This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 422 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 422 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the first S representative of in SOAPSTone? A) Speaker. B) Sorcerer. C) Subject. D) Supplier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. 2. How does your textbook (ch 2) define rhetorical analysis? A) Reading texts rhetorically. B) Breaking down the ways an author composes her message to an audience. C) Analyzing the questions used in a text. D) Understanding the artistic proofs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breaking down the ways an author composes her message to an audience. 3. A statement in which a seeming contradiction may reveal an unexpected truth. A) Paradox. B) Polysyndeton. C) Parallelism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 4. Saying one thing is something else to show how they're similar A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 5. Gardening is the perfect hobby for those who need ..... from hectic city life. A) Torpor. B) Inevitable. C) Suffrage. D) Respite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Respite. 6. If you aren't worried about education laws, you're missing the danger they create. A) Rhetorical explanation/rhetorical definition. B) Truth surrogate. C) Faulty analogy. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical explanation/rhetorical definition. 7. One type of subject complement-an adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb in the predicate of the sentence A) Predicate nominative. B) Subordinate clause. C) Predicate adjective. D) Periodic sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predicate adjective. 8. Which of these is an example of exemplum? A) "For example, I marched for civil rights with Dr. King in 1963.". B) In the movie "Goodfellas, " Joe Pesci's most famous scene is when he asks Ray Liotta: "What do you mean I'm funny?". C) Baking soda is an essential ingredient in biscuits. D) If I would've known you were coming, I'd've baked a cake!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "For example, I marched for civil rights with Dr. King in 1963.". 9. What is the purpose of the partitio section in classical rhetoric? A) To summarize the main points of the essay. B) To provide background information on the topic. C) To forecast the argumentative points. D) To conclude the essay with a strong closing statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To forecast the argumentative points. 10. What does CAMP stand for? A) Context, Audience, Mood, Purpose. B) Contrast, Alliteration, Metaphor, Porpoise. C) Context, Audience, Message, Purpose. D) Context, Argument, Message, Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Context, Audience, Message, Purpose. 11. Which rhetorical technique is being used in this example? "Verizon has five (5) times more coverage than Sprint!" A) Expert Opinion. B) Cause and Effect. C) Comparison and Contrast. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comparison and Contrast. 12. From the TedEd video about Caesar, Brutus joins the conspiracy because A) Cassius paid him to join. B) Pompei was a close ally and Brutus wanted to be loyal. C) He was fearful that Caesar would become a tyrant. D) His wife's reputation was at stake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was fearful that Caesar would become a tyrant. 13. A word or expression is repeated at the beginning of a number of sentences A) Repetition. B) Anaphora. C) Assonance. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 14. What is the meaning of the allusion:Ask me anything, I'm like Google! A) I know all of the answers. B) I need the internet to survive. C) I am rich. D) I hate bad weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I know all of the answers. 15. True or False:Du Bois was the first member in his family to go to school. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 16. A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions. Used to make these abstractions, animal, or objects appear more vivid to the reader. A) Animate. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 17. Ideas are presented in a way that seems opposite to what is really meant A) Irony and sarcasm. B) Parenthesis. C) Pun. D) Emotional language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony and sarcasm. 18. Rul3 of Three:Why might a writer want to list things in multiples of three (3)? A) The audience is more likely to remember if they hear items in 3s. B) The audience is more likely to trust the speaker if they hear items in 3s. C) The audience is more likely to give applause if they hear items in 3s. D) The audience is more likely to laugh if they hear items in 3s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The audience is more likely to remember if they hear items in 3s. 19. What is the definition of the logical fallacy, slippery slope? A) A conclusion based on the thought that if something happens, it will cause a ripple of other effects. B) A conclusion based on insufficient or biased evidence. C) A conclusion that if something happened after an event, the event must have caused it. D) A conclusion that restates the argument rather than actually proving it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A conclusion based on the thought that if something happens, it will cause a ripple of other effects. 20. John O'Sullivan's ethos is mainly established through A) His publication in his self-made magazine. B) His audience of primarily Democrats. C) Confident statements throughout. D) Using elevated vocabulary. 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