This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 56 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 56 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The tone of a text or speech is much like the ..... it creates. A) Attitude/ emotion. B) Image. C) Message. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attitude/ emotion. 2. A major category into which literary works fit. A) Concrete Language. B) Allusion. C) Genre. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genre. 3. Aristotle devised three means of persuasion to appeal to an audience when using rhetoric. What are these three means of persuasion? A) Logos, pathos, ethos. B) Bartering, violence, admiration. C) Essay, oration, imagery. D) Reason, passion, dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos, pathos, ethos. 4. A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. Simple examples include such words as buzz, hiss, hum, crack, whinny, and murmur. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Syntax. C) Personification. D) Synodoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 5. Which of the following statements about ethos is NOT accurate? A) In the modern context, it refers to the speaker's use of reasoning. B) It can refer to the speaker's own credibility. C) It can refer to the credibility of someone else the speaker refers to. D) All of these are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the modern context, it refers to the speaker's use of reasoning. 6. Which of the following is NOT a mode of persuasion? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pogos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pogos. 7. Ethnic cleaning early retirement opportunity A) Euphemism. B) Oxymoron. C) Pun. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 8. What helpful tool can be used to evaluate whether and argument/judgement is valid? A) Classical Arrangement. B) Perspective Triangle. C) Canons of Rhetoric. D) Signs, actions, and words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perspective Triangle. 9. Using a part to name the whole, or using the name of one thing for that of another associated with it. e.g. Calling the king, "the throne" or "the crown;" referring to the President as "The White House" A) Metonymy. B) Last resort. C) Flattery. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 10. Choose the answer that is in parallel structure. A) The internet can be used to find word meanings, medical information, and locating hotels. B) The internet is used to find word meanings, medical information, and locating hotels. C) People are using the internet to find word meanings, medical information, and locating hotels. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People are using the internet to find word meanings, medical information, and locating hotels. 11. "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." A) Definition. B) Cause and effect. C) Classification. D) Chronological. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cause and effect. 12. The method used to build suspense by providing hints of what is to come. A) Allegory. B) Foreshadowing. C) Concrete Language. D) Elliptical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 13. What is the purpose of a rhetorical question? A) To appeal to logic. B) To create emphasis or rhythm. C) To reference another work. D) To ask for the answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To create emphasis or rhythm. 14. What is an illusion in rhetoric? A) A brief or indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literal, or political significance. B) A statement that is not true. C) A statement that is meant to confuse the reader or listener. D) A statement that is meant to entertain the reader or listener. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A brief or indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literal, or political significance. 15. Define the roots:Equi/Equa A) Fragment. B) Flow. C) Location. D) Same. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Same. 16. Our good friend Michael passed away last week. A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphemism. 17. "This is our hope; this is the faith." A) Parallelism. B) Restatement. C) Analogy. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 18. "Hyperbole" means..... A) Going fast. B) Exaggeration. C) Using energy when delivering a speech. D) Using facts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exaggeration. 19. Which did rhetoric originate? A) Rome. B) Athens. C) Babylon. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athens. 20. This rhetorical technique is to support an argument using facts, statistics, testimonies, or any other evidence the writer can find. A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Hard Evidence. D) Expert Opinion. 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