This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 54 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 54 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are some strategies of persuasion? A) Energy, Passion, Love. B) Excitement, Positivity, Laughter. C) Efficiency, Productivity, Leadership. D) Ethos, Pathos, Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos, Pathos, Logos. 2. Rhetorical ..... are techniques that writers use to enhance arguments and convey ideas. A) Ideas. B) Questions. C) Devices. D) Answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Devices. 3. The speaker or writer's attitude about a subject A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Mood. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 4. "I do entreat you, not a man depart, Save I alone, till Antony have spoke." is an example of: A) Situational Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) Not Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational Irony. 5. What do you call words and phrases that limit the claim? A) Rebuttals. B) Dumb words. C) Qualifiers. D) Concessions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Qualifiers. 6. Antimetabole A) Purposefully ridiculous metaphoric language. B) A reversal of similar words to confuse the audience. C) A reversal of exact same words to produce a clever effect. D) A reversal of figurative language to make a joke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A reversal of exact same words to produce a clever effect. 7. Why did Lincoln keep using the phrase "the States and parts of States, the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States" ? A) He did not know they were calling themselves the Confederacy because he had no communication with their leadership. B) It was a rhetorical choice to deny the legitimacy of their separate nation by not calling them by the name they chose. C) He was clarifying the definitions of "North" and "South.". D) He was using careful wording to avoid upsetting the union slave states for fear they might secede too. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was a rhetorical choice to deny the legitimacy of their separate nation by not calling them by the name they chose. 8. "I once felt all that kind of anger, which a man ought to feel." Thomas Paine A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 9. Define key words to ensure precise communication A) Definition. B) Description. C) Illustration. D) Process analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Definition. 10. This is the study of persuasive language A) Optics. B) Genealogy. C) Persuasion. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 11. What is the suggested length of time for the rhetorical analysis essay? A) 40 minutes. B) 30 minutes. C) 2 hours and 15 minutes. D) 1 hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 40 minutes. 12. What do you think is Swift's attitude toward the treatment of Ireland's poor people? A) He dislikes the treatment of Ireland's poor people. B) He promotes the treatment of Ireland's poor people. C) He justifies the treatment of Ireland's poor people. D) He celebrates the treatment of Ireland's poor people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He dislikes the treatment of Ireland's poor people. 13. A short personal story A) Jargon. B) Anecdote. C) Credibility. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdote. 14. ..... is one that is raised in order to make a point rather than elicit an answer, since the answer may be obvious or self-evident. A) Hypophora. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Anaphora. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Question. 15. In rhetoric, a line of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood A) Argument. B) Antithesis. C) Amplification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Argument. 16. Is the proximity of two or more phrases with identical or similar constructions, especially those expressing the same sentiment, but with slight modifications A) Restatement. B) Anaphora. C) Parallelism. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 17. A form of government that exercises complete control over its citizens. A) Fascism. B) Totalitarianism. C) Propaganda. D) Censorship tags1984Real Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Totalitarianism. 18. After deposing their leader, Thrasybulus, the people of Syracuse, Sicily, sought to establish which form of government? A) Dictatorship. B) Monarchy. C) Democracy. D) Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Democracy. 19. In acknowledging a counterargument, the writer concedes that a/an ..... may be reasonable but then denies the validity of either all or just part of it A) Nuanced consideration. B) Refutation. C) Broader context. D) Opposing argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Opposing argument. 20. The triangle created by the speaker/writer, the audience, and the occasion A) Rhetorical question. B) Rhetoric. C) Rhetorical situation. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical situation. ← 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