelian Triad. C) The Sophists. D) The three amigos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Aristotelian Triad. 4. Pathos is an appeal to our ..... A) Emotions. B) Logic. C) Trust in an expert. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotions. 5. "in the statement that I am about to read, it will be my painful duty to admit before this court that it commenced much earlier than the period stated" A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 6. The intentional placement of two or more elements side by side for effect. A) Listing. B) Anecdotes. C) Juxtaposition. D) Appeal to shared beliefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juxtaposition. 7. Why was the Roman Republic not a democracy? A) .... Because the senate members were not elected. B) It was. C) Because all legislative decisions were made by the consuls. D) Because there was no president. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) .... Because the senate members were not elected. 8. Which of the following appeals plays on the audience's emotions? A) Pathos. B) Kronos. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 9. Term used for the author or the person whose perspective is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing A) Speaker. B) Audience. C) Point of view. D) Main character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. 10. The writer's position on an issue or problem which is supported by evidence. A) Topic. B) Claim. C) Theme. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claim. 11. You're making the argument that we should get half-days on Friday to allow more time for homework or jobs or recreation. Which one of these replies would be an ad hominem? A) I guess you don't think kids should learn. B) Either students go to school or they will commit crime. C) You're an idiot for thinking that. D) Everyone else goes to school full days on Friday, so should we. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You're an idiot for thinking that. 12. The thief's heart was as cold as stone. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 13. A speaker skips to a new and irrelevant topic in order to avoid the topic of discussion A) To man. B) Hasty generalization. C) Red herring. D) Faulty causality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red herring. 14. The following argument is an example of ..... Members of the jury, your duty today will be to determine whether the plaintiffs prove that the defendant caused the wrongful death of their son. You must find a verdict based on a preponderance of the evidence, or the most convincing evidence and facts presented. If you believe that plaintiffs have shown more evidence for their argument, you must find for them. If you believe that they did not show enough evidence for their argument, you must find for the defendant. Bailiff, please announce today's case. A) Epideictic rhetoric. B) Deliberative rhetoric. C) Judicial rhetoric. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Judicial rhetoric. 15. "Our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack ..... " A) Parallelism. B) Euphemism. C) Simile. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 16. The purpose of the opinion page of a newspaper is ..... A) To entertain. B) To persuade. C) To confuse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To persuade. 17. I shouldn't get a speeding ticket because I am a responsible driver and I have never gotten a ticket before. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 18. Major PremiseMinor PremiseConclusion A) Deductive Reasoning. B) Inductive Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deductive Reasoning. 19. Communicating a message directly to another individual or group of individuals A) Distinctio. B) Direct address. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct address. 20. Persuasion through convincing the audience of one's moral character. A) Arrangement. B) Ethos. C) Tone. D) Syllogism. 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