This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 99 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 99 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. YOUR ANSWER TO #12 A) F. B) G. C) H. D) J. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) J. 2. In ....., events turn out the opposite of what was expected. A) Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Situational Irony. D) Dramatic Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational Irony. 3. It rained on his lousy tombstone, and it rained on the grass. It rained all over the place. A) Personification. B) Antithesis. C) Anaphora. D) Epiphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 4. Using one's reputation or credibility to persuade the audience is which of the following rhetorical appeals? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 5. This form of rhetoric uses an expert or a scholar. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 6. Logos is most closely related to ..... A) The qualities of the sender of the message. B) The qualities of the message itself. C) The way the audience reacts to receiving the message. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The qualities of the message itself. 7. Which appeal is dominant in the following example?"My three decades of experience in public service, my tireless commitment to the people of this community, and my willingness to reach across the aisle and cooperate with the opposition, make me the ideal candidate for your mayor." A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 8. Consequently, when the existence of the empire was threatened in 1899 by the Boer challenge, I offered my services to it, raised a volunteer ambulance corps, and served at several actions that took place for the relief of Ladysmith A) Ethos and logos. B) Logos and Kairos. C) Pathos and Kairos. D) Pathos and ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos and Kairos. 9. A word's explicit, literal meaning A) Idiom. B) Connotation. C) Jargon. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Denotation. 10. What is the Latin name for proof in the six parts of classical rhetoric? A) Confirmation. B) Confirmation. C) Both "a"and "b". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confirmation. 11. Sound words (words that make the sound of the word A) Pun. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Oxymoron. D) Idiom. E) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 12. Match the definition to the appropriate appeal:appeals to logic A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 13. ..... is an appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading an audience by reason. A) Pathos. B) Let's go. C) Ethos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logos. 14. Haply some hoary-headed swain may say A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 15. "The duck told the bartender to 'Put it on my bill." ' A) Pun. B) Irony and sarcasm. C) Over-exaggeration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 16. Who or what is best described as the individual presenting the argument in speech, writing, or another medium? A) Audience. B) Speaker. C) Message. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speaker. 17. "And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual ..... " A) Anaphora. B) Metonymy. C) Euphemism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 18. "The wind whispered secrets through the trees."What rhetorical devise is used? A) Anaphora. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 19. The concept of rhetoric was studied primarily by A) Socrates. B) Plato. C) Homer. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aristotle. 20. "The private demand for this product has decreased over the past three years, and this year's sales figures are at an all-time low. It's time to explore other options." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. ← 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