This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 434 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 434 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The bar chart supported the author's argument by ..... A) Providing statistics to support his opinion on why students need to work. B) Detailing the number of students who waste time in the summer. C) Providing factual trends to support his claim on why students are not working. D) Detailing the groups of students who need to retake courses before graduating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Providing statistics to support his opinion on why students need to work. 2. "For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago." A) Logos (Logic). B) Ethos (Authority). C) Pathos (Emotion). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos (Authority). 3. Deductions or conclusions readers make based on information available. A) Inference. B) Metonymy. C) Pathetic Fallacy. D) Rhetorical Question. E) Tragic Flaw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inference. 4. What is the rhetorical element that uses logical persuasion? A) Delta. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 5. In the rhetoric acronym S.O.A.P, the O refers to ..... A) Objective. B) Occasion or context. C) Orator. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occasion or context. 6. An author's choice of words used to weave their story to their liking or purpose. A) Diction. B) Hyperbole. C) Description. D) Pacing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 7. A conclusion that does not follow logically from the "proof" A) Circular reasoning. B) Not as follows. C) Hasty generalization. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not as follows. 8. Which statement is a generalization? A) A cheeseburger is made with meat and cheese. B) Many kids love to eat cheeseburgers. C) Cheeseburgers are the best food. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many kids love to eat cheeseburgers. 9. ..... to those he touched and who sought to touch him: "Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not." A) Rhetorical Question. B) Biblical Allusion. C) Antithesis. D) Parallel Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 10. This form of rhetoric emphasizes the importance of the issue to our current world. It is about the timing of the topic. A) Weather. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weather. 11. An authors specific word choice is his ..... ? A) Denotation. B) Diction. C) Restatement. D) Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diction. 12. Saying "I'm lucky" several times at the beginning of many paragraphs is an example of ..... A) Repetition. B) Parallelism. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 13. The circumstances that gave rise to the argument A) Evidence. B) Subject. C) Rhetorical triangle. D) Occasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occasion. 14. Fallacy in which a faulty conclusion is reached because of inadequate evidence. A) Either-Or. B) Ad hominem. C) Bandwagon. D) Hasty Generalization. E) Slippery Slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hasty Generalization. 15. An appropriate lesson is one that is taught as part of catechism (religious education) in schools. A) Exactly. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 16. 'with its faults and its errors ..... " A) Repetition. B) Restatement. C) Parallelism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restatement. 17. ..... is the REASON or THE WHY an author writes something. A) Author's purpose. B) Style. C) Tone. D) Theme. E) CRAAP. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Author's purpose. 18. In Fahrenheit 451, where did Montag originally meet Faber? A) At his house. B) In the subway. C) At a park. D) At Clarissa's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At a park. 19. An instruction a speaker or writer gives to their audience to provoke change or action is which of the following rhetorical devices? A) Logos. B) Call to action. C) Rhetorical question. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Call to action. 20. Spreading of a particular idea/belief is called ..... A) Bias. B) Propaganda. C) Stereotype. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Propaganda. ← 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