This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 79 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 79 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A type of verb which creates a command A) Dynamic. B) Persuasive. C) Imperative. D) Direct verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imperative. 2. 'In Iraq 50, 538 deaths have been caused by terrorism since 2000.' This is an example of: A) Appeal to hip pocket. B) Appeal to tradition and custom. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evidence. 3. "We were elected to change Washington, and we let Washington change us." -John McCain. A) Folding. B) Antithesis. C) Chiasmus. D) Multi-connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chiasmus. 4. The use of language in such a way that apparent meaning contrasts sharply with the real meaning A) Argumentation. B) Figurative language. C) Irony. D) Slanting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 5. "Yes, we have safety issues in our factory. But we work really hard to make a good product." A) Straw man argument. B) False causation. C) Red herring. D) Hasty generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red herring. 6. The climate or atmosphere of the text; the way a text make the audience feel. A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Theme. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 7. Pathos, in an argument, represents ..... A) The Speaker. B) The Argument Itself. C) The Audience. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Audience. 8. What dehumanizing term did Swift use when referring to poor Irish women? A) Meat. B) Old bags. C) Breeders. D) Dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breeders. 9. Which word in the following text DOES NOT enhance the tone of suspense?"She walked slowly down the stairs as something unknown shrieked behind her." A) Slowly. B) Stairs. C) Unknown. D) Shrieked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stairs. 10. " If this philosophy had not emerged, I am convinced that by now many streets of the South would be flowing with floods of blood"This is an example of: A) Imagery and pathos. B) Metaphor and ethos. C) Anecdote and logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery and pathos. 11. "I have a dream that four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character" (King 5).This is an example of what rhetorical technique? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 12. A reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work, or work of art. It connects literary works to a larger cultural heritage. It allows the writer to express complex ideas without spelling them out. A) Allusion. B) Unrelated. C) Anaphora. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 13. The logos of an argument relates to A) The author's perspective. B) Tone. C) Valid reasons, facts, and reliable sources. D) Credibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Valid reasons, facts, and reliable sources. 14. This is the literal meaning of a word A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Diction. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denotation. 15. Assonance is a repetition of ..... A) Vowel sounds at the end of words. B) Consonant sounds at the beginning of words. C) Vowel sounds in the middle of words. D) Consonant sounds in the middle of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vowel sounds in the middle of words. 16. What is purpose? A) What we should understand about the topic. B) Speaker's attitude. C) Who the text is directed towards. D) Who the speaker is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What we should understand about the topic. 17. Yesterday's episode of Spongebob Squarepants made me laugh. Today's episode of Spongebob Squarepants made me laugh. Every episode of Spongebob Squrepants will be funny.What type of reasoning is this? A) Abductive. B) Deductive. C) Inductive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inductive. 18. Consider the rhetorical triangle. Pathos is related to: A) The speaker. B) The audience. C) The message. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The audience. 19. A logical appeal is known as ..... A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 20. A short, interesting story, or an event, often proposed to support or demonstrate some point and to make the audience laugh A) Anecdote. B) Allusion. C) Ethos. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. ← 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