This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 55 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 55 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the irony in Swift being "studious of brevity" ? A) He is anything but short. B) He is doubtful his plan will work. C) He never went to college. D) He feels his plan is unrealistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is anything but short. 2. Periodic Sentence A) Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end. B) Is the use of a conjunction between each word, phrase, or clause, and is thus structurally theopposite of asyndeton. C) To play down or soften something that is starting, horrifying, shocking, painful, or otherwisedeserving of more emotion and attention than the writer gives it. D) A comparison of two things, often a dissimilar nature yet alike in certain aspects, in order to suggestthat what is true of one applies to the other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end. 3. Rhetorical appeals are qualities of an argument that make it truly persuasive. Three types are are logos, ethos, pathos. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Using language, reason, and evidence to influence the thoughts and behaviors of others A) Claim. B) Rhetorical triangle. C) Rhetoric. D) Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Argument. 5. What is the definition of prejudice?A. A prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with anotherB. A preconceived opinion not based on reason or experienceC. Information of a biased or misleading natureD. A hatred of one particular thing, person, or group A) A preconceived opinion not based on reason or experience. B) A prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another. C) Information of a biased or misleading nature. D) A hatred of one particular thing, person, or group. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A preconceived opinion not based on reason or experience. 6. The demand made that the reader accept the incidents recounted in the literary work A) Slippery slope. B) Suspension of disbelief. C) Spotlight fallacy. D) Syllogism. E) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suspension of disbelief. 7. Imagine Emma, Priya, and Ethan are having a lively debate. What does the rhetorical triangle illustrate in this scenario? A) The relationship between speaker (Emma, Priya, Ethan), audience, and message. B) The different types of rhetorical strategies used by Emma, Priya, and Ethan. C) The importance of context in the rhetoric of Emma, Priya, and Ethan's debate. D) The three essential elements of effective communication in Emma, Priya, and Ethan's discussion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The relationship between speaker (Emma, Priya, Ethan), audience, and message. 8. Parallelism is..... A) Using the same word twice in the same sentence. B) A type of repetition in which words or phrases in parallel (same or similar) form connect ideas. C) A phrase meant to make the audience cry. D) Repeating the same thing over and over again. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A type of repetition in which words or phrases in parallel (same or similar) form connect ideas. 9. If they keep acting like this, ..... we all might suffer. A) Then. B) Than. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Then. 10. This rhetorical appeal is to your emotions A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 11. Read the excerpt:It was fashionable, hundreds of years ago, for the children of Jacob to boast, we have "Abraham to our father, " when they had long lost Abraham's faith and spirit. That people contented themselves under the shadow of Abraham's great name, while they repudiated the deeds which made his name great.Which rhetorical device is employed here? A) Hypophora. B) Allegory. C) Parallelism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 12. "They might dismiss us and say that we are too young to understand. But I understand pain. I get grief. I see it in the eyes of the families mourning for those they lost. I hear it in the wails of the loved ones who had to bury one of their own because grown men and women won't listen to common sense and do the bare minimum." Which of the following best answers the A in SOAPSTone? A) The Podcast's one million listeners. B) The youth of America. C) The people who lost a loved one from the pandemic. D) All of these answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The youth of America. 13. During the real test, how much time should you dedicate to reading the passage? A) 5-10 minutes. B) Less than 5 minutes. C) 10+ minutes. D) Read the prompt and begin writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5-10 minutes. 14. Logical fallacy in which a writer attacks an opponent's character. A) Diction. B) To the man. C) Personification. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To the man. 15. ETHOS is an appeal to ..... A) Logic. B) Ethics or character. C) Emotion. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethics or character. 16. A situation or statement in which the actual outcome or meaning is opposite what is expected A) Irony. B) Logical Fallacy. C) Generalization. D) Invective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 17. Close placement of two things to create a contrasting effect A) Juxtaposition. B) Paradox. C) Modernism. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition. 18. "Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood." A) Anaphora. B) Simile. C) Antithesis. D) Multi-connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 19. Typically, the most influential rhetorical appeal: A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Telos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 20. A position of not taking sides in a conflict A) Bewilderment. B) Perished. C) Neutrality. D) Transcends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neutrality. ← 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