This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The couple had an argument over where to eat for dinner. A) Forensic. B) Demonstrative. C) Deliberative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Demonstrative. 2. Ray Kroc began his career in the restaurant industry as a: A) Chief executive officer. B) Salesman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salesman. 3. The building was pretty ugly and a little big for its surroundings.-John Steinbeck A) Paradox. B) Oxymoron. C) Irony. D) Trope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 4. Any argument that includes logical and relevant evidence (researched data, facts, statistics, events, etc.) This defines which rhetorical appeal? A) Persuasion. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 5. Chose the device that matches the definition. "brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance." A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Anaphora. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 6. A statement that seems contradictory but in reality expresses a possible truth A) Figurative language. B) Imagery. C) Variation in syntax. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 7. A device in which words, sounds, and ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm and to create emphasis. A) Personification. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Rhetorical fragment. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 8. Figurative language in which non-human objects or ideas are given human qualities. A) Euphemism. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 9. An allusion refers only to movies A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. An appeal to the audience's emotions A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 11. Which argument would use the following words to change a person's perspective of a topic:I have been a lawyer for 25 years and have won 95% of my cases in this matter. A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 12. The repetition of the first consonant sound, occurring close together in a series. Example: "But a better butter makes a better batter." A) Anaphora. B) Alliteration. C) Epistrophe. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 13. This rhetorical appeal uses credibility A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 14. "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." A) Rhetorical question. B) Hypophora. C) Metaphor. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaphora. 15. Figure of repetition that occurs when the last word or terms in one sentence, clause, or phrase is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of the next sentence, clause, or phrase. A) Unconnected. B) Folding. C) Tricolon. D) Multi-connector. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Folding. 16. -is when a word associated with something is used to refer to the thing itself.-is when the word for a part of something is used to refer to the whole thing, or less commonly, the word for a whole is used to refer to a part. A) Understatement/Litotes. B) Metonymy/Synecdoche. C) Tone/Attitude. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy/Synecdoche. 17. Busted Broken BlackenedIs an example of what? A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Anaphora. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 18. The line "our mind's eye and our eye's mind see the world they want to" (Zoboi 9) in Punching the Air is an example of: A) Restatement. B) Repetition. C) Chiasmus. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chiasmus. 19. "Lazy" is an example of what? A) Positive connotation. B) Negative connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative connotation. 20. Lesson-26:Analyzing Rhetorical Devices Question 1:A reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from history, music, or another work of literature. A) Anaphora. B) Foreshadowing. C) Allusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTheory QuizzesRhetoric Quiz 1Rhetoric Quiz 2Rhetoric Quiz 3Rhetoric Quiz 4Rhetoric Quiz 5Rhetoric Quiz 6Rhetoric Quiz 7Rhetoric Quiz 9Rhetoric Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books