This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The context in which a writer or speaker is trying to communicate their message A) Conclusion. B) Rhetorical situation. C) Persuasion. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical situation. 2. What rhetorical device does Dr. King use when he states, 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere'? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Antithesis. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 3. A deliberate and extreme exaggeration of a person, thing, quality, or event to emphasize a point. A) Repetition. B) Understatement. C) Antimetabole. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 4. Metaphor is ..... A) A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense, but upon closer inspection or thought contains some degree of truth or validity. B) A self-contradictory combination of words or smaller verbal units. C) A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things. 5. Saying "I'm lucky" several times at the beginning of many paragraphs is an example of ..... A) Repetition. B) Parallelism. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 6. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. A) Kairos (Appeal to Seizing the Right Moment). B) Pathos (Appeal to Emotion). C) Ethos (Appeal to Ethics). D) Logos (Appeal to Logic). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kairos (Appeal to Seizing the Right Moment). 7. "What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured." -Kurt Vonnegut A) Antithesis. B) Hypophora. C) Anaphora. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypophora. 8. This is repetition found at the end of a line and is found in successive phrases, clauses, sentences A) Epistrophe. B) Epizeuxis. C) Anaphora. D) Expletive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epistrophe. 9. Which of the following sentences does NOT demonstrate parallelism? A) She loved singing, dancing, and painting. B) He wanted to go home, to sleep, and eat. C) They searched high and low, far and wide, here and there. D) The dog ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and was hiding in the alley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The dog ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and was hiding in the alley. 10. This ground, Lincoln says, has been "consecrated" by the "men ..... who struggled here." What is the meaning of consecrated? A) Soaked in blood. B) Desecrated, violated. C) Empty, containing a deep space. D) Made sacred. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Made sacred. 11. "You're not buying a used car, you are purchasing a pre-enjoyed or pre-loved vehicle." A) Euphemism. B) Oxymoron. C) Analogy. D) Flattery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 12. Appealing to the emotions of the audience, often based on specific examples of suffering or potential threats. A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 13. When two or more words, phrases, or ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast or any other desired effect A) Repetition. B) Anaphora. C) Syntax. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 14. How does the use of rhetorical questions enhance an argument? A) By simplifying the argument to make it more accessible. B) By introducing new evidence to support the argument. C) By engaging the audience and prompting them to think critically. D) By providing clear and concise answers to complex issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By engaging the audience and prompting them to think critically. 15. I cried, "Why?! Why my life?" A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 16. "This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the 'unalienable Rights' of 'Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." ' A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Vernacular. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 17. A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization of idea A) Tone. B) Rhetorical choice. C) Rhetorical device. D) Rhetorical mode. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 18. Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence: "Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country." A) Rhetorical Question. B) Analogy. C) Antithesis. D) AllusionTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 19. ..... irony is a contrast between what a reader or character expects and what actually exists or happens. A) Situational. B) Verbal. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational. 20. What is the rhetorical device that gives human qualities to non-human objects? A) Personification. B) Rhetorical question. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 21. Claim-Evidence-Warrant A) Deductive. B) Inductive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deductive. 22. What is the purpose of using an analogy in rhetoric? A) To place two things close together with contrasting effect. B) To compare two things for explanation or clarification. C) To tell a story. D) To repeat a word or phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To compare two things for explanation or clarification. 23. My grandfather excused himself from the room by saying, "I have to see a man about a horse." I grimaced because I knew exactly what that meant ..... he'd be in the bathroom for a long time. A) Euphemism. B) Analogy. C) Anecdote. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 24. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial justice to the solid rock of brotherhood. A) Antithesis. B) Allusion. C) Extended metaphor. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antithesis. 25. Which rhetorical device appeals to credibility or ethics of the speaker? A) Rhetoric. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 26. Alters or intensifies meaning A) Anaphora. B) Antithesis. C) Modifier. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modifier. 27. "He was a real Romeo with the ladies." A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 28. Which of the following is NOT an instance where rhetoric can be used? A) Speeches. B) Legal Arguments. C) Films. D) Commercials and Ads. E) Argumentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Films. 29. Which rhetorical device is used when a speaker addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing? A) Apostrophe. B) Metonymy. C) Synecdoche. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. 30. Which rhetorical device is used in the phrase 'I have a dream' repeated throughout the speech? A) Metaphor. B) Anaphora. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. 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