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Rhetorical Devices Quiz 2 (60 MCQs)

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1. A phrase or sentence is repeated, but in reverse order
2. Why might an environmental essayist juxtapose a landfill and a wilderness?
3. He acted like a bull in a china shop.
4. "Honey Boo Boo story ~ Jennifer Lawrence" What Rhetorical Device is shown?
5. "Tick! Tock! On the clock but the party don't stop"
6. Give an example of logos in a sentence.
7. What does ethos mean as a rhetorical device?
8. "My heart's a stereo; it beats for you"
9. Alliteration refers to what?
10. Analyze the following sentence and identify the rhetorical choice used: "She ran, jumped, laughed, and played."
11. Which of the following best defines asyndeton?
12. They are throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
13. "You know I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see you tonight"
14. Bringing up a subject by denying that the very subject should be brought up at all.
15. What is the purpose of using rhetorical devices?
16. Ideas are presented in a way that seems opposite to what is really meant
17. Language that is used to create a particular emotional response in the reader
18. A question asked not for the answer, but the influence over the audience
19. Verbal irony. Saying the opposite of what you mean (using sarcasm).
20. The writer incorporates aspects of their personal experience into the text-look for 'I'
21. Why is it beneficial for a speaker or writer to combine ethos, logos, and pathos in their argument?
22. What is a logical fallacy that involves using the argument itself as evidence for the argument?
23. Ethos, logos, and pathos are strategies used to:
24. A personal story or tale-usually used to appeal to emotions
25. "Yesterday, I wore a grey shirt."What Rhetorical Device is shown?
26. What is the rhetorical device used in the phrase 'I came, I saw, I conquered'?
27. Which of the following best defines "alliteration" ?
28. Figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole
29. An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
30. Which rhetorical device is used in the phrase 'Life is like a box of chocolates'?
31. Why is repetition an important method to use when writing to persuade?
32. Why is logos important in an argument?
33. Using emotions in your speech to be persuasive
34. The linguistic choices a writer makes to effectively convey an idea, a point of view, or tell a story.
35. The use of an apparent contradiction
36. When you called the kid "fat" that was rude. You could have said he is overweight.
37. What is the purpose of using antanagoge in writing?
38. Which of these is an example of an extrinsic motivation?
39. Two nouns used together to express a noun modified by an adjective "luctus et labor"
40. "Religion is the opiate of the masses." (Marx)
41. The use of a negative to express a positive. "Haud stultus erat Cicero."
42. Repetition of certain words or phrases at the beginning of sentences to increase the power of a sentiment. Ex:MLKJ repeating the phrase "I have a dream."
43. Match the definition to the rhetorical device:an illustrative comparison between things that have a similar function or structure.
44. Which rhetorical device is used to make the reader feel personally involved in the discussion about space travel?
45. A situation or statement that contradicts itself; it is made up of two opposite things and seems impossibl
46. Identify the rhetorical device: "I've told you a million times to clean your room!"
47. The arrangement of materials within a work, the relationship of the parts of a work to the whole, the logical divisions of a work. The most common units of structure are play:scene, act; novel:chapter; poem:line, stanza.
48. A figure of speech in which a word applies to two other words in different senses or two others and semantically only suits one
49. Which rhetorical device focuses on convincing the audience of the speaker's good intentions?
50. Including two or more different ideas, characters, places ..... near each other to emphasize a comparison or contrast
51. Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi, from every mountain side. Let freedom ring ..... This ENTIRE excerpt is an example of?
52. Use of part to express a whole"prora in portam navigavit"
53. The mode of expression in language, Stylistic techniques refer to such things as diction, syntax, figurative language, imagery, selection of detail, sound effects, and tone.
54. The author or narrator's attitude about the subject or toward the audience. Authors develop this through the use of specific diction (choice of words), imagery, details, language and syntax.
55. Which of these is not a statistic
56. Seeks to express a thought or impression by under-emphasizing the extent to which a statement may be true
57. Identify the rhetorical device: "The classroom was a zoo after the final bell rang."
58. A simile is a metaphor comparing things using what words?
59. Which term refers to the perfect timing to make an argument more effective?
60. What type of language is often used in pathos?
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