This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Analysis – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Kennedy most likely included paragraphs 2 and 3 in order to A) Persuade the audience to fund the race to the moon. B) Warn of the potential hazards of technological advances. C) Frame space exploration as a logical next step in human progress. D) Encourage audience members to be leaders of their generation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frame space exploration as a logical next step in human progress. 2. What is the term for stating the opposite of what is said or meant? A) Connotation. B) Syntax. C) Exigence. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 3. The individual(s) that are trying to be reached A) Purpose. B) Message. C) Audience. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audience. 4. Which of the following uses Cause and Effect Reasoning (Logos)? A) "If we plant more trees, we'll improve air quality.". B) "A famous athlete supports this cause.". C) "As a conservation expert, I've studied tree growth.". D) "It's heartbreaking to see forests destroyed.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "If we plant more trees, we'll improve air quality.". 5. What is rhetorical analysis? A) Analyzing the author's purpose. B) Analyzing the strategies and choices the author uses. C) Analyzing how an author achieves his or her purpose via specific strategies/choices. D) Analyzing whether the speech is good or bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analyzing how an author achieves his or her purpose via specific strategies/choices. 6. What are the rhetorical choices that the speaker/writer makes in the speech? Think about overall structure, devices, diction, syntax, etc. A) The speaker/writer uses a variety of rhetorical choices including overall structure, devices, diction, and syntax. B) The speaker/writer focuses solely on diction and syntax. C) The speaker/writer does not use any rhetorical choices. D) The speaker/writer uses rhetorical choices only in the conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker/writer uses a variety of rhetorical choices including overall structure, devices, diction, and syntax. 7. Why might Thesis 3 be considered a "riskier" thesis compared to Thesis 2? A) It is too long and confusing for readers. B) It does not explicitly mention rhetorical choices, which might lead to a lower score if not developed later. C) It uses too many complex words. D) It focuses too much on emotions rather than facts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It does not explicitly mention rhetorical choices, which might lead to a lower score if not developed later. 8. How many rhetorical argument types are there? A) 8. B) 6. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 9. What Number does Lebron wear? A) 24. B) 32. C) 23. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 23. 10. In paragraph 6, Kelley states, "No one in this room tonight can feel free from such participation, " primarily to: A) Suggest that the audience is unaware of the origins of consumer goods. B) Explain how consumer habits contribute to the perpetuation of child labor. C) Argue that industrial reform is impossible without economic sacrifice. D) Highlight the differences between urban and rural labor practices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explain how consumer habits contribute to the perpetuation of child labor. 11. Repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of several sentences in a row A) Anecdoche. B) Allusion. C) Anaphora. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 12. The two purposes of Oh, the Places You'll Go are to A) Persuade and inform. B) Inform and entertain. C) Persuade and entertain. D) Frustrate and annoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inform and entertain. 13. "And that is why they killed 14 innocent medical students in the recent attack in Quetta. And that is why they killed many female teachers and polio workers in Khyber Pukhtoon Khwa and FATA" (Yousafzai). The persuasive strategy used here is ..... A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 14. What are the three appeals? A) Credibility, diction, logic. B) Purpose, tone, emotion. C) Ethos, pathos, logos. D) Exigence, logic, theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos, pathos, logos. 15. PAPA stands for Purpose, Audience, Persona and A) Antonym. B) Argument. C) Awful. D) Air quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Argument. 16. What are we going to work on this week? A) Finishing the Rhetorical Analysis Infographic Project. B) We are writing an essay this week. C) We will keep working on the essay by John Lewis. D) Reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finishing the Rhetorical Analysis Infographic Project. 17. Analyze the following argument: "Imagine the joy on the children's faces when they receive new toys this holiday season. Your donation can make that happen."Which rhetorical appeal is primarily being used? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the aboveTagsDOK Level 2:Skill/Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 18. What is the purpose of a rhetorical analysis essay? A) To provide a personal opinion on a topic. B) To critique the writing style of an author. C) To summarize the main points of a text. D) To analyze the rhetorical choices made by a writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To analyze the rhetorical choices made by a writer. 19. Fill in the blank:The author's purpose can be to ..... , which is represented by the letter 'P' in the acronym PIE. A) Persuade. B) Predict. C) Present. D) Perform. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persuade. 20. Which rhetorical device is used by the speaker in the following line?"We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills." A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Anaphora. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 21. To understand the purpose of a text, you need to know why the author or speaker wrote it. What was he or she trying to ..... ? A) Create. B) Ignore. C) Accomplish. D) Destroy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Accomplish. 22. Which rhetorical device involves the intentional use of words that sound like their meaning? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 23. When Jefferson lists the grievances starting with "He has ..... " he is using ..... A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 24. Which statement best describes the main claim of Oh, the Places You'll Go? A) Every individual has the ability to make good decisions and to overcome difficulties so long as that person keeps working hard. B) Everyone experiences hard times. C) Sometimes in life we have to wait for better opportunities to come along. D) This is not a persuasive text; there is no main claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Every individual has the ability to make good decisions and to overcome difficulties so long as that person keeps working hard. 25. What does the ideal body paragraph structure look like? A) TS2+CDCM2+CDCMCS. B) TS2+CDCMCS. C) TS2+CD2+CMCS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TS2+CDCM2+CDCMCS. 26. "As in so many past experiences, our hopes had been blasted, and the shadow of deep disappointment settled upon us." What rhetorical appeal is best represented in the following quote from the text? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Polysyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 27. Read the excerpt: "One other thing I probably should tell you because if I don't, they'll probably be saying this about me too-we did get something, a gift, after the election." What tone does Nixon establish in this statement? A) Defensive yet transparent. B) Arrogant and dismissive. C) Detached and analytical. D) Bitter and resentful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Defensive yet transparent. 28. What does the 'P' in SPACE CAT represent? A) Purposeful. B) Point of view. C) Persuasion. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Purpose. 29. Repetition of the same group of words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or paragraphs [example: "We are a people in quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community." A) Anaphora. B) Polysyndeton. C) Hyperbole. D) Ad hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 30. The introduction of the Rhetorical Analysis essay should A) Discuss the rhetorical situation. B) Address the abstract question in the prompt. C) Discuss the main rhetorical strategies or "moves" the author utilizes. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesRhetorical Analysis Quiz 1Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 2Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 3Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 4Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 5Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 6Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 7Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books