This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 47 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 47 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. You should study because it helps you do well on tests is an appeal to ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 2. A figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the words. A) Chiasmus. B) Claim. C) Colloquialism. D) Coherence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chiasmus. 3. An appeal using logic, reasoning, data, and facts A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 4. What is the term for how a reader feels about a piece of writing? A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Feeling. D) Disposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 5. Using conjunctions to emphasize rhythm, and therefore emphasize a certain point."In years gone by, there were in every community men and women who spoke the language of duty and morality and loyalty and obligation." William F. Buckley A) Polysyndeton. B) Unconnected. C) Euphemism. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polysyndeton. 6. Which of the following is an example of tone? A) Opinion. B) Laughter. C) Courageous. D) Explanation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Courageous. 7. Pick the term that matches the definition:the method and manner for convincing an audience (L, P, E) A) Evidence. B) Claim. C) Choices. D) Appeals. E) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeals. 8. Choose the sentence that has parallel structure. A) The children laughed, jumped, and danced. B) The children were laughing, jumped, and some were dancing. C) The children were laughing, jumping, and then they danced. D) The children laughed, jumped, and were dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The children laughed, jumped, and danced. 9. Examples being exposition, argumentation, description, and narration. A) Sarcasm. B) Rhetorical Questions. C) Rhetorical Modes. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Modes. 10. Citation of information from people recognized for their special knowledge of a subject for the purpose of strengthening a speaker or writer's arguments. A) To man. B) To the people. C) Appeal to authority. D) Authority. E) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal to authority. 11. Asking questions to your reader that do not need an answer A) Sweeping Generalization. B) Rhetorical questions. C) Direct Address. D) Loaded language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical questions. 12. What is parallelism in writing? A) An appeal to logic. B) A type of repetition where a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of sentences or paragraphs in a row. C) Similar ideas or phrases arranged to balance each other. D) A comparison of two unlike things that uses like or as. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Similar ideas or phrases arranged to balance each other. 13. "Implied though not plainly expressed" is the definition of ..... A) Implicit Language. B) Explicit Language. C) Loaded Language. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Implicit Language. 14. Which part of the sentence is an allusion:Something weird is going on ..... my spidey sense is tingling. A) Something weird. B) Spidey sense. C) Is going on. D) Weird. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spidey sense. 15. The associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression; the feelings or images associated with particular words A) Denotation. B) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 16. What does the speaker do in SOAPSTone? A) The speaker delivers the message or speech. B) The speaker analyzes the text. C) The speaker listens to the audience. D) The speaker writes a letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker delivers the message or speech. 17. The knowledge of an expert is referred to by the writer A) Expert opinion. B) Metaphor and simile. C) Over-exaggeration. D) Emotional language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expert opinion. 18. Oh, please. What would you know about labor laws? You don't even have a job. A) To Man. B) Scare Tactic. C) Hasty Generalization. D) Sentimental Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To Man. 19. When two cases are not sufficiently parallel to lead readers to accept a claim of connection between them. A) Logical Fallacy. B) Inference. C) Invective. D) False Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) False Analogy. 20. What does appeal to fear mean? A) When fear, not evidence or reason, is being used as the primary motivator to get others to accept an idea, proposition, or conclusion. B) A reference to a well-known story, event, person, or object to make someone fear a situation. C) Showing how an opposing viewpoint can be feared and proving those reasons. D) A reference to a horror movie or real-life horrific event to show disaster and fear in order to persuade against that fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When fear, not evidence or reason, is being used as the primary motivator to get others to accept an idea, proposition, or conclusion. ← 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