This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Devices – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Devices Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the effect of using assonance in writing? A) To appeal to logic and reason. B) To create a musical or rhythmic effect. C) To emphasize contrasting ideas. D) To confuse the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To create a musical or rhythmic effect. 2. Which of the following best defines antithesis? A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis. C) Use of contrasting concepts, words, or sentences within parallel grammatical structures. D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use of contrasting concepts, words, or sentences within parallel grammatical structures. 3. A repetition of sounds at the beginning of two or more words in the same sentence A) Analogy-Figurative Language. B) Imagery. C) Alliteration. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 4. He missed the ball by a mile. A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 5. "Mary likes hiking, swimming, and riding a bicycle."What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Rule of Three's. B) Parallelism. C) Anaphora. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 6. A word or phrase that is applied to an object or action which it is not literally applicable A) Metaphor. B) Loaded Language. C) Understatement. D) Smilie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 7. Betty appears very nice and sweet to strangers, but she is very evil and mean to her family and friends A) Parallelism. B) Shift. C) Antithesis. D) Logical Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shift. 8. Multiple ChoiceAddI walked a mile around the school today. A) Hyperbole. B) Not a hyperbole. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not a hyperbole. 9. Match the definition to the rhetorical device:a widely accepted truth. A) Allusion. B) Ad hominem. C) Aphorism. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aphorism. 10. "Segregation is a dark and desolate valley."What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Description. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 11. Which type of motivation relies on things inside of yourself (what makes you feel good)? A) Extrinsic. B) Pathos. C) Intrinsic. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intrinsic. 12. Appeal to credibility. Ex:Celebrities or experts endorsing a product. A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Kairos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 13. "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." (Yoda) A) Tricolon. B) Antithesis. C) Oxymoron. D) Anadiplosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anadiplosis. 14. How does ethos differ from pathos? A) Ethos is used in written communication, while pathos is used in verbal communication. B) Ethos focuses on credibility, while pathos focuses on emotional appeal. C) Ethos appeals to the audience's sense of humor, while pathos appeals to their sense of justice. D) Ethos is about logical reasoning, while pathos is about factual evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos focuses on credibility, while pathos focuses on emotional appeal. 15. "The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order. A) Tricolon. B) Anadiplosis. C) Anaphora. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chiasmus. 16. What type of connotation does the following word have?DIFFICULT A) Positive. B) Negative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 17. Identify the rhetorical device: "The stars danced in the night sky." A) Simile. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 18. Which rhetorical device is used in the phrase 'To err is human; to forgive, divine'? A) Analogy. B) Antithesis. C) Amplification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 19. Gives false characteristics to an argument and then attacks an argument based on those false characteristics A) Straw-Man. B) Non-Sequitur. C) Appeal to Tradition. D) False Dichotomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Straw-Man. 20. Which of the following best defines aposiopesis? A) Breaking off abruptly in speech for rhetorical effect. B) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. C) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural. D) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Breaking off abruptly in speech for rhetorical effect. 21. Repeats the same word or words for emphasis A) Allusion. B) Parallelism. C) Repetition. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 22. A short amusing story about a real incident or person A) Anecdote. B) Imagery. C) Description. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 23. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of wordsclose by to one another A) Anecdote. B) Allegory. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 24. A type of repetition in which the same words are repeated at the beginningof sentences or clauses A) Connotation. B) Analogy. C) Antithesis. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaphora. 25. Omitting conjunctions in a list A) Antithesis. B) Asyndeton. C) Polysyndeton. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asyndeton. 26. Attacking the person rather than the argument A) Non-Sequitur. B) Red Herring. C) Hasty Generalization. D) Ad Hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ad Hominem. 27. Read the following statement and determine the connotation (an idea or feeling that a word invokes) of "savageness.""They wanted to tame the savageness of man and make the life of this world more gentle." A) Positive. B) Negative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 28. "Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely winter" A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 29. A question for the audience to ponder-not meant to be answered aloud A) Alliteration. B) Diction. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Question. 30. Word or phrase used two or more times in close proximity A) Figurative language. B) Redundancy. C) Syntax. D) Repetition. 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