This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 82 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 82 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A synonym for a sentence = A) Dependent clause. B) Independent clause. C) Appositive. D) Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent clause. 2. When considering this element of the S.O.A.P.S.Tone we are considering the main goal of the speaker. More specifically, what is he/she trying to convince people to do, not do, believe, or not believe. A) Speaker. B) Purpose. C) Subject. D) Tone. E) Occasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purpose. 3. Replacing an actual word or idea, with a related word or concept. A) Metonymy. B) Synecdoche. C) Hyperbole. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 4. The curious cat captured a mouse. A) Rhyme. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 5. Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of the line. A) Anistrophe. B) Metaphor. C) Anaphora. D) Multi-connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 6. What is the topic of this week's reading selections? A) Animals. B) Selfies. C) School. D) Holidays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Selfies. 7. Uses pronouns you/your A) 1st person POV. B) 2nd person POV. C) 3rd person POV. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2nd person POV. 8. Which type of rhetorical appeal is used in the following sentence: "A commercial shows an image of a happy couple riding in a Corvette." A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 9. She cried a river when her mother left for work. A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) No figure of speech. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 10. Type of reasoning; one or more questions is/are asked and then answered, often at length, by one and the same speaker A) Hypophora. B) Isocolon. C) Juxtaposition. D) Multi-connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypophora. 11. Having or showing too great a readiness to believe things A) Unavailing. B) Latent. C) Peremptorily. D) Credulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Credulous. 12. Imagine you're a politician about to give a speech. Which rhetorical device would you use to make your audience trust you and see you as credible? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 13. The dictionary (denotation) definition of this rhetorical device is "holding a particular perspective." A) Sarcasm. B) Propaganda. C) Bias. D) Stereotype. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bias. 14. Exigence or Purpose?The local animal shelter has more puppies than they can care for, so they make an ad for a free adoption day. A) Requirement. B) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Requirement. 15. Used to prove that a conjecture is false. A) Counterexample. B) Inductive Reasoning. C) Concluding statement. D) Conjecture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Counterexample. 16. Fully and clearly expressed or demonstrate; nothing implied A) Explicit. B) Denotation. C) Implicit. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explicit. 17. The process that moves from a given series of specifics to a generalization-using clues to come to a conclusion. A) Invective. B) Induction. C) Foreshadowing. D) Logical Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Induction. 18. Advertising uses rhetoric to be effective A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. The wind whispered, "hello." Is A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 20. The author or presenter; what is known about them influences interpretation of purpose. A) Speaker. B) Context. C) Requirement. D) Appeals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. ← 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