This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Analysis – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 21 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Giving inanimate objects human qualities. Mark only one oval. A) Simile. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 2. The repetition of the phrase "Let freedom ring" in the speech is meant to: A) Remind the audience of the importance of freedom for everyone. B) Give the audience a chance to speak. C) Tell people when freedom will come. D) Make the speech longer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Remind the audience of the importance of freedom for everyone. 3. What method is used to analyze visuals? A) SMILE. B) TAPS. C) OPTIC. D) DIDLS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) OPTIC. 4. What makes the second thesis template more sophisticated than the first? A) It is always shorter and easier to write. B) It requires making inferences about the speaker's challenges and alternative actions. C) It only focuses on summarizing the text. D) It avoids using any rhetorical choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It requires making inferences about the speaker's challenges and alternative actions. 5. "This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning, 'My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty ..... " BEST fits which of the following devices? A) Pathos and Ethos. B) Pathos and Logos. C) Pathos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos and Ethos. 6. What is the main question discussed in the video about rhetorical analysis essays? A) Whether to use complex vocabulary in the thesis. B) Whether to list rhetorical devices, choices, or strategies in the thesis. C) How long a rhetorical analysis essay should be. D) If a thesis needs to be written in the first paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whether to list rhetorical devices, choices, or strategies in the thesis. 7. Read the anecdote: "It was a little cocker spaniel dog, in a crate that he'd sent all the way from Texas, black and white, spotted, and our little girl-Tricia, the six-year-old-named it Checkers." What rhetorical purpose does this anecdote serve? A) It distracts from political issues with humor. B) It humanizes Nixon and appeals emotionally to the audience. C) It criticizes his political opponents. D) It highlights the dangers of accepting gifts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It humanizes Nixon and appeals emotionally to the audience. 8. Is the proximity of two or more phrases with identical or similar constructions, especially those expressing the same sentiment, but with slight modifications A) Restatement. B) Anaphora. C) Parallelism. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 9. What is the author's primary purpose in writing the letter? A) To describe the conditions of the jail. B) To entertain the reader. C) To inform about historical events. D) To persuade the audience of the necessity of civil rights action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To persuade the audience of the necessity of civil rights action. 10. Ethos is an appeal to the ethics of the audience. You need to know if they are a trustworthy audience. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. "As a doctor with 20 years of experience, I can assure you that this treatment is safe." A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 12. Which of the following make up the rhetorical situation? A) Text, Media, Purpose, Reasoning. B) Audience, Context, media, formatting. C) Message, Exigence, Audience, Purpose, Context, and Speaker. D) Context, Exigence, formatting, speaker, Text, Audience. E) Speaker, Message, Audience, Medium, Exigence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Message, Exigence, Audience, Purpose, Context, and Speaker. 13. Context involves time, place, people and events. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. What is the significance of Muir mentioning the protection of the Calaveras Grove by Mr. Sperry? A) To show that individual actions can make a difference. B) To suggest that the grove is not worth protecting. C) To argue that the grove is no longer in danger. D) To criticize Mr. Sperry's efforts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To show that individual actions can make a difference. 15. Analyze the following thesis statement: "In her speech "People and Peace, Not Profits and War, " Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm develops her ethos as a common citizen and patriot and uses sentence fragments and parallel structure to develop her argument." What is the primary element missing? A) The specific purpose of the speech. B) The audience's reaction. C) The historical context. D) The emotional appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The specific purpose of the speech. 16. The three points of the Rhetorical Triangle are: A) Speaker, Audience, Subject. B) Figurative Language, Audience, Subject. C) Speaker, Meaning, Appeals. D) Appeals, Meaning, Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker, Audience, Subject. 17. A writer can speed this up or slow this down through their use of simple or complex sentences, the use of punctuation for pauses, paragraph divisions, or by building in suspense. A) Pacing. B) Rhetoric. C) Diction. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacing. 18. Which phrase in paragraph [3] most effectively appeals to a sense of unity and shared struggle? A) It is true that we support the administration's civil rights bill. B) One man, one vote is the African cry. C) We must have legislation that will protect the Mississippi sharecropper. D) We march today for jobs and freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One man, one vote is the African cry. 19. True or False:All quotes must be imbedded on both the rhetorical analysis essay and the synthesis essay. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Should you include your own opinion in a Rhetorical Analysis? A) Yes. B) Sometimes. C) No. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No. 21. Who defined the three important elements that any persuasive text should contain? A) Aristotle. B) Plato. C) Homer. D) Socrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotle. 22. Which rhetorical device involves giving human qualities to non-human things? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Anaphora. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 23. How does Steve Jobs establish a sense of pathos in his speech? A) By criticizing other companies. B) By discussing his business achievements. C) By sharing his personal experiences and struggles. D) By using complex vocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By sharing his personal experiences and struggles. 24. This appeal establishes knowledge and credibility. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 25. In rhetorical analysis, what does the term 'audience' refer to? A) The people who will read the analysis. B) The critics who review the text. C) The intended readers or listeners of the original text. D) The author of the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The intended readers or listeners of the original text. 26. Who is considered the 'audience' in the rhetorical triangle? A) The topic of the text. B) The listener, viewer, or reader of a text or performance. C) The person or group who creates the text. D) The evidence presented in the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The listener, viewer, or reader of a text or performance. 27. The body paragraphs of the Rhetorical analysis essay must include A) Textual evidence; Summary; Analysis. B) Assertion; Textual evidence; Analysis. C) Assertion; Definition; Analysis. D) Assertion; Textual evidence; Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assertion; Textual evidence; Analysis. 28. Figure of omission in which normally occurring conjunctions (and, or, but, for, nor, so, yet) are intentionally omitted in successive phrases, or causes. A) Alliteration. B) Paradox. C) Expletive. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asyndeton. 29. What should you do immediately after reading a text? A) Write a summary. B) Determine the full audience and purpose. C) Take a break. D) Discuss with a friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Determine the full audience and purpose. 30. In the 7th paragraph, Albright's use of the phrase "sit sedately down" serves primarily to A) Suggest that women should remain composed and avoid confrontation. B) Express concern that activism may lead to instability. C) Imply that silence is a dignified response to inequality. D) Mock the idea that women should be passive in the face of progress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mock the idea that women should be passive in the face of progress. ← 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