This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Antony:You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 2. Which rhetorical device is used: "75% of people surveyed said they like our product better than our competitors." A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 3. Which rhetorical device involves using language to emphasize, explain, and persuade? A) Simile. B) Rhetoric. C) Understatement. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetoric. 4. Our beloved principal always puts students first. A) Analogy. B) Sweeping generalization. C) Direct address. D) Loaded language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loaded language. 5. "We shall not surrender, and even if ..... we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds ..... "-Winston ChurchillWhat rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote? A) Antithesis. B) Hyperbole. C) Anaphora. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 6. Brutus:If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 7. A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else ..... two contrasting ideas. A) Anaphora. B) Allusion. C) Parallelism. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 8. "You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least." A) Euphamism. B) Anaphora. C) Humor. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humor. 9. What is the definition of appeals? A) Appeal to the credibility/trustworthiness of the speaker. B) Something an author uses to make the subject interesting to the reader and to grab the reader's attention. C) Appeal to logic. D) Appeal to the emotions of the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something an author uses to make the subject interesting to the reader and to grab the reader's attention. 10. They put me in the oven to bake.Me, a deprived and miserable cake.Feeling the heat, I started to bubble.Watching the others, I knew I was in trouble.-"The Life of a Cupcake", by Shelby Greer A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme Scheme. 11. What is the term for language that is used to evoke strong emotions? A) Loaded language. B) Sweeping generalization. C) Direct address. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loaded language. 12. A child's mind is a hungry puppy; feed it well. A) ANALOGY. B) SIMILE. C) ANTITHESIS. D) ALLITERATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ANALOGY. 13. The repetition of consonant sounds is: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 14. The movie titles "30 Days of Night" and "50 First Dates" are examples of ..... A) Juxtaposition. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 15. Which rhetorical device uses a short personal story to emphasize a point? A) Repetition. B) Logos. C) Anecdote. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anecdote. 16. The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device?Jack is like a squirrel A) Simile. B) Oxymoron. C) Juxtaposition. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. What is the term for a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 18. Implied meaning rather than literal meaning. A) Jargon. B) Connotation. C) Vernacular. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 19. Which of the following is an example of anaphora? A) "My grandmother is as old as the hills.". B) "My fellow citizens:I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.". C) "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are.". D) "Tell them to be good, tell them to follow their elders, and tell them to mind their manners.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Tell them to be good, tell them to follow their elders, and tell them to mind their manners.". 20. General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization:Come here to this gate! A) Logos. B) Repetition. C) Charged language and repetition. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charged language and repetition. 21. Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, / Shrunk to this little measure? A) Antithimeria. B) Antimetabole. C) Polysyndeton. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asyndeton. 22. An example of a synecdoche is A) A hospital tried to revive him. B) The pen is mightier than the sword. C) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A hospital tried to revive him. 23. I have been one acquainted with the night.I have walked out in rain-and back in rain.I have outwalked the furthest city light.I have looked down the saddest city lane.I have passed by the watchman on his beatAnd dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. A) Rhetorical Question. B) Parallelism. C) Loaded Words/Connotation. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaphora. 24. The constant complaints of our opponents make me feel as though I'm in a large drumthat is being beaten by a small child. A) Analogy. B) Loaded language. C) Direct address. D) Sweeping generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 25. This refers to the writer's use of vivid and descriptive language that appeal to the senses in order to add depth to his/her work. A) Description. B) Imagery. C) Senses. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 26. To use words to mean the opposite of their literal meaning A) Irony. B) Allusion. C) Satire. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 27. If I personify something, then I give it what? A) Characteristics. B) Dynamic character ability. C) Human qualities. D) Non-human qualities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human qualities. 28. Which of the following rhetorical devices uses the repetition of consonant sounds in the middle of or at the end of several closely connected words. A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 29. How do you know when ANTITHESIS is being used? A) Antithesis is not identified by contrasting ideas. B) Look for contrasting ideas presented in a balanced parallel structure. C) Check for unrelated ideas presented in a balanced parallel structure. D) Look for similar ideas presented in a balanced parallel structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Look for contrasting ideas presented in a balanced parallel structure. 30. Complete the analogy.Smart is to intelligent as tasty is to ..... A) Disgusting. B) Delicious. C) Food. D) Hungry. 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