This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 58 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 58 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Lobsters are cannibalistic and will feed on each other this is one reason they are difficult to raise in captivity. A) No change. B) Other, this. C) Other; and this. D) Other. This. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Other. This. 2. The following quote is an example of which technique? "I have nothing but pity in my heart for the chief witness for the state, but my pity does not extend so far as her putting a man's life at stake ..... " (Lee 271). A) Loaded language. B) Parallel structure. C) Rhetorical question. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 3. Which ancient philosopher is responsible for the creation of the 3 persuasive techniques? A) Socrates. B) Aristotle. C) Plato. D) Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aristotle. 4. Multiple words begin with the same consonant sound A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 5. Narrator is an "I"(occasionally a "we") who speaks from her/hissubject position. That narrator is usually acharacter in the story, who interacts withother characters; we see those interactionsthrough the narrator's eyes, and we can'tknow anything the narrator doesn't know. A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 6. It is best to use chronological order when A) Showing contrasting opinions. B) Explaining which item is most important. C) Explaining a series of events. D) Showing a cause and effect relationship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Explaining a series of events. 7. Rebecca:An apple is a vegetable. Justin:Don't listen to Rebecca; she failed Spanish class last year. A) To the man. B) Categorical Claim. C) Exaggeration. D) Stereotyping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To the man. 8. With four brothers and sisters, your family have never been able to agree on anything. A) NO CHANGE. B) Would. C) Will. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has. 9. The art of persuasion A) Subject. B) Pathos. C) Rhetoric. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetoric. 10. "If you love your country, you will fight for its citizens and the rights of those citizens' right to education." A) Logical reasoning. B) Appeal to patriotism. C) Emotional words. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeal to patriotism. 11. Annual plants survive only one season, but perennials return each year with new flowers and foliage. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 12. What is the definition of author's attitude? A) It is how the author feels towards his/her audience. B) It is how the author feels towards the quality of their work. C) It is how the author feels towards his/her topic. D) It is how the author shows bias towards his/her subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is how the author feels towards his/her topic. 13. We will never forgive you. A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Accusatory tone. D) Personal pronouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personal pronouns. 14. What is the MOST integral part of any argument using rhetoric? A) The intended audience. B) The purpose. C) The rhetorical goal. D) The individual strategies used. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The intended audience. 15. Which of the following statement is a personification? A) The leaves whisper their secrets to one another. B) The sun is a ball of fire. C) His lips were as white as vinegar when he broke her mom's favorite vase. D) The baby is as meek as a lamb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The leaves whisper their secrets to one another. 16. What is the following an example of?"The data is perfectly clear:this investment has consistently turned a profit year-over-year, even in spite of market declines in other areas." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 17. The kids ran out of the haunted house like they were race cars. A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 18. The definition of locial fallcacy is ..... A) Weakness in an argument-logical connections between claim and evidence. B) Strength in an argument-logical connections between claim and evidence. C) Weakness in an argument-no logical connection between claim and evidence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weakness in an argument-no logical connection between claim and evidence. 19. Introducing an irrelevant or tangential argument in order to distract from the main point or issue. (a) A) Appeal to authority. B) Ad hominem. C) Strawman. D) A Red herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A Red herring. 20. I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. A) Establish credibility. B) Appeal to pathos. C) Appeal to logos. D) Accusatory tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accusatory tone. ← 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