This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 63 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 63 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Define:Rhetor A) A person skilled in Rhetoric. B) A greater actor. C) The message of an argument. D) The context of an argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person skilled in Rhetoric. 2. ..... means:a question someone asks without expecting an answer. A) Diction. B) Bandwagon appeal. C) Rhetorical question. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 3. The appeal to emotion is also called ..... A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 4. Which did Mr. King not emphasize about rhetoric? A) It is effective. B) It is persuasive. C) It is planned ahead of time. D) It uses big words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It uses big words. 5. "Wow, time really flew today!" A) Parody. B) Personification. C) Multi-connector. D) Pedantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. Using emotion to support a claim or opinion is A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Loaded Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 7. This type of media allows users to comment, like, subscribe, etc. A) Electronic Media. B) Print Media. C) Specialty Media. D) Interactive Media. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interactive Media. 8. Language that is used to create a particular emotional response in the reader A) Irony. B) Emotional language. C) Direct language. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotional language. 9. "Nineteen sixty-three is not an end but a beginning." This is an example of which rhetorical device? A) Antithesis. B) Juxtaposition. C) Pun. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition. 10. The following quote uses which appeal? "All men are created equal. They are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights." A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 11. Similar to mood, ..... describes the author's attitude toward his material, the audience, or both. A) Thesis. B) Tone. C) Transition. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 12. Which of the following is NOT a genre widely used in the Rationalist Era? A) Speeches. B) Sermons. C) Political pamphlets. D) Essays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sermons. 13. Why do speaker's use the rhetorical appeals in their pieces (speeches, advertisements, etc.)? A) To appeal to the audience's emotions. B) To appeal to the audience's logic and reasoning. C) To establish their credentials and trustworthiness. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. Emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language A) Invective. B) Didactic. C) Colloquial. D) Abstract. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invective. 15. "Our mission is at once the oldest and most basic of this country:to right wrong, to do justice, to serve man." A) Pathos. B) Anaphora. C) Parallelism. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 16. A teenager tries to convince his parents to buy him a new car by saying if they cared about their child's safety they'd upgrade him. This is an example of ..... A) Epistrophe. B) Anaphora. C) Alliteration. D) Pathos . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos . 17. Viewing the exhibit, I was amazed by the intricate details of some of the more ornately decorated rooms. I marveled at a replica of a salon (a formal living room) dating back to the reign of French king Louis XV.Built into the dark paneled walls are bookshelves stocked with leather-bound volumes.At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.Some scholars argue that the excesses of King Louis XV's reign contributed significantly to the conditions that resulted in the French Revolution.Should the writer make this addition here? A) Yes, because it provides historical context for the Thorne Miniature Rooms exhibit. B) Yes, because it explains why salons are often ornately decorated. C) No, because it interrupts the paragraph's description of the miniature salon. D) No, because it implies that the interior designer of the salon had political motivations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, because it interrupts the paragraph's description of the miniature salon. 18. Which of the following options below has the follwing definition:to make a strong comparison using like or as A) Irony. B) Paradox. C) Analogy. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 19. Statements which are voiced as questions but not expected to be answered; used to imply certain answers and draw audiences to certain conclusions. A) Generalization. B) Loaded Words. C) Connotation. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical Question. 20. This appeal usually represents the message. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. ← 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