This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 25 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What term matches the example?A commercial that uses images of cute and cuddly animals to evoke feelings of warmth and compassion A) Anaphora. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 2. What is the purpose of rhetorical appeals? A) To confuse your audience. B) To entertain your audience and keep them amused. C) To persuade your audience to see your perspective. D) To impress your audience by your knowledge of big words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To persuade your audience to see your perspective. 3. "As light as a feather" A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Rhetorical question. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 4. "1 out of every 4 teenagers will get into an accident from texting while driving."This is an example of ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 5. This form of rhetoric uses an expert or a scholar. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 6. An appeal to trust and morals A) Emotional Appeal. B) Logical Appeal. C) Ethical Appeal. D) Inductive Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethical Appeal. 7. Persuading by the use of reasoning and rational arguments, frequently using facts, statistics, definitions, and other forms of evidence. A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 8. The rhetorical technique of repeating something that has already been said or written in order to bring attention and emphasis to an idea. A) Restatement. B) Repetition. C) Allusions. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 9. The stylistic choice of words and phrases in speech or writing. The characteristic of these choices of words and phrases. A) Parallelism. B) Diction. C) Allusion. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diction. 10. The picturing in words of something or someone through detailed observation of color, motion, sound, taste, smell, and touch; one of the four modes of discourse A) Emotional appeal. B) Euphemism. C) Description. D) Epigraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Description. 11. "The sun was a toddler insistently refusing to go to bed:It was past eight thirty and still light." A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 12. What rhetorical element is being used here?A speech about the sport of basketball delivered by the famous basketball player Shaquille O'Neal. A) Pathos. B) Cheetos. C) Ethos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 13. In an appeal to logic, this argument is a way of persuading an audience with reason, using facts and figures A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 14. Showing what can be expected because of what has happened before ..... Example:When it rains, the ground gets wet. You walk outside and your driveway is wet; therefore, it must have rained. A) Logical reasoning. B) Irony. C) Hyperbole. D) Perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logical reasoning. 15. Comparison of two things NOT using "like" or "as." A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Antithesis. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 16. If an author/speaker is appealing to your emotions what rhetorical device are they employing? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 17. "I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain." (Catcher in the Rye) A) Repetition. B) Oxymoron. C) Understatement. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understatement. 18. Which statement best explains the rhetorical device Dr. King uses in paragraph 45 and its effect? A) The repeated use of parallelism imparts Dr. King's mounting outrage. B) The logical use of appeals conveys Dr. King's wish for better treatment. C) The forceful use of antithesis suggests Dr. King's hope for societal change. D) The consistent use of overstatement emphasizes Dr. King's observations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The repeated use of parallelism imparts Dr. King's mounting outrage. 19. In ..... , facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or piece of fiction but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the work. A) Verbal Irony. B) Dramatic Irony. C) Irony. D) Situational Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic Irony. 20. A literary device that can be defined as a statement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic. A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Reasonable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 21. The use of balanced structure to create a rhythmic, catchy sentence. A) Parallelism. B) Diction. C) Syntax. D) Colloquialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 22. ..... is the art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 23. A method authors can use to control a reader's pace and focus A) Stanza organization. B) Repetition. C) Space within a line. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Space within a line. 24. Using excessive, untrue, or insincere praise in an attempt to ingratiate oneself withthe audience, and therefore make them more likely to accept your opinion A) Phony phrasing. B) Conceded. C) Flattery. D) False logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flattery. 25. Which of the following is an example of a rhetorical device used to persuade an audience? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Rhetorical question. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 26. What effect does parallelism have on the readability of a text? A) It makes the text more difficult to understand. B) It adds rhythm and flow to the text. C) It has no effect on the text's readability. D) It makes the text less interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It adds rhythm and flow to the text. 27. A figure of repetition when the last word in a sentence, phrase, or clause, becomes the first one in the next sentence, phrase, or clause A) Epistrophe. B) Anadiplosis. C) Antimetabole. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anadiplosis. 28. "Time is money." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Parallelism. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 29. When is your AP English Language test? A) May 10thth at 2:00 PM. B) May 36th at 4:00 PM. C) May 20th at 2:00 PM. D) August 20th at 7:30 AM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May 20th at 2:00 PM. 30. Presenting an idea as fact without any explanation. A) Assertion. B) Inclusive Language. C) Emotional Language. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assertion. ← 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