This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is another goal of persuasion? A) To move others not to take action. B) To move other to take action. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To move other to take action. 2. Making a statement that seems self-contradictory or impossible but actually makes sense A) Oxymoron. B) Allusion. C) Satire. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 3. In ethos, the writer or speaker presents himself or herself as A) Trustworthy. B) Untrustworthy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trustworthy. 4. A repeated use of words or phases for emphasis A) Euphemism. B) Irony. C) Personification. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 5. "This is the best band because they make the best music!" This statement is an example of which logical fallacy? A) Anecdote. B) Loaded Language. C) Bandwagon Approval. D) Circular Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circular Reasoning. 6. Which term describes the repetition of the first word or phrase in successive sentences? A) Antithesis. B) Anaphora. C) Juxtaposition. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 7. Which rhetorical device is used when comparing two things by saying one thing is another thing? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. Which rhetorical device is used to give human characteristics to non-human things? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 9. ..... is the art of persuasive speaking or writing. A) Persuasion. B) Rhetoric. C) Manipulation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetoric. 10. Giving human qualities to an inanimate object ..... A) Parallelism. B) Concrete. C) Audience contact. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 11. The effect of ..... in a passage is to add an "echoing" or resounding effect A) Parallelism. B) Antithesis. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 12. Connecting two ideas by contrasting them, when one idea is used as a reference point for a contrasting one. A) ANTITHESIS. B) METAPHOR. C) SIMILE. D) HYPERBOLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ANTITHESIS. 13. Identify the rhetorical device:There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" A) Parallelism. B) Rhetorical question. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical question. 14. Do you want to feel like you are picking for bugs under your skin? Well, then don't do Meth. Rotten teeth, skin soars, and possible death await you if you do. A) Parallel structure. B) Ethos. C) Parallel structure and rhetorical question. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallel structure and rhetorical question. 15. What does it mean to make an inference in reading comprehension? A) To directly state what is happening in the text. B) To guess without any textual evidence. C) To draw a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning from the text. D) To rewrite the text in your own words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To draw a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning from the text. 16. Writing or speaking in order to persuade or convince. A) Rhetoric. B) Pathos. C) Claim. D) Author's purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetoric. 17. True or false:figurative language should be interpreted literally. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. The following excerpt is mostly an example of what type of language?"It's better to walk alone at night than with a fake friend in the light. Better an enemy attack you than a fake friend hugs you." A) Colloquial. B) Formal. C) Loaded. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loaded. 19. Which statement is an example of a Red Herring (shifting focus away from) fallacy? A) "The car is red because it was painted that way.". B) "The book is interesting because it has a lot of pages.". C) "The earth is round because it has been proven by scientists.". D) "We should not focus on climate change because there are more pressing issues like unemployment.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "We should not focus on climate change because there are more pressing issues like unemployment.". 20. Lesson-26:Analyzing Rhetorical DevicesQuestion 10:A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based is which of the following rhetorical devices? A) Simile. B) Invective. C) Analogy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 21. 'Life is a roller-coaster.'is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 22. "That's as useful as rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic" A) Metaphor. B) Analogy. C) Simile. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 23. Which literary device is an indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance? A) Allusion. B) Pun. C) Satire. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 24. Which rhetorical device is this video? A) Loaded language. B) Direct address. C) Rhetorical question. D) Logical fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logical fallacy. 25. Which symbol represents ethos? A) Heart. B) Hand. C) Head. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hand. 26. Identify the appeal in the following:Sprite Zero is 100% sugar-free. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 27. The attribution of human qualities to an object, animal, or concept. A) Paradox. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 28. Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses? A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Antithesis. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 29. What we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness; but love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another.-RFK A) Anaphora. B) Allusion. C) Antithesis. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 30. Which of the following options contains a metaphor? A) Her eyes lit up like fireflies. B) Sally sold seashells. C) His face was as red as a tomato. D) She has a heart of gold. 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