This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Devices – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Devices Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following best defines "alliteration" ? A) An exaggerated statement. B) A comparison using "like" or "as". C) Giving human traits to non-human things. D) Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words. 2. Figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole A) Metonymy. B) Zeugma. C) Synecdoche. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synecdoche. 3. An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. A) Metaphor. B) Anaphora. C) Logos. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 4. Which rhetorical device is used in the phrase 'Life is like a box of chocolates'? A) Antithesis. B) Amplification. C) Analogy. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 5. Why is repetition an important method to use when writing to persuade? A) Because you might have run out of ideas. B) Because your reader might not listen the first time. C) Because it emphasises a key idea or message. D) It's not. Avoid it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because it emphasises a key idea or message. 6. Why is logos important in an argument? A) It relies on the credibility of the speaker. B) It provides logical reasoning that supports the argument. C) It uses anecdotes to illustrate points. D) It provides emotional appeal that sways the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It provides logical reasoning that supports the argument. 7. Using emotions in your speech to be persuasive A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Tone. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 8. The linguistic choices a writer makes to effectively convey an idea, a point of view, or tell a story. A) Synonym. B) Allusion. C) Paradox. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 9. The use of an apparent contradiction A) Oxymoron. B) Personification. C) Prolepsis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 10. What is the goal of persuasion? A) To entertain others with stories. B) To inform others about facts. C) To move others to take action. D) To confuse others with complex ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To move others to take action. 11. When you called the kid "fat" that was rude. You could have said he is overweight. A) Connotation. B) Antithesis. C) Anaphora. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 12. What is the purpose of using antanagoge in writing? A) To create a rhythmic effect. B) To place a criticism and compliment together. C) To appeal to logic. D) To confuse the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To place a criticism and compliment together. 13. Which of these is an example of an extrinsic motivation? A) Feeling happy after helping someone. B) Getting an A in English. C) Feeling good about learning something new. D) Feeling good about something you did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Getting an A in English. 14. Two nouns used together to express a noun modified by an adjective "luctus et labor" A) Polysyndeton. B) Litotes. C) Hendiadys. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hendiadys. 15. "Religion is the opiate of the masses." (Marx) A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Irony. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 16. The use of a negative to express a positive. "Haud stultus erat Cicero." A) Simile. B) Litotes. C) Metaphor. D) Zeugma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Litotes. 17. 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." A) Anaphora. B) Alliteration. C) Cacophony. D) Humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 18. Match the definition to the rhetorical device:an illustrative comparison between things that have a similar function or structure. A) Allusion. B) Ad hominem. C) Analogy. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 19. Which rhetorical device is used to make the reader feel personally involved in the discussion about space travel? A) Loaded Language. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Direct Address. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct Address. 20. A situation or statement that contradicts itself; it is made up of two opposite things and seems impossibl A) Passage. B) Paradigm. C) Paradox. D) Parentheses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 21. Identify the rhetorical device: "I've told you a million times to clean your room!" A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 22. Connotation Definition: A) An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. B) The repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred in the beginning. C) The repetition of identical or similar syntactic elements (word, phrase, clause). D) A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. 23. 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. A) Euphemism:. B) Style. C) Structure. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Structure. 24. A figure of speech in which a word applies to two other words in different senses or two others and semantically only suits one A) Chiasmus. B) Juxtaposition. C) Litotes. D) Zeugma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zeugma. 25. Which rhetorical device focuses on convincing the audience of the speaker's good intentions? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Mythos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 26. Including two or more different ideas, characters, places ..... near each other to emphasize a comparison or contrast A) Repetition. B) Juxtaposition. C) Oxymoron. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition. 27. 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? A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Parallelism. D) Repetition/Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 28. Use of part to express a whole"prora in portam navigavit" A) Synedoche. B) Prolepsis. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synedoche. 29. 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. A) Denotation. B) Style. C) Allusion. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Style. 30. 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. A) Tone. B) Atmosphere. C) Mood. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesRhetorical Devices Quiz 1Rhetorical Devices Quiz 2Rhetorical Devices Quiz 3Rhetorical Devices Quiz 5Rhetorical Devices Quiz 6Rhetorical Devices Quiz 7Rhetorical Devices Quiz 8Rhetorical Devices Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books