This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following best describes how King uses the appeal to ethos in his conclusion? A) By asserting his authority as a clergyman to make moral judgments. B) By acknowledging the contributions of those who have supported the civil rights movement. C) By appealing to the shared values and beliefs of all Americans. D) By highlighting his own sacrifices for the cause of civil rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By appealing to the shared values and beliefs of all Americans. 2. The literal, dictionary definition of a word is its: A) Denotation. B) Tone. C) Connotation. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denotation. 3. The Art of Persuasion is also known as ..... A) Aristotle. B) Counterargument. C) Thesis / Claim. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 4. What is the arrangement of words to form sentences, affecting the flow and structure of written or spoken language? A) Syntax. B) Tone. C) Diction. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syntax. 5. Which of these should begin the rhetorical precis? A) Text evidence of strategy. B) Author's major claim/thesis/purpose. C) Connections of strategy to thesis. D) The definition of the strategies used by the author. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Author's major claim/thesis/purpose. 6. The release of emotions such as pity, sadness, and fear through witnessing art A) Catharsis. B) Parody. C) Satire. D) Eulogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catharsis. 7. Sit still.Don't move.Stay.The above is an example of: A) Parallelism. B) Restatement. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restatement. 8. A figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the words. A) Colloquialism. B) Claim. C) Chiasmus. D) Coherence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chiasmus. 9. The art of persuasion using literary devices through speeches, media, or argumentation is called ..... A) Alliteration. B) Meter. C) Fallacy. D) Rhetoric. E) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 10. Which of the following was not an intended audience of JFK's inaugural address? A) The Soviet Union. B) None of the above. C) Global citizens. D) American citizens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) None of the above. 11. An author's word choice is also called ..... A) Prose. B) Syntax. C) Diction. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 12. E.g. Calling the king, "the throne" or "the crown;" referring to thePresident as "The White House" A) Conceit. B) Connotation. C) Metonymy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metonymy. 13. Throughout paragraph 14, Dr. King mostly supports his argument for immediate action by- A) Establishing his authority. B) Using logical appeal. C) Using emotional appeal. D) Establishing his credibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using emotional appeal. 14. "The welfare of the wage worker, the welfare of the tiller of the soil-upon these depend the welfare of the entire country." -Theodore Roosevelt, 'The Man with the Muck-Rake, ' a speech that was part of a campaign against corruption, April 14, 1906.This quote contains an example of ..... : A) Polysyndeton. B) Sibilance. C) Parallelism. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 15. "Absolute despotism" is an example of what rhetorical device? A) Parallelism. B) Anaphora. C) Charged words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charged words. 16. Which device is used in the following sentence? It is the way to recovery. It is the immediate way. It is the strongest assurance that recovery will endure. A) Rhyme. B) Symbolism. C) Simile. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 17. The arrangement and structure of words in a sentence is called: A) Diction. B) Tone. C) Syntax. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Syntax. 18. What the writer wants the audience to think or know A) Audience. B) Context. C) Writer. D) Message. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Message. 19. Using similar structures or patterns in sentences to make ideas clear and memorable. A) Pathos. B) Simile. C) Repetition. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 20. Choose the correct words to make the sentence parallel. Ron was an expert tennis player and ..... A) Went fishing. B) An avid fisherman. C) Fished. D) Liked to go fishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An avid fisherman. 21. Kennedy hopes that America and its enemies can reach a ..... A) Conflict. B) Treaty. C) Compromise. D) Belaboring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compromise. 22. "To err is human; to forgive divine." A) Simile. B) Hyoerbole. C) Antithesis. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 23. I ask you to consider the 733 casualties of this conflict. About 36% of these have resulted in fatalities. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Churros. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 24. The intended readers or listeners of a text are called: A) Exigence. B) Tone. C) Purpose. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Audience. 25. ..... is the deliberate repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines to create a sonic effect. A) Hyphophora. B) Anaphora. C) Alliteration. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 26. ..... is the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid. This technique can strengthen a speaker's argument by providing "proof" to support a claim. A) Assertion. B) Exaggeration. C) Generalization. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evidence. 27. When Henry uses information like '' the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years" and "Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty" he is using which appeal? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 28. Pathos tries to appeal to someone's ..... A) Emotions and Feelings. B) Logic and Reasoning. C) Ethics and Credibilty. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotions and Feelings. 29. ..... is an idea or feeling which a word invokes. A) Hypophora. B) Connotation. C) Anaphora. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 30. "The only place where democracy comes before work is in the dictionary." ..... Ralph Nader A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Sarcasm. D) Parallelism. 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