This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 430 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 430 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The art of persuasive originated in A) Paris. B) Italy. C) Greece. D) Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greece. 2. Who failed to see that rhetoric could be used by someone whose goal is to deceive? A) Aristotle. B) Plato. C) Quintillian. D) Socrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotle. 3. The gathering of evidence to form a conclusion is called A) Bias. B) Deductive reasoning. C) Inductive reasoning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inductive reasoning. 4. Descriptive language that is used to appeal to a reader's senses is called ..... A) Diction. B) Imagery. C) Syntax. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 5. Common conjunctions used in polysyndeton include: A) For, And, Not, But, Or, Yes, So. B) For, Any, Nor, But, On, Yet, So. C) For, And, Nor, But, Or Yet, So. D) For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So. 6. The couple decided against divorce and chose ..... instead. A) Sustain. B) Infamy. C) Respite. D) Reconciliation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reconciliation. 7. A rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general and from this it draws a conclusion about something more specific. A) Subjectivity. B) Syllogism. C) Symbol. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Syllogism. 8. Writing techniques used to persuade/influence the audience. A) Rhetorical appeals. B) Logos. C) Rhetorical devices. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical devices. 9. How dare you!? A) Intensifier. B) Rhetorical question. C) Anecdote. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical question. 10. Perspective from which a piece of writing is developed. A) Narration. B) Exposition. C) Point of view. D) Argumentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of view. 11. Which appeal uses INTELLIGENCE to persuade? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 12. Rhetorical Devicea question posed for effect, not requiring an answer A) Verbal irony. B) Epistrophe. C) Allusion. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical question. 13. The internal characteristics of the speech are those that can be seen by the audience (auditorium) to which the speaker is addressing. A) Exactly. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 14. A form of word play in which words have a double meaning A) Pun. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 15. They are doing a bit of their construction these days and of course, there'll be a lot of noise. A) Understatement. B) Hyperbole. C) Euphemism. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understatement. 16. The junior college is a better place to attend school for the first two years of post secondary school than a university or a 4-year college. A) Fact. B) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opinion. 17. What literary device is being used in the following passage from "What to the Slave":Pride and patriotism prompt you to celebrate and hold in perpetual remembrance." A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Juxtaposition. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. 18. What makes up the rhetorical triangle? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) All three. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All three. 19. "The student was a sea of troubles." A) Understatement. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. TRUE or FALSE ..... The length of a sentence and how it's paired with sentences of different or similar lengths makes NO impact on the meaning, emotion, or emphasis of a passage. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. ← 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