This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Euthyphro at the end of the eponymous Socratic dialogue ("Euthyphro"), realizing that he does not really understand the term "piety" the way he thought he did. A) Apostrophe. B) Anecdote. C) Aporia. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aporia. 2. Type of appeal:Nearly 25% of all car accidents are caused by drivers using a cell phone while driving. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 3. Writing that teaches a specific lesson, moral, or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking. A) Colloquial. B) Allegory. C) Diction. D) Didactic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didactic. 4. "Canadians are a tough and resilient people."Is this a metaphor? A) Yes. It's comparing one thing (Canadians) to another (a tough people.). B) No. It's describing Canadians, but it's not actually comparing them to anything else. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. It's describing Canadians, but it's not actually comparing them to anything else. 5. I have been waiting for you to finish getting ready for years. A) Metaphor. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 6. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." This is an example of ..... ? A) Antithesis. B) Anaphora. C) Epistrophe. D) Epiphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antithesis. 7. The main idea or point the speaker is trying to get across. A) Anaphora. B) Claim. C) Connotation. D) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claim. 8. What is the term for a rhetorical device that involves asking a question to make a point rather than to elicit an answer? A) Hypophora. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical Question. 9. What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:" ..... we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty" A) Asyndeton. B) Apposition. C) Antimetabole. D) Anthimeria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asyndeton. 10. "I'd tell you how our mothers, sisters, wives, and daughters still earn less, have no control over their bodies, and are traded and trafficked like slaves, and I could tell you how it's easier for someone to buy a gun and put it to their head than it is to diagnose the illness within it. THE BOLD WORDS ARE ..... A) CHARGED LANGUAGE. B) PARALLELISM. C) COUNTERCLAIM. D) FACTS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PARALLELISM. 11. A mild or pleasant term used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one. Example: "Sanitation engineer" instead of "garbage man." A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Euphemism. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphemism. 12. In this class we laugh; in this class we love; in this class we learn! A) Anaphora. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 13. In paragraph 9, King states, "When will you be satisfied?" What rhetorical device is being used? A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Rhetorical question. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 14. Which rhetorical device uses time to persuade an audience? A) Kairos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kairos. 15. Identify the Anaphora."It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair."Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities A) Times. B) Light and darkness. C) It was. D) The age of. E) [there is no anaphora]. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was. 16. Something that is dangerous or very risky A) Repudiated. B) Reiterate. C) Perilously. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perilously. 17. Litotes is ..... A) Overstatement; a figure of speech in which the author overexaggerates to accomplish some purpose, usually emphasis. B) An indirect comparison using "like" or "as". C) A form of understatement that uses negation to express the contrary meaning. D) A figure of speech pairing two words together that are opposing or contradictory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A form of understatement that uses negation to express the contrary meaning. 18. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following quote: "Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get" (from the movie Forrest Gump). A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 19. What is the definition of HYPERBOLE? A) Appeal to emotion. B) A comparison using "like" or "as". C) A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. D) Extreme exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extreme exaggeration. 20. When something is said to figuratively be like something else A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 21. Which rhetorical device is used in the following tweet:'Who doesn't like to scroll through Instagram?' A) Rhetorical question. B) Analogy. C) Juxtaposition. D) Direct address. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 22. What is an example of METONYMY A) People part like the Red Sea when he walks in. 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: B) The pen is mightier than the sword. 23. This family lost everything in the fire. They lost their irreplaceable family photos, not to mention their furniture and clothing. Please donate to help them start over. A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 24. Identify the rhetorical device:No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 25. You use of strong emotion to convince people to agree with your claim. A) Anecdote. B) Repetition. C) Appeal to Emotion (Pathos). D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal to Emotion (Pathos). 26. Which appeal is used to build trust and credibility with the audience? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 27. Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'He was a towering figure in the industry'? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 28. A ..... is any stylistic device or resource of language that an author or speaker uses to help persuade or make a desired impact on his/her audience. A) Simile. B) Rhetorical Device. C) Rhetorical Appeal. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Device. 29. Which one is correct for the commercial? A) Loaded language. B) Direct address. C) Rhetorical question. D) Sweeping generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 30. What rhetorical device is employed when contrasting ideas are presented in a parallel manner? A) Metonymy. 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