This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To inform / to persuade A) Context. B) Purpose. C) Exigence. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purpose. 2. In ..... , the words literally state the opposite of the writer's (or speaker's) true meaning. A) Verbal Irony. B) Situational Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal Irony. 3. Short, catchy phrases A) Ethos. B) Slogans and saws. C) Repetition. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slogans and saws. 4. Repetition ..... A) The purposeful recurrence of words, phrases or lines. B) When the author repeats the title at the end of the speech. C) When the speaker or author uses the same word twice. D) Having to read the same thing over and over and over again with no purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The purposeful recurrence of words, phrases or lines. 5. Using language effectively to convince or persuade A) Rhetoric. B) Syntax. C) Hyperbole. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetoric. 6. Reason or logic. The hard data. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Dragos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logos. 7. "To think on death it is a misery, To think on life it is a vanity; to think on the world verily it is, to think that here man hath no perfect bliss." A) Juxtaposition. B) Hyperbole. C) Anaphora. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 8. Pathos is the appeal of ..... A) Ethics. B) Morality. C) Logic. D) Emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotions. 9. "Sir, at long last, have you left no sense of decency?" ..... Joseph Welch A) Sarcasm. B) Anaphora. C) Rhetorical question. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 10. Which term refers to the use of language to create a vivid image or idea in the audience's mind? A) Imagery. B) Syntax. C) Diction. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 11. What is the term for the emotional appeal used to persuade an audience in rhetoric? A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Kairos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos. 12. What is the definition of "tone" in literature? A) The author's attitude towards the subject matter or audience. B) The number of characters in the book. C) The color scheme used in the book. D) The volume of the book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The author's attitude towards the subject matter or audience. 13. Intentionally using words that have either a positive or negative association in order to communicate tone or emotionally manipulate the audience A) Denotative diction. B) Connotative diction. C) Imagery. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotative diction. 14. "My fellow citizens:I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors." ..... This is an example of what? A) Jargon. B) Anecdote. C) Parallelism. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 15. Calls into question the purity or "actualness" of something A) No true Scotsman fallacy. B) Begging the question. C) Red herring. D) Black and white/either or. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No true Scotsman fallacy. 16. A special form of understatement, where the surface denial serves, through ironic contrast, to reinforce the underlying assertion A) Litotes. B) Logical Fallacy. C) Logos. D) Loose Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Litotes. 17. What is parallelism in rhetoric? A) A reference to a historical event. B) The repeated use of a word or phrase. C) The repeated use of a sentence structure. D) The use of contrasting ideas in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The repeated use of a sentence structure. 18. What is the term for a logical fallacy that involves attacking the person making an argument rather than the argument itself? A) Straw Man. B) Ad Hominem. C) Slippery Slope. D) Red Herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ad Hominem. 19. What is the primary purpose of using logos in "Letter from Birmingham Jail" ? A) To stir the reader's emotions. B) To establish the moral high ground. C) To appeal to the reader's logical reasoning and sense of justice. D) To demonstrate the historical significance of the civil rights movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To appeal to the reader's logical reasoning and sense of justice. 20. What is the rhetorical device used when a speaker asks a question and then immediately answers it? A) Irony. B) Hypophora. C) Antithesis. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypophora. 21. Author's attitude toward a subject A) Tone. B) Voice. C) Exposition. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 22. The construction of sentences; the arrangement of words in sentences A) Connotation. B) Voice. C) Logos. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Syntax. 23. What is implied by a word (often quite different from the word's actual meaning) Example:The word "homework" always has a negative connotation. A) Allusion. B) Connotation. C) Alliteration. D) Perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 24. Spoken or written language used to persuade A) Ethos. B) Rhetoric. C) Pathos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetoric. 25. A comparison between two unlike things using like or as. A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Parallelism. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 26. Which fallacy is it when the speaker distracts the audience from the issue and never answers the actual question? A) Red herring. B) Ad hominem. C) Circular reasoning. D) Two wrongs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red herring. 27. "After years of this kind of disrespect from your boss, countless wasted hours, missed birthdays ..... it's time for you to take a stand." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 28. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury:we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery ..... We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut." ..... Which type of appeal is being used here? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 29. How many years are in a score? A) 10. B) 20. C) 100. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20. 30. A contrast of ideas and words written in a balanced or parallel construction. A) Antithesis. B) Antimetabole. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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