This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 425 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 425 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. Can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar. Can also make writing more vivid, imaginative, or intellectually engaging. Ex. "Structure of an atom is like a solar system. Nucleus is the sun and electrons are the planets revolving around their sun." A) Antithesis. B) Ancronym. C) Analogy. D) Enumeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 2. What is a participle? A) Verb functioning as a noun. B) Verb functioning as an adjective. C) Noun functioning as a verb. D) Adjective functioning as a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb functioning as an adjective. 3. "Money is the root of all evil:poverty is the fruit of all goodness." is an example of Antithesis A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Exceptions to claims that indicate the degree of certainty for the claim. A) Factual Information. B) Qualifiers. C) Persuasion. D) Concession. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Qualifiers. 5. A man at the car dealership implores the salesman to offer the best price on a new car because he needs to support his young family is an example of A) Allusion. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Charged words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 6. "his mother, his father, his small sister" A) Repetition. B) Figurative language. C) Metaphor. D) Complex syntax to reflect the sufferinf of the young man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 7. This appeal encourages the reader / viewer to do the right thing out of a sense of right and without expecting anything in return. A) Plain folk. B) Altruism. C) Patriotism. D) Plain folk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Altruism. 8. The Center for Disease Control advises everyone to get a flu vaccination. What is the main type of rhetoric being used? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 9. What words do we use to describe a word's connotation? A) Basic, complex, neutral. B) Synonyms and antonyms. C) Positive, neutral, negative. D) Tone and mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positive, neutral, negative. 10. The rhetorical situation consists of A) Logos, pathos, and ethos. B) Exigence, audience, and purpose. C) Concessions, counter-arguments, rebuttals. D) Major premise, minor premise, conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exigence, audience, and purpose. 11. An audience that is not physically present, but that is affected by the speaker's message. A) Immediate Audience. B) Syllogism. C) Qualifers. D) Mediated Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mediated Audience. 12. What is NOT a reason a country might use propaganda? A) To change the way their people are thinking. B) To glorify the government or the leader. C) To allow free thought. D) To create a common enemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To allow free thought. 13. Types of writing such as letters, reports, memos, poems, and blogs are ..... of writing. A) Organizations. B) Genres. C) Stances. D) Rhetorical situations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genres. 14. He is known as an inventor, speaker, and for his aphorisms. A) Jefferson. B) Franklin. C) Paine. D) Henry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Franklin. 15. Is an explicit reference to a particular meaning or to the various meanings of a word, in order to remove or prevent ambiguity A) Repetition. B) Anaphora. C) Distinctio. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Distinctio. 16. The author's credibility in a piece of rhetoric A) Pathos. B) Coherence. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos. 17. Sure, we haven't given raises in over five years to our employees, but we work really hard to make a good product. We try to ensure the best customer service, too. A) Strawman Fallacy. B) False Authority. C) Red Herring. D) Slippery Slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red Herring. 18. The suits took more from him during the hearing than his wife would after the divorce. A) Metonymy. B) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 19. The motivation for the discourse A) Requirement. B) Ethos, pathos, and logos. C) Rhetoric. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Requirement. 20. Intention is ..... A) The meaning behind a text. B) The goal or purpose of a text. C) The people, places, events, etc surrounding a text. D) The subject matter of a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The goal or purpose of a text. ← 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