This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which rhetorical device is used in the phrase:'He has a heart of stone'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 2. A story that helps prove a point and/or provide an example A) Anecdote. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 3. An over-exaggeration used for emphasis or effect (example:There is enough food in this fridge to feed an army!) A) Imagery. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 4. Which of the following is a traditional topic of rhetorical study? A) Chemistry. B) Mathematics. C) Politics. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Politics. 5. "Who set this ancient quarrel new abroach?" A) Archaism. B) Allusion. C) Asyndeton. D) Annotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archaism. 6. Which of the following is an example of a metaphor? A) The leaves danced in the breeze. B) Her smile was as bright as the sun. C) The wind whispered through the trees. D) He is a shining star in his field. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is a shining star in his field. 7. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair." A) Repetition. B) Climax Ordering. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 8. Which rhetorical device is used: "Some people in the world barely have any food, so you should eat less." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 9. Who is the Greek philosopher who is credited with creating the three rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, & pathos)? A) Plato. B) Socrates. C) Aristotle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aristotle. 10. What is parallelism also known as? A) Anaphora. B) Chiasmus. C) Parallel structure or balanced sentences. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallel structure or balanced sentences. 11. Which rhetorical device is used to create a contrast between two ideas by placing them next to each other in a sentence? A) Simile. B) Oxymoron. C) Metonymy. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 12. Typically uses a "not this but that" construction A) Parallelism. B) Antithesis. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 13. What is the definition of a simile? A) Words that sound like the noise they are describing. B) Comparing two things by saying one thing is another thing. C) Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as' to describe how they are similar. D) Giving human qualities, feelings, or actions to things that are not human. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as' to describe how they are similar. 14. "Ethics" and refers to the trustworthiness of the speaker/writer A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 15. Which of the following is an example of a rhetorical device in a speech? A) Analysis. B) Application. C) Anaphora. D) Aftershadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 16. Repeated words of phrases to emphasize meaning A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Anaphora. D) Antistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 17. Intentional over-exaggeration A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 18. Repetition of sentence structure (example:In the dark, in the night, in the silence, the thief stole ..... ) A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Parallelism. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 19. What is foreshadowing? A) A hint about what will occur later in a story. B) A comparison of two unlike things. C) A common expression that doesn't make sense literally. D) A long, emotionally violent attack. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A hint about what will occur later in a story. 20. Which of the following is an example of Juxtaposition (comparing and contrasting two contrasting things)? A) "The cat is sitting comfortably on the mat.". B) "He is tall and strong because everyone in his family is big.". C) "Her laughter filled the room, while outside, the storm raged on.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Her laughter filled the room, while outside, the storm raged on.". 21. ..... is a short story of an incident or event. A) Anecdote. B) Hyperbole. C) Rhetorical question. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 22. The form of speech in which a word is repeated in different cases, numbers, genders, and the like A) Polyptoton. B) Polysyndeton. C) Anaphora. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polyptoton. 23. "Like mother, like daughter." This is an example of ..... ? A) Repetition. B) Parralelism. C) Repitition. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 24. A story in which characters, things, and events represent qualities, concepts, or abstractions. Think Prince Prospero representing "prosperity." A) Aphorism. B) Adage. C) Allegory. D) Ellipsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allegory. 25. "Zombies eat brains. You're safe." This is an example of: A) Symbolism. B) Sarcasm. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sarcasm. 26. What is the definition of diction? A) The author's feelings or attitude about something, someone, or the reader. B) Sentence structure:including length, phrases, clauses, punctuation. C) The author's choice of words to create tone, mood, imagery, etc. D) Figurative language that allows readers to create mental images. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The author's choice of words to create tone, mood, imagery, etc. 27. Assigning human qualities to something that is nothuman: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 28. What is the effect of using repetition in a speech? A) To compare two unlike things. B) To assign human qualities to something. C) To build to a climax or add emphasis. D) To simplify complex ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To build to a climax or add emphasis. 29. Rhetorical Questions ..... A) Are phrases, sentences or paragraphs, balancing writing with similar structures to provide the same level of importance. B) Are questions asked to prove a point because the answer has been made clear through the author's argument. C) Are brief stories from a person's life that illustrate a point and typically connected to an author's thesis. D) Establishes the credibility of the author. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are questions asked to prove a point because the answer has been made clear through the author's argument. 30. Which of the following is the definition of an anecdote A) A comparison between the relationship of two things. B) A very short story used to give an example. C) A reference to an old piece of literature or historical event. D) Placing opposites together in the same sentence or idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A very short story used to give an example. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesRhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 1Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 3Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 4Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 5Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 6Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 7Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 8Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books