This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 51 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 51 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Example: "I've told you a million times!" A) Hyperbole. B) Oxymoron. C) Irony. D) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 2. Citing health information is an example of ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Plato. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 3. "I have told you a million times not to bounce that ball in the house, " said the tired mother to her active four year old. A) Allusion. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 4. "Rain sleet and the snow do we sleep?" -M.O.N.E.Y A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 5. If you donate to our shelter, you could help get puppies off the street. The sweet, loving puppies will be able to survive and have a better life. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 6. 30 percent of all Parkinson's patients are under 50, and 20 percent are under 40, and that number is growing. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 7. The study of effective, persuasive language use. According to Aristotle, use of "available means of persuasion" A) Language and composition. B) Rhetoric. C) Rhetorical analysis. D) Argumentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetoric. 8. Example: "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." A) Allusions. B) Juxtaposition. C) Chiasmus. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chiasmus. 9. Identify the appeal: "Private demand for the product has tapered off for the past three years, and this year's sales figures are at an all-time low. It's time to research other options." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 10. The placement of two things side by side for the purpose of examination. A) Connotation. B) Juxtaposition. C) Allegory. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition. 11. An abrupt change in syntax, say from long sentences to one short one, can show ..... A) Confusion, shock, or betrayal. B) Continuity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confusion, shock, or betrayal. 12. An extended metaphor or analogy of two strikingly different things A) Anecdote. B) Conceit. C) Concession. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceit. 13. Which term best defines the following? "A short story about a person or event used to make a point." A) Facts. B) Anecdote. C) Analogy. D) Rule of Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdote. 14. The special language of a profession or group. A) Invective. B) Interior Monologue. C) Jargon. D) Logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jargon. 15. Figurative language that appeals to the senses. A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Theme. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 16. What is kairos? A) The emotional appeal in rhetoric. B) The ethical appeal or credibility of the speaker or writer. C) The method of persuasion that appeals to reason and logic. D) The concept of time in a qualitative sense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The concept of time in a qualitative sense. 17. A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it; the substituted term generally carries a more emotional impact A) Allusion. B) Paradox. C) Oxymoron. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metonymy. 18. Pathos is the appeal that uses ..... Pathos es el atractivo que usas ..... A) Credibility. B) Emotion. C) Logic. D) All threelos tres. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotion. 19. How many persuasive appeals are there? A) 3. B) 5. C) 7. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 20. A figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite. It is a special form of understatement, where the surface denial serves, through ironic contrast, to reinforce the underlying assertion. Ex. He's no fool (which implies he is wise). A) Inference. B) Invective. C) Litotes. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Litotes. ← 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