This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 90 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 90 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the best transition word.The day was long and tiring, ..... she decided to go to bed early. A) Because. B) So. C) Even though. D) Suddenly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So. 2. "The angry swarm of bees defended their hive against the bear." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Sensory Language. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 3. Trump says that he likes metaphors because they are like art, and he considers himself an artist. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. A literary devices by which the audience's or reader's understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters A) Dramatic irony. B) Verbal irony. C) Irony. D) Situational irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic irony. 5. What is the preferred method of persuasion for Aristotle? A) Appealing to emotions (pathos). B) Presenting logical arguments (logos). C) Establishing credibility (ethos). D) Using poetic language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Presenting logical arguments (logos). 6. Non-lexical ways of communicating by speech, including intonation, pitch, speed of speaking, hesitation noises, gesture and facial expression A) Figurative language. B) Hypophora. C) Metaphor. D) Paralanguage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paralanguage. 7. A belief about an entire group of people (gender, race, religion) that is often untrue. A) Stereotype. B) Bandwagon. C) Target Audience. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stereotype. 8. Appeal to emotion A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 9. Greek for "embodied thought." Speakers appeal to ....., or reason, by offering clear, rational ideas and using specific details, examples, or statistics, or expert testimony to back them up. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 10. When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast. A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) Jargon. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 11. ..... is the use of ordinary people to promote a product or service. The goal is to show that the product or service is of appeal and value to everyone. A) Bandwagon Appeal. B) Plain Folks Appeal. C) Litotes. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plain Folks Appeal. 12. Good rhetorical arguments are usually created in one writing session. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. What does SOAPStone stand for? A) Story, Opinion, Argument, Persuasion, Style, Tone. B) Subject, Objective, Analysis, Presentation, Structure, Theme. C) Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Strategies, Tone. D) Setting, Objective, Audience, Persuasion, Structure, Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Strategies, Tone. 14. A genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic; collect, generate, and evaluate evidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner. A) Narrative writing. B) Explanatory writing. C) Persuasive writing. D) Argumentative writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Argumentative writing. 15. Describes the variety, the conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing. The four most common are as follows:(1)expository (2)argumentative(3)descriptive (4)narrative. A) Narrative. B) Genre. C) Rhetorical modes (Modes of Discourse). D) Generic conventions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical modes (Modes of Discourse). 16. Consider the rhetorical triangle. Ethos is related to: A) The speaker. B) The audience. C) The message. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker. 17. Asks a question A) Declarative. B) Imperative. C) Exclamatory. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interrogative. 18. ..... irony is a contrast between what a reader or character expects and what actually exists or happens. A) Situational. B) Verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational. 19. Speakers appeal to ....., or reason, by offering clear, rational ideas and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert testimony to back them up. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Persona. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 20. The goal the speaker wants to achieve A) Support. B) Purpose. C) Pathos. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purpose. ← 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