This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Repeating the exact same words at the end of one sentence or clause and the beginning of the next. A) Repetition. B) Folding. C) Epistrophe. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Folding. 2. True or false:You are always the intended audience for a text if you are reading, watching, or listening to it. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. You love your dog; so buy this dog food, as it will help him to get all his nutrients. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 4. A question that is not expected to be answered, used for effect or to emphasize an obvious point (example:Can birds fly? There's no point, is there? Is this a joke?) A) Hyperbole. B) Literal question. C) Rhetorical question. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 5. Use of informalities in speech or writing; local or regional dialects can be included A) Colloquial. B) Didactic. C) Formal. D) Invective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colloquial. 6. Signs are only rhetorical if they are used symbolically A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) Not sure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 7. Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is ..... A) Nomenclature. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 8. Repetition at the beginning of a line. Example: "We demand truth. We demand justice. We demand equality." A) Metaphor. B) Oxymoron. C) Epistrophe. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaphora. 9. Word choice (this is one of the 5 elements of tone)Example:The student was angry. Vs. The student was furious. A) Details. B) Imagery. C) Diction. D) Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 10. You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. A) Figurative language. B) Personal anecdote. C) Accusatory tone. D) Shock tactics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Accusatory tone. 11. The speed at which a piece of writing moves along. A) Pacing. B) Point of view. C) Style. D) Slanting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacing. 12. The use of many conjunctions; has the effect of slowing the pace or emphasizing the numerous words or clauses A) Onomatopoeia. B) Ambiguity. C) Multi-connectors. D) Invective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multi-connectors. 13. Read this excerpt from Common Sense:The least fracture now will be like a name engraved with the point of a pin on the tender rind of a young oak. What kind of figurative language does Thomas Paine use here? A) Simile. B) Diction. C) Personification. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 14. The technique of repeating the same word and phrase A) Multi-connector. B) Unconnected. C) Repetition. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 15. Writing whose chief aim is to explain, tell, inform, or give background. A) Figurative language. B) Exposition. C) Hyperbole. D) Pacing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 16. Synthesize A) To form something by combining separate parts. B) To prevent. C) Not relevant. D) To recognize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To form something by combining separate parts. 17. "Any ..... is an imperfection marked by urgency; it is a defect, an obstacle, something waiting to be done, a thing which is other than it should be." A) Constraint. B) Rhetorical Situation. C) Discourse. D) Requirement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Requirement. 18. Advertisers generally use how many of the persuasive strategies in advertising? A) 1 of 3. B) 2 of 3. C) 3 of 3. D) None of the others. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2 of 3. 19. I cried, "No pain! No gain!" A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 20. Crafting sentences with items placed in comparable grammatical structures A) Antecedent. B) Anaphora. C) Modifier. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTheory QuizzesRhetoric Quiz 1Rhetoric Quiz 2Rhetoric Quiz 3Rhetoric Quiz 4Rhetoric Quiz 5Rhetoric Quiz 6Rhetoric Quiz 8Rhetoric Quiz 9Rhetoric Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books