This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Devices – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Devices Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Same pattern words or ideas A) Description. B) Simile. C) Parallelism. D) Rule of Three's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 2. An account of an event that is happening that does not necessarily create an image A) Simile. B) Imagery. C) Metaphor. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Description. 3. "You've got a smile that takes me to another planet" A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoiea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 4. A phrase or sentence is repeated, but in reverse order A) Hyperbole. B) Antithesis. C) Anaphora. D) Antimetabole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antimetabole. 5. Why might an environmental essayist juxtapose a landfill and a wilderness? A) To stress the need for reducing waste to save the wilderness. B) To demonstrate that wilderness is the best place to put landfills. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To stress the need for reducing waste to save the wilderness. 6. He acted like a bull in a china shop. A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 7. "Honey Boo Boo story ~ Jennifer Lawrence" What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Rule of Three's. B) Description. C) Anecdote. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anecdote. 8. "Tick! Tock! On the clock but the party don't stop" A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 9. Give an example of logos in a sentence. A) Studies show that 90% of people who floss daily have healthier gums. B) Flossing is a good habit because it feels nice. C) Many people believe that flossing is unnecessary. D) Flossing can be fun and entertaining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Studies show that 90% of people who floss daily have healthier gums. 10. What does ethos mean as a rhetorical device? A) Imagination. B) Moral character. C) Emotion. D) Reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moral character. 11. A rhetorical question is supposed to be ..... A) Confusing. B) Obvious. C) Funny. D) Sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Obvious. 12. "My heart's a stereo; it beats for you" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. Alliteration refers to what? A) Repeating any sound at the beginning of a series of words. B) Repetitive consonant sounds at the beginning of a series of words. C) Repetitive vowel sounds at the end of a series of words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetitive consonant sounds at the beginning of a series of words. 14. Analyze the following sentence and identify the rhetorical choice used: "She ran, jumped, laughed, and played." A) Asyndeton. B) Anadiplosis. C) Zeugma. D) Polysyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asyndeton. 15. Which of the following best defines asyndeton? A) Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words. B) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural. C) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis. D) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words. 16. They are throwing the baby out with the bathwater. A) Simile. B) Irony. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 17. "You know I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see you tonight" A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 18. Bringing up a subject by denying that the very subject should be brought up at all. A) Anadiplosis. B) Dialogismus. C) Apophasis. D) Expeditio. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apophasis. 19. What is the purpose of using rhetorical devices? A) To enhance persuasion and effectively communicate ideas. B) To confuse the audience and obscure the message. C) To provide entertainment without any serious intent. D) To simplify complex ideas into basic terms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To enhance persuasion and effectively communicate ideas. 20. Ideas are presented in a way that seems opposite to what is really meant A) Emotional language. B) Irony/sarcasm. C) Over-exaggeration. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony/sarcasm. 21. Language that is used to create a particular emotional response in the reader A) Emotional Language. B) Facts and statistics. C) Irony/sarcasm. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotional Language. 22. A question asked not for the answer, but the influence over the audience A) Metaphor. B) Hasty Generalizaion. C) Apophasis. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical Question. 23. Verbal irony. Saying the opposite of what you mean (using sarcasm). A) Meisosis. B) Antiphrasis. C) Dialogismus. D) Asterismos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antiphrasis. 24. The writer incorporates aspects of their personal experience into the text-look for 'I' A) Emotional language. B) Personal involvement. C) Lists of three. D) Facts and statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personal involvement. 25. Why is it beneficial for a speaker or writer to combine ethos, logos, and pathos in their argument? A) It makes the argument longer and more complex. B) It ensures that the audience will agree with every point made. C) It creates a more compelling and persuasive argument that appeals to credibility, logic, and emotion. D) It allows the speaker to avoid addressing counterarguments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It creates a more compelling and persuasive argument that appeals to credibility, logic, and emotion. 26. What is a logical fallacy that involves using the argument itself as evidence for the argument? A) Circular Reasoning. B) Bandwagon Appeal. C) Slippery Slope. D) Ad Hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circular Reasoning. 27. Ethos, logos, and pathos are strategies used to: A) Distract the audience from the main argument. B) Enhance the emotional and logical appeal of an argument. C) Simplify complex ideas into one-liners. D) Ensure that the speaker is always right. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enhance the emotional and logical appeal of an argument. 28. A personal story or tale-usually used to appeal to emotions A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Anecdote. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anecdote. 29. "Yesterday, I wore a grey shirt."What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Simile. B) Imagery. C) Description. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Description. 30. What is the rhetorical device used in the phrase 'I came, I saw, I conquered'? A) Allusion. B) Pathos. C) Asyndeton. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asyndeton. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesRhetorical Devices Quiz 1Rhetorical Devices Quiz 2Rhetorical Devices Quiz 4Rhetorical Devices Quiz 5Rhetorical Devices Quiz 6Rhetorical Devices Quiz 7Rhetorical Devices Quiz 8Rhetorical Devices Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books