This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 78 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 78 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Refers to the elements of a speech that reflect on the particular character of the speaker or the speech's author; commonly translated as the credibility or trustworthiness of the speaker A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 2. What is the following an example of:the structure of an atom is like a solar system. The nucleus is the sun and the electrons are the planets. A) Personification. B) Analogy. C) Hyperbole. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analogy. 3. Imagine that you are sitting down at a table to write the great American novel. You're about to write a sentence. The way you form that sentence is syntax. Do you make the sentence long with many dependent clauses? Do you make your sentences short, choppy, rhythmic? Do you repeat the first word again and again? Repeat the last? ..... Why does this matter? A) It doesn't matter at all. A sentence is a sentence. B) The combination of all these different options for syntax help the author convey different meanings, different emotions, and different emphasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The combination of all these different options for syntax help the author convey different meanings, different emotions, and different emphasis. 4. Information distributed with the direct purpose of promoting a certain point of view. A) Public relations. B) Propaganda/propaganda. C) Market research. D) Edward Bernays. E) Abraham Maslow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Propaganda/propaganda. 5. This is when you should start to pack up A) Five minutes before the end of the bell. B) Three minutes before the end of the bell. C) One minute before the bell rings. D) When the bell rings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One minute before the bell rings. 6. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase. A) Alliteration. B) Direct Address. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 7. Identify the rhetorical appeal used:People who eat chocolate are 72% happier than those who don't, so we should eat chocolate everyday. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 8. Author gives human characteristics to something non human A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Objective summary. D) Personification. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 9. Logos involves using..... to persuade someone. A) Opinions. B) Emotions. C) Logic. D) The Force. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logic. 10. This is the celebrity endorsement of a philosophy, movement or candidate. A) Snob Appeal. B) Testimonial. C) Bandwagon. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 11. Vivid description that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses A) Pathos. B) Imagery. C) Repetition. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 12. What poetic device gives human traits to non-human things? A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Rhyme. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 13. What is analysis? A) The art of persuasion. B) The way you break down a message. C) Appeal to emotion. D) Appeals to author's credibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The way you break down a message. 14. Which perspective deals with rules, laws, and criteria? A) Normative. B) Situational. C) Personal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Normative. 15. Who is the Father of Persuasion and creator of the Rhetorical Triangle? A) Plato. B) Galileo. C) Cesar. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aristotle. 16. Which Rhetorical Device is shown in the following sentence: "We should have Justin Bieber on the cover of the magazine this month instead of Tim McGraw." A) Appeal to Ethos. B) Appeal to Logos. C) Appeal to Pathos. D) Appeal to Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeal to Kairos. 17. If I was talking to someone about dogs and I interrupt the conversation to share a story about my favorite dog is an example of what? A) Tone. B) Imagery. C) Anecdote. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anecdote. 18. "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you." A) Folding. B) Transition. C) Distinctio. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Folding. 19. This is when there is a contrast between readers' logical expectations and what actually happens. A) Verbal Irony. B) Dramatic Irony. C) Situational Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational Irony. 20. Comparing two unlike things by using the words like or asmetaphor A) Simile. B) Antithesis. C) Anecdote. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. ← 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