This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 21 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This form of rhetoric uses logic A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 2. What is the art of persuasion through speaking and writing? A) Bias. B) Conversation. C) Rhetoric. D) Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetoric. 3. These cars are taking market share because their engineering is superior, the quality of their materials is superior, and the workmanship of their assembly is superior. A) Example. B) Restatement. C) Charged Language. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restatement. 4. Are you kidding me? A) Repetition. B) Rhetorical Question. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Question. 5. Expresses similar or related ideas in similar grammatical structures A) Parallelism. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 6. A verb for two nouns A) Chiasmus. B) Antimetabole. C) Metonymy. D) Zeugma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zeugma. 7. Personal, jeering ridicule that is intended to hurt individuals A) Sarcasm. B) Allusion. C) Verbal irony. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcasm. 8. Which rhetorical appeal is based on logic and uses facts and statistics? A) Kairos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logos. 9. What is the term for a fallacy that involves attacking the person making an argument rather than the argument itself? A) Slippery Slope. B) Ad Hominem. C) Red Herring. D) Straw Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ad Hominem. 10. What is a persona in literature? A) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of sentences. B) The use of contradictory terms. C) A humorous imitation of a serious work. D) The fictional mask or narrator that tells a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The fictional mask or narrator that tells a story. 11. The act of drawing a conclusion that is not actually stated. A) Alliteration. B) Oxymoron. C) Inference. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inference. 12. The intentional reuse of a sound, word, phrase or sentence in order to create an effect. A) Parallelism. B) Rhetorical device. C) Rhetorical question. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 13. Amplifies a message A) Alliteration. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Anaphora. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 14. What is the definition of imagery? A) The author's choice of words to create tone, mood, imagery, etc. B) The description of specific features or attributes of things, places, or people. C) Figurative language that allows readers to create mental images. D) An emotional appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative language that allows readers to create mental images. 15. What is juxtaposition? A) A recurring idea in a piece of literature. B) A hint about what will occur later in a story. C) A comparison using "like" or "as". D) Placing things side by side for comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Placing things side by side for comparison. 16. '' ..... and just as the Apostle Paul left his village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to the far corners of the Greco-Roman world, so am I compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own home town. Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 17. What is the purpose of using understatement in a text? A) To add balance and rhythm. B) To emphasize something. C) To simplify complex ideas. D) To minimize the significance of something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To minimize the significance of something. 18. You are strong. You are kind. You are important. A) Litotes. B) Anaphora. C) Juxtaposition. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 19. Logos is a rhetorical device that ..... A) Is a false claim because the consequence escalates to an extreme. B) Switches the subject in order to draw attention away from the true issue in an argument. C) Is ineffective because it is supported by social pressure. D) Uses clear and concise language to help readers see logically why they should agree with your point. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uses clear and concise language to help readers see logically why they should agree with your point. 20. Brings attention to an idea A) Hyperbole. B) Repetition. C) Allusion. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 21. Which of the following is NOT typically associated with pathos? A) Emotional examples. B) Citations from specialists. C) Narratives of emotional events. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Citations from specialists. 22. It's not a Mickey Mouse Club in here! A) Analogy. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Antithesis. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 23. 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) Alliteration. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analogy. 24. What is a paradox? A) A seemingly contradictory situation that is actually true. B) The repetition of the same consonant sound. C) A humorous imitation of a serious work. D) The use of a word with multiple meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A seemingly contradictory situation that is actually true. 25. Which rhetorical device involves the opposition or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel structure? A) Antithesis. B) Metaphor. C) Juxtaposition. D) AnaphoraTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antithesis. 26. The following statement is an example of:"If I eat this doughnut today, I'll probably eat another donut tomorrow." A) Hasty Generalization. B) Ad Hominem. C) Slippery Slope. D) False Dilemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slippery Slope. 27. If it rains anymore, we will have to build an arc. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 28. She decided to speak to him about the issue directly instead of playing games, but little did she know she was about to open Pandora's Box. A) Antithisis. B) Parallelism. C) Allusion. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 29. Repetition at the end of a line. A) Epistrophe. B) Repetition. C) Euphemism. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epistrophe. 30. Word order in reverse or rearranged (Yoda Speak) A) Anastrophe. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anastrophe. ← 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