This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 80 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 80 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It is considered a false truth that a broken mirror means bad luck. A) Euphemism. B) Metaphor. C) Anaphora. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 2. "You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word:It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be." A) Is an example of rhetorical question. B) Is an example of repetition. C) Is an example of allusion. D) Is an example of hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is an example of repetition. 3. To compare as to point out striking differences A) Correction of erroneous views. B) Concession. C) Corrective measures. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contrast. 4. "If you don't come to the game tonight, then clearly you don't care about me." A) False dilemma. B) Logos. C) Strawman. D) To man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False dilemma. 5. Which of the following is not an example of informational text? A) Letters/Journals. B) Speeches. C) Procedures. D) Novels. E) Articles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Novels. 6. After watching a few Tiktoks with her friends, Alice downloaded the app herself and went down a rabbit-hole for hours. A) Hypophora. B) Allusion. C) Unconnected. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 7. Overstatement or exaggeration in poetry or prose A) Epistrophe. B) Hyperbole. C) Anaphora. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 8. A figure of reasoning in which one or more questions is/are asked and then answered, often at length, by one and the same speaker; raising and responding to one's own question(s). A common usage is to ask the question at the beginning of a paragraph and then use the paragraph to answer it. A) Hyperbole. B) Hypophora. C) Imagery. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypophora. 9. ..... Consequently, I was late to school. A) I never wake up on time. B) I always wake up on time. C) My mom woke me up for school. D) I was ready to start the day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I never wake up on time. 10. What is the difference between a slogan and a jingle? A) A jingle has more words. B) A slogan ends with an exclamation point. C) A jingle is sung, but a slogan is spoken. D) They are the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A jingle is sung, but a slogan is spoken. 11. 8 The traditions of the huntsman's ..... A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 12. What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:" ..... we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty" A) Anthimeria. B) Apposition. C) Unrelated. D) Antimetabole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unrelated. 13. What appeal is Sojourner Truth using when she makes the following statement?"Look at me! Look at my arm. I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me. And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man ..... when I could get it ..... and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman?" A) Logical appeal. B) Ethical appeal. C) Emotional appeal. D) Appeal to authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logical appeal. 14. Series of clauses increasing force for effect A) Auxesis. B) Let's call. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Auxesis. 15. A clever or witty saying A) Epigram. B) Free verse. C) Ode. D) None listed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epigram. 16. Less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept A) Euphemism. B) Epithet. C) Malapropism. D) Neologism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 17. Is "All white people don't have rhythm" a stereotype? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 18. Tofu has more calcium than milk. A) Fact. B) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fact. 19. Which of the following is NOT a reason to study rhetoric? A) To improve your writing and speaking. B) To convince others of the truth of your opinions. C) To understand the logical principles that support geometry. D) To be less easily manipulated by smooth talkers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To understand the logical principles that support geometry. 20. An appeal to credibility or character. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. ← 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