This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 94 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 94 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Part BWhich piece of textual evidence best reflects the answer to Part A? A) "How can the nation escape the logic it has never failed to follow, when its last unenfranchised class calls for the vote?. B) "The maxims of the Declaration of Independence are now called 'American principles' or even 'Americanisms." '. C) "From the beginning of things, nations have been ruled by kings and for kings, while the people served and paid the cost.". D) "Political leaders have declared unabated faith in their truth. Not one American has arisen to question the logic in the 141 years.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "How can the nation escape the logic it has never failed to follow, when its last unenfranchised class calls for the vote?. 2. Which is NOT a way Dublin could take off annually about 20, 000 carcasses? A) Repeat customers. B) Funerals. C) Christenings. D) Weddings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Funerals. 3. Which of the following is NOT considered informal diction? A) Contractions. B) Deviations from standard English grammar and punctuation. C) Slang. D) Use of academic language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use of academic language. 4. The substitution of a more pleasant phrase for a more offensive or harsh phrase A) Euphemism. B) Analogy. C) Paradox. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 5. Whoop-pow-crash-bopThese are examples of? A) Hyperbole. B) Shape. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 6. An argument that begins with examples or facts and proceeds two a conclusion A) Counter argument. B) Inductive reasoning. C) Deductive reasoning. D) Circular reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inductive reasoning. 7. A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned; out of time and place A) Anachronism. B) Anecdote. C) Antecedent. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anachronism. 8. Why is the context of a piece important? A) It is not important. B) It shows how they built the text. C) It influences the author, based on their unique time and place. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It influences the author, based on their unique time and place. 9. Exposition, description, narration, argumentation A) Repetition. B) Point of View. C) Rhetorical Modes. D) Red Herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Modes. 10. The repetition of the same sound at the starts of words or phrases that are close together. A) Repetition. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 11. "Wear Air Jordans at your next game, and see how high you fly!" -Michael Jordan What is the main type of rhetoric being used? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 12. A type of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole, the whole for a part, the genus for the species, the species for the genus, the material for the thing made, or in short, any portion, section, or main quality for the whole or the thing itself (or vice versa). Ex. If I had some wheels [whole vehicle], I'd ask for Jane's hand [hopefully her whole person] in marriage. A) Metaphor. B) Synecdoche. C) Parallelism. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synecdoche. 13. Using the same part of speech in each element of a series A) Rhetorical question. B) Sarcasm. C) Parallelism. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 14. What is a counterclaim? A) Your position in an argument. B) The opposing view of your claim. C) The closing statement. D) The counter where you claim something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The opposing view of your claim. 15. The Braves had the best regular season record of any team in baseball in 2023. A) Fact. B) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fact. 16. The chair hissed in aggression as the obese man sat down to play Starcraft for the next 10 hours. A) Metaphor. B) Antithesis. C) Personification. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 17. Use of props A) When a building needs scaffolding to keep it propped up. B) Repeating a word, phrase, or idea more than once in order to emphasize a point. C) Using a physical object as a visual aid to support what is being said. D) Asking a question of the audience to provoke thought; a rhetorical question is not intended to be answered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using a physical object as a visual aid to support what is being said. 18. This is repetition found at the end of a line and is found in successive phrases, clauses, sentences A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Expletive. D) Conjugation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epistrophe. 19. How can figurative language be used as a rhetorical appeal? A) Using the figurative language to be convincing in some way. B) Imagery, similes, and metaphors are always rhetorical. C) It can't be. D) Using the figurative language to sound beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using the figurative language to be convincing in some way. 20. Harsh, Caustic personal remarks to or about someone. Less subtle than irony A) Limited Omniscient. B) Persuasion. C) Regionalism. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sarcasm. ← 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