This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. As the speech comes to a close, Dr. King makes a significant change in his tone. Which tone words best describe that change in tone from the beginning of the speech to the end. A) From lighthearted to serious. B) From defiant to righteous. C) From serious to uplifting and hopeful. D) From confident to aggrieved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From serious to uplifting and hopeful. 2. This rhetorical device does not require an answer. A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Parallelism. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical question. 3. These are the means to persuade an audience in an argument:through logic (logos), emotion (pathos), and ethics (credibility). A) Appeals. B) Rhetorical choices. C) Diction. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeals. 4. A ..... is a technique that writers or speakers use to convey meaning or persuade their audience. A) Rhetorical device. B) Contradiction. C) Rhyme. D) Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical device. 5. A brief, printed saying that has the nature of a proverb A) Epigram. B) Assonance. C) Euphemism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epigram. 6. A figure of speech that uses two opposite words together A) Oxymoron. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 7. Things are going so well that I worry we may be living in a bubble that will soon pop. A) Analogy. B) Sweeping generalization. C) Direct address. D) Loaded language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 8. Pathos involves using ..... to persuade your audience. A) Authority. B) Evidence. C) Emotion. D) Logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emotion. 9. " ..... you were Romeo. You were throwing pebbles and my daddy said, 'Stay away from Juliet." ' A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 10. What is the term for a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa? A) Irony. B) Synecdoche. C) Metaphor. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synecdoche. 11. Think of how hard it would be for your family to live without you if you died in a car accident. Don't text and drive-think of those you love. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 12. A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. A) Aphorism. B) Amplification. C) Analogy. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aphorism. 13. "Tiktok has become a more popular form of social media than Snapchat, with users spending an average of 52 minutes a day in the app over Snapchat's usage at only 30 minutes a day on average." This statement can best be described as ..... A) Topic sentence. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 14. Repetition of initial consonant sounds. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 15. A technique by which the writer or speaker anticipates the claim that will be made the opposition is called- A) Rebuttal. B) Counterargument. C) Logos. D) Call to action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Counterargument. 16. The dog is a monster. A) REPETITION. B) ALLUSION. C) METAPHOR. D) SIMILE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) METAPHOR. 17. Identifying the main idea of a text involves understanding: A) The central thought or message conveyed by the text. B) Every fact presented in the text. C) The most detailed part of the text. D) The author's opinion on minor issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The central thought or message conveyed by the text. 18. Which of the following is an example of direct address? A) "This book tells a fascinating story.". B) "The cake was extremely delicious.". C) "You need to see this incredible view!". D) "The birds sang melodiously.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "You need to see this incredible view!". 19. Which is an example of sweeping generalizations? A) Jack didn't like the ice cream sundae. B) Sarah is sick today. C) My siblings go to the park. D) Everyone loves going to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Everyone loves going to school. 20. This is a rhetorical device that involves the repetition of the same word, phrase or sentence . A) Repetition. B) Parallelism. C) Repitition. D) Parrelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 21. Back against the wall. A) Climbing up a wall backwards. B) Taken hostage. C) Being injured and needing support. D) Be in a difficult situation from where escape is difficult. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be in a difficult situation from where escape is difficult. 22. Grammatical structure of the first clause or phrases is reversed in the second, sometimes repeating the same words A) Chaismus. B) Lilitotes. C) Apostrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chaismus. 23. When a writer appeals to the readers' emotions and attempts to affect the listeners personal feelings (making listeners sad, happy, laugh, angry, etc). A) Sensitivity. B) Counterclaim. C) Pathos. D) Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 24. This is an effective method of persuasion because when we believe the information shared is SOUND and FACTUAL, we are more willing to accept the argument: A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 25. You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.You make me happy, when sky's are gray.You never know dear, how much I love you.Please don't take my sunshine away.-Carly Simon, "Sunshine" A) Metaphor. B) Vivid words. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 26. Repeating an grammatical form or the way phrases are worded such as "manacles of segregation" and "chains of discrimination" is an example of what rhetorical device? A) Repetition. B) Prepositional phrase. C) Parallel structure (parallelism). D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallel structure (parallelism). 27. When someone uses data, facts, and logic they're trying to appeal to A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 28. What is the repetition at the end of a line? Example "See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil." A) Metaphor. B) Epistrophe. C) Anaphora. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epistrophe. 29. As the butterfly emerges from its cocoon, so must you leave your comfort zone and experience the wider world. A) Rhetorical Question. B) Analogy. C) Juxtaposition. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analogy. 30. Ethos appeals to the viewers/readers A) Emotions. B) Logic. C) Trust/credibility. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trust/credibility. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesRhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 1Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 2Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 3Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 4Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 5Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 6Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 7Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books