This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 22 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The credibility or trustworthiness of the speaker or writer, often shown through qualifications and reliability or using celebrities. A) Pathos. B) Metaphor. C) Ethos. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 2. The scientists and medical professionals recommend that we all wear masks during the pandemic. A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Zardos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 3. Select the rhetorical device that matches the quote:"The solution to this problem is like road to recovery, and this road has a lot of obstacles." A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. What is the term used to describe the author's attitude toward their material, the audience, or both? A) Colloquial Language. B) Inclusive Language. C) Synthetic Personalization. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 5. "What's not to like?" A) Rhetorical question. B) Simile. C) Parallelism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 6. "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided" is which device? A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Metaphor. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 7. How the author uses language and words to accomplish a goal A) Rhetoric. B) Diction. C) Oratory. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetoric. 8. ..... is a special kind of contrast between appearance and reality-usually one in which reality is the opposite of what it seems. A) Irony. B) Parallelism. C) Juxtaposition. D) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 9. What term matches the example?A poem uses the same grammatical structure in several lines to create a pattern A) Pathos. B) Parallelism. C) Logos. D) Anaphora. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 10. A strategy where an author organizes his/her description by placing two items close together or side by side in the text for comparison or contrast effect. A) Anaphora. B) Speaker. C) Parallelism. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 11. Everything is fair in love and warThe above is an example of a(n) ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Juxtaposition. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juxtaposition. 12. Something (especially a clue) that is intended to be misleading A) Red herring. B) Bandwagon. C) Plain folks. D) Cherry picking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red herring. 13. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle peppers. A) Syntax. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 14. What do I have to do in the Visual Analysis-OPTIC/Rhetoric practice 3 assignment? A) Select an image, place it on Google Docs, use optics, rhetorical triangle, and identify the author's intention. B) I don't know. C) Did you read the first option?. D) It is all in Schoology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Select an image, place it on Google Docs, use optics, rhetorical triangle, and identify the author's intention. 15. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: "We must not only plan for the future but also act in the present." A) Analogy. B) Parallelism. C) Allusion. D) AlliterationTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 16. The overall feeling, or atmosphere, of a text often created by the author's use of imagery and word choice is called ..... A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Antithesis. D) Euphemism. E) Repitition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 17. A connection between two objects that shows them as the same. A) Switch. B) Simile. C) Comparison. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 18. Which of the following is an appeal to emotions? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 19. Which of the following sentences best illustrates the concept of antithesis? A) "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.". B) "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.". C) "Actions speak louder than words.". D) "An apple a day keeps the doctor away.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.". 20. For emphasis to intentionally impact the reader, Octavia Butler uses "short sentences" such as "My left arm" that are actually A) Dependent clauses. B) Simple sentences. C) Phrases. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phrases. 21. The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion attitude, or color. A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Conceit. D) Diacope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denotation. 22. What is the primary purpose of a rhetorical analysis essay? A) To summarize the text. B) To evaluate the effectiveness of the author's use of rhetorical strategies. C) To compare the text with other works. D) To provide a personal opinion on the topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To evaluate the effectiveness of the author's use of rhetorical strategies. 23. Repeating of WORDS or PHRASES ..... Example:MLK, Jr. repeated "I have a dream." A) Repetition. B) Speech Structures. C) Parallelism. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 24. An implied or direct reference to a common piece of knowledge between speaker and audience A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Oxymoron. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 25. He was brave. He was bold. He was selfless. A) Polysyndeton and epistrophe. B) Analogy and parallelism. C) Anaphora and parallelism. D) Epistrophe and anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora and parallelism. 26. Statement that seems to contradict itself, but which, upon further examination, contains some kernel of truth or reason. A) Paradox. B) Polysyndeton. C) Chiasmus. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 27. Can anyone look at the record of this Administration and say, "Well done" ? Can anyone compare the state of our economy when the Carter Administration took office with where we are today and say, "Keep up the good work" ? A) Rhetorical Question. B) Repetition. C) Antithesis. D) Parallel Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Question. 28. Which rhetorical device provides logic or evidence to the speech? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 29. What does the term 'occasion' refer to in writing? A) The main argument of the piece. B) The context that prompted the writing. C) The conclusion drawn by the author. D) The author's personal feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The context that prompted the writing. 30. Appeal to emotion A) Emos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesParallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 1Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 2Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 3Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 4Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 5Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 6Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 7Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books