This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 49 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 49 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What role does ETHOS play in a persuasive argument? A) It establishes the credibility of the speaker. B) It establishes an emotional response from the audience. C) It establishes a logical connection between the argument and the audience. D) It creates repetition in sentence structure to create rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It establishes the credibility of the speaker. 2. Substituting a person's actual position with a misrepresented (and usually weaker) version of their argument. A) Straw man argument. B) Appeal to nature. C) It does not follow. D) Guilt by association. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Straw man argument. 3. MLK used ..... when he repeatedly started phrases with "as long as ..... " A) Allusion. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Parallel Structure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallel Structure. 4. To inform / to persuade A) Purpose. B) Audience. C) Requirement. D) Context. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Purpose. 5. Which appeal should a speaker focus when creating an argument? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. The "L" of our DIDLS acronym A) Linguistics. B) Logos. C) Language. D) Linguini. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Language. 7. Third person omniscient point of view presents A) The thoughts and feelings of all characters. B) The thoughts and feelings of one character. C) The behaviors of one character. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The thoughts and feelings of all characters. 8. What are the components of a rhetorical situation? A) Exigence, Purpose, Audience, Context, Writer, Message. B) Speaker, Purpose, Audience. C) Ethos, Pathos, Logos. D) Claim, Evidence, Commentary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exigence, Purpose, Audience, Context, Writer, Message. 9. Intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work. For repetition to be noticeable, the words or phrases should be repeated within close proximity of each other. A) Anaphora. B) Residence. C) Repetition. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 10. 45% of patients surveyed said that they were dissatisfied with their experience at the hospital. This shows how serious the problems in our medical system are. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 11. Which of the following is the best definition for the word "infer" ? A) To suggest or hintsomething, without stating it directly. B) To draw a conclusion, putting two and two together. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To draw a conclusion, putting two and two together. 12. When two words are put together that contradict each other-opposites Jumbo Shrimp A) Shape. B) Pun. C) Proverb. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 13. Offering question not intended to be answered (because the answer is obvious) A) Rhetorical question. B) Simile. C) Skesis of names. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 14. The reason an author writes a particular work is known as their ..... A) Rhetoric. B) Ethos. C) Purpose. D) Aspiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purpose. 15. The appeal to emotion is known as A) Telos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 16. Sentence length, type, and structure. A) Syntax. B) Oxymoron. C) Unrelated. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syntax. 17. At 1 p.m. Charlotte was eating lunch ....., Joseph was just waking up after sleeping in. A) Simultaneously. B) Then. C) So. D) Consequently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simultaneously. 18. "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."What rhetorical devise is used? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 19. Audience appeals A) A type of figurative language in which two unlike things are compared using like, as, than, or resembles. B) Methods of persuading an audience through emotion, logic, or ethics. C) A pattern in writing in which words and phrases are similar in structure, one echoing another. D) A nonliteral use of language to suggest a specific feeling or meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Methods of persuading an audience through emotion, logic, or ethics. 20. According to Aristotle, there are 3 characteristics that distinguish humans from animals A) Logos / Expression of emotions / power of speech. B) Logos / Sense of sight / Manifestation of emotions. C) Sense of sight / Expression of emotions / power of speech. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos / Expression of emotions / power of speech. ← 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