This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which rhetorical device is used in the sentence 'He is as brave as a lion'? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 2. If someone threatens you, they are using fear to motivate you to do something. This is an example of: A) Understatement. B) Parallelism. C) Simile. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos. 3. Complete the analogy.Page is to book as tree is to ..... A) Chips. B) Car. C) Forest. D) Library. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forest. 4. "Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance ..... that can assure a more fruitful life for mankind?" A) Parallelism. B) Antithesis. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical question. 5. What does an antithesis aim to achieve in a text or speech? A) To provide a detailed description. B) To confuse the audience. C) To present two unrelated ideas. D) To contrast two opposing ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To contrast two opposing ideas. 6. In ethos, the writer or speaker presents himself to the audience as A) Honest. B) Dishonest. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Honest. 7. Hope for the best; prepare for the worst. A) Analogy. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Antithesis. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 8. What rhetorical device is being used in the statement:'As a doctor, I can assure you that this treatment is effective'? A) Hyperbole. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 9. Which literary device involves the repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words? A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 10. What does it mean to be a leader? It means to care about the people you lead, to always do what is best for the group, and to be the best role model you can be. A) Rhetorical Question. B) Hyperbole. C) Hypophora. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypophora. 11. Visually descriptive or figurative language used to characterize objects by appealing to the physical senses A) Ellipsis. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Ethos. E) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 12. What is the purpose of using anaphora in a speech or text? A) To create a sense of urgency. B) To emphasize a point through repetition. C) To provide statistical evidence. D) To appeal to the audience's ethics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To emphasize a point through repetition. 13. The use of a mild or pleasant term or phrase in place of an unpleasant one. A) Personification. B) Repetition. C) Euphemism. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphemism. 14. All teenagers spend too much time on their phones. A) Loaded language. B) Analogy. C) Sweeping generalization. D) Direct address. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweeping generalization. 15. Which rhetorical device involves repeating words to make them stand out and be remembered? A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 16. The following sentence is an example of which rhetorical device? "Mom, what if there is a gunman at school, and I have no way to communicate with you aside from my phone?" A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 17. Views the nature of an inanimate objects in a new way A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Diction. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 18. Dentists all over the country recommend this toothbrush. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 19. People who live in cities don't take the time to appreciate nature. All they do is go to work and then go home to watch television. A) Sweeping generalization. B) Direct address. C) Analogy. D) Loaded language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweeping generalization. 20. Analyze the emotional resonance of the statement 'Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.' A) The statement conveys a sense of despair and hopelessness. B) It suggests that hope is fragile and easily lost. C) The statement evokes a feeling of comfort and resilience. D) It implies that hope is irrelevant in difficult times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The statement evokes a feeling of comfort and resilience. 21. "The wall both exists and doesn't exist." Is a ..... A) Paradox. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 22. Fancy ways to have you side with me on my argument A) Figurative Language. B) Rhetorical Devices. C) Spanish Language. D) Direct Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Devices. 23. What type of rhetorical device is used in a Sprite advertisement that says, "Drink Sprite Zero. 100% Sugar Free." A) Rhetorical question. B) Logos. C) Kairos. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 24. The definition of JUXTAPOSITION is ..... A) Two unlike ideas placed side by side. Ex:The sad clown danced happily through the butchery. B) A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. C) A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions. D) A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two unlike ideas placed side by side. Ex:The sad clown danced happily through the butchery. 25. What is the definition of tone? A) An appeal that helps to build the author's credibility with the audience. B) The author's feelings or attitude about something, someone, or the reader. C) When the author uses a word or phrase that does not have its normal, everyday, literal meaning. D) The description of specific features or attributes of things, places, or people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The author's feelings or attitude about something, someone, or the reader. 26. Words or phrases said over and over to illustrate importance or highlight meaning A) Repetition. B) Hyperbole. C) Rhetorical Questions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 27. Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?"Cars have made life far more convenient for us, but at what cost?" A) Euphemism. B) Metaphor. C) Parenthesis. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical question. 28. Repeating particular phrases for effect A) Parallelism. B) Antithesis. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 29. What is the term for the use of an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning? A) Symbolism. B) Metonymy. C) Allegory. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 30. What is a parody? A) A seemingly contradictory situation that is true. B) An exaggerated imitation of a serious work for humorous purposes. C) The use of a word with multiple meanings. D) The repetition of the same consonant sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An exaggerated imitation of a serious work for humorous purposes. ← 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