This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 424 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 424 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following uses correct parallelism? A) He wanted three things out of college:to learn a skill, to make good friends, and to learn about life. B) He wanted three things out of college:to learn a skill, to make good friends, and learning about life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wanted three things out of college:to learn a skill, to make good friends, and to learn about life. 2. Define authors purpose A) Greek word:mask; the face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience. B) The author's intent either to inform/teach, to entertain, or to persuade/convince the audience. C) The spread of ideas and information to further a cause. The use of lies, rumors, disinformation and scare tactics to damage or promote a cause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The author's intent either to inform/teach, to entertain, or to persuade/convince the audience. 3. Parallel structure creates patterns that are easy to follow so the reader understand the main idea. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. What is the purpose of the speaker in the rhetorical situation? A) To convey a message. B) To analyze the language used. C) To understand the context. D) To establish credibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To convey a message. 5. You should choose a topic to write about before considering your rhetorical situation or assignment requirements. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. The arrangement of words A) Metaphor. B) Syntax. C) Hyperbole. D) Deduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Syntax. 7. To speak at the right moment, with the right purpose A) Hyperbaton. B) Appropriateness. C) Clarity. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appropriateness. 8. Logical fallacy is ..... A) The vulnerabilities or weaknesses in an argument. B) A structure that uses minor premise to build a conclusion. C) An argument less effective due to word choice. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The vulnerabilities or weaknesses in an argument. 9. A rhetorical device where the speaker or writer embellishes the sentence by adding more information to it to increase its worth and understandability A) Argument. B) Antithesis. C) Amplification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amplification. 10. This form of appeal deals with emotions, sentiments, and memories, persuading by relating to the audience's feelings. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 11. When typing the Works Cited for an image, which of the following is italicized? A) Name of the picture (or your name for the picture). B) Website where you got the picture. C) Date you accessed this picture. D) Publisher of the website. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Website where you got the picture. 12. Several parts of a sentence or several sentences expressed in similar grammatical form to show that the ideas are equal in importance. Can add balance, rhythm and emphasis to ideas. (Often occurs with anaphora, epistrophe and/or juxtaposition.) A) Personification. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Parallelism. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 13. What is one reason Thomas Paine believes that the youth of the colonies is an advantage against Britain? A) Because younger nations always take over older nations. B) Because Britain's age has made its citizens jaded. C) Because older nations like Britain have less to lose. D) Because their youth lends itself to vigor and unity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because their youth lends itself to vigor and unity. 14. How you give a speech A) Sophistry. B) Metaphor. C) Delivery. D) Sophists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Delivery. 15. Shortened A) Involuntary. B) Abridged. C) Converted. D) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abridged. 16. A list of three, or a sentence in which there are three parts or clauses. A) Tricolon. B) Repetition. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tricolon. 17. What does compassion mean? A) The absence of mental stress or anxiety. B) Fear resulting from the awareness of danger. C) A feeling of affection for a person or institution. D) A deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering. 18. A dog is waiting for you, sad and alone, in a cage at a shelter. Adopt today. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 19. Ethos is the way a writer or speaker A) Applies denotation. B) Will use valid reasoning. C) Applies emotion to a claim. D) Gains the trust and confidence of the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gains the trust and confidence of the audience. 20. When you base your argument on emotions, you are using A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. ← 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