This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 81 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 81 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The absence of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words."Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, / Shrunk to this little measure?" (Julius Caesar, III, i) A) Euphemism. B) Unconnected. C) Polysyndenton. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unconnected. 2. Which of the following statement is the best rhetorical question definition? A) A figure of speech for which no answer is necessary. B) A falsehood meant to confuse the reader or listener. C) A question for which there are numerous answers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A figure of speech for which no answer is necessary. 3. A type of figurative language that links an object or idea to something else A) Metaphor. B) Prose. C) Oxymornon. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 4. Extremely exaggerating facts; saying something is way worse or way better than it actually is A) Hyperbole. B) Hinting. C) Sarcasm. D) Straw man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 5. Choose the question that can best help you think about the design of your text. A) What does this writing task call on you to do?. B) Does the genre require formal or informal language?. C) What does your audience already know-or believe-about your topic?. D) How does the medium affect the way you write and organize your text?. E) What is your stance, and how can you best present it to achieve your purpose?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How does the medium affect the way you write and organize your text?. 6. What is an example of Jargon in a research essay? A) The ratio of people who played volleyball past high school to people who stopped playing is 6:8. B) One thing that was sure to happen is that the inflation would go up. C) This project opened my group's eyes to new things and it was fascinating. D) This project was lit and crazy cool to me and my besties. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) This project was lit and crazy cool to me and my besties. 7. In a catalog that accompanied an exhibit of his work, pop artist Andy Warhol said, "In the future, everybody will be world-famous for fifteen minutes, " meaning that fame would be briefly available even to those who did nothing spectacular.What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?Jennifer had her fifteen minutes of fame when her video of kayaking with dolphins went viral. A) Lengthy experience being famous. B) Extraordinary effort. C) Temporary moment of celebrity status. D) Known by all forever. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporary moment of celebrity status. 8. Thenarrator tells us how that character sees the world, but can't, or at least doesn't, read the mind of all thecharacters this way. A) First Person Omniscient. B) Third Person Omniscient. C) Third Person Limited. D) First Person LImited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third Person Limited. 9. From the Greek word "orator", the speaker who uses elements of rhetoric effectively A) Rhetorical modes. B) Rhetoric. C) Rhetorical situation. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetoric. 10. ..... is a literary device that can be described as a statement, sentence, or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic. A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Message. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 11. Imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way A) Parody. B) Reversal. C) Incongruity. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parody. 12. A secondary argument which supports the main argument. A) Sub-claim. B) Claim. C) Style. D) Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sub-claim. 13. The terms that means the dictionary definition of a word is A) Onomatopoeia. B) Anachronism. C) Denotation. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denotation. 14. Reasons and factual evidence to back up or prove the claim. A) Slogan. B) Purpose. C) Rhetoric. D) Support. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Support. 15. The third sentence establishes the A) Why (author's purpose). B) Where (author's place). C) Who (author's content). D) What (author's elements). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why (author's purpose). 16. BANAL:TRIVIA:: ..... :UNCERTAINTY A) SYMMETRY. B) AMBIVALENT. C) RETICENCE. D) AUSTERE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) AMBIVALENT. 17. This word group contains both a subject and a verb, but cannot stand alone; it does not express a complete thought A) Subordinate clause. B) Predicate nominative. C) Analogy. D) Periodic sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinate clause. 18. Reversing the customary order of elements in a sentence or phrase-a grammar thing. A) Inversion. B) Imagery. C) Invective. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inversion. 19. The speaker uses words to direct the audience to take action or do something A) Command words. B) Anaphora. C) Rhetorical question. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Command words. 20. This form of rhetoric uses an emotional appeal. A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. ← 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