This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Devices – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Devices Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Repeated phrases used over and over in a speech to drive a point home A) Tone. B) Parallelism. C) Ethos. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 2. Appeal to logic. Ex:Numbers, statistics, percentages, graphs, etc. A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Kairos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 3. Match the definition to the rhetorical device:the use of repeated grammatical form to emphasize a point. A) Aphorism. B) Euphemism. C) Parallelism. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 4. "My life has been a ship sailing sea to sea." A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 5. The reason for writing A) Logos. B) Diction. C) Purpose. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purpose. 6. Which rhetorical device involves asking a question to make a point rather than to get an answer? A) Allusion. B) Repetition. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Question. 7. Information and data, that can be proved to be true A) Audience Involvement. B) Personal Involvement. C) Facts and statistics. D) Expert opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Facts and statistics. 8. "This test was forever long."What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Description. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 9. A joking use of a word sounding the same as another A) Irony/sarcasm. B) Anaphora. C) Alliteration. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pun. 10. Match the definition to the rhetorical device:an implicit reference to something. A) Allusion. B) Ad hominem. C) Analogy. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 11. Give an example of pathos in a sentence. A) Imagine the pain and suffering caused by tooth decay. B) The sun set beautifully over the horizon. C) She ran as fast as she could to catch the bus. D) The cat sat on the windowsill, watching the world go by. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagine the pain and suffering caused by tooth decay. 12. You should really try these baked Cheetos. They have 500 calories less than the regular Cheetos. In fact, they have 700 fewer calories than french fries. A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 13. The repetition of a word or phrase A) Rule of Three's. B) Hyperbole. C) Anaphora. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 14. Which rhetorical device involves placing two contrasting elements side by side to highlight their differences? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Juxtaposition. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juxtaposition. 15. Which term describes a speaker's credibility or trustworthiness? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Kairos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos. 16. The use of the same word at the end of one sentence and at the beginning of the subsequent sentence, forming a chain of thought that carries your audience to the point you've chosen. A) Dialogismus. B) Asterismos. C) Expeditio. D) Anadiplosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anadiplosis. 17. Which of the following best defines asterismos? A) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural. B) A rhetorical device where one addresses the audience directly at the beginning of a speech. 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: D) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. 18. "Excuse me, am I interrupting you apparently more important conversation." What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Imagery. B) Connotation. C) Hypophoric Question. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical Question. 19. Creating an emotional or imaginative impact A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 20. Heavy description to help see what is going on A) Tone. B) Diction. C) Repetition. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 21. What is the term for a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration for emphasis or effect? A) Litotes. B) Hyperbole. C) Understatement. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 22. Match the definition to the rhetorical device:an illustrative story. A) Allusion. B) Ad hominem. C) Analogy. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anecdote. 23. A rhetorical device in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same form or modified, to emphasize a point A) Litotes. B) Juxtaposition. C) Zeugma. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chiasmus. 24. '' I gradually gained a bit of satisfaction from being considered an extremist. Was not Jesus an extremist in love? ..... Will we be extremists for hate or extremists for love?This is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Anaphora. C) Anecdote. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 25. What could Symploce mean? What does the word mean? What does anything mean? A) More repetition. B) Repetition at the beginning and end of the sentences. C) Repetition$^{2}$. D) Mix of repetitions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition at the beginning and end of the sentences. 26. The lyrics "Wack MCs like that orange soda get crushed" are an example of what rhetorical device? A) Alliteration. B) Mood. C) Repetition. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 27. The ideas or feelings that a certain word creates; the feelings associatedwith a word A) Antithesis. B) Analogy. C) Connotation. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connotation. 28. When an author refers to something from history, culture, or literature, and itis up to the reader to pick up on that reference and understand it A) Anecdote. B) Allegory. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 29. The use of many conjunctions A) Asyndeton. B) Polysyndeton. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polysyndeton. 30. Which rhetorical device is used in the phrase 'Beware the Jabberwock, my son'? A) Cacophony. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cacophony. 31. Which choice describes the purpose of using parallelism in a report? A) To compare unfamiliar ideas. B) To emphasize deadlines through repeated words. C) To organize content numerically. D) To enhance clarity by repeating grammatical structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To enhance clarity by repeating grammatical structure. 32. Which rhetorical device is used in the phrase 'Friends, Romans, Countrymen'? A) Alliteration. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Amplification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 33. "calling a businessman a suit"What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Metonymy. B) Description. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 34. (during a storm) "My what nice weather we're having."What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Anecdote. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 35. A type of euphemism that intentionally understates the size or importance of its subject. It can be used to dismiss or diminish a debate opponent's argument. A) Apophasis. B) Meiosis. C) Anacoluthon. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meiosis. 36. Refers to a person, event, or thing in history, a work of literature, or culture A) Parallelism. B) Symbolism. C) Repetition. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 37. "you may take a long vacation ..... (soon she will die)"What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Hyperbole. B) Euphemisms. C) Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemisms. 38. Listing a series of possibilities and then explaining why all but one of those possibilities are not good. A) Antiphrasis. B) Asterismos. C) Expeditio. D) Hypophora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expeditio. 39. Identify the rhetorical device in the following sentence: "I came, I saw, I conquered." A) Tricolon. B) Anaphora. C) Epistrophe. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asyndeton. 40. What is an ellipse? A) An implicit comparison between different things or ideas. B) The use of words that sound like the noises they describe. C) The omission of essential grammatical elements or parts of the sentence. D) The repetition of an initial sound in a sequence of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The omission of essential grammatical elements or parts of the sentence. 41. Rhetorical devices are techniques used to convey ideas through? A) Speech or writing. B) Physical movements. C) Intense staring. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speech or writing. 42. Connecting and identifying with audience members by making them laugh. A) Meiosis. B) Anaphora. C) Hyperbole. D) Humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humor. 43. "Now it's your turn to cry; cry me a river" A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoiea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 44. 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. 45. 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. 46. 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. 47. He missed the ball by a mile. A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 48. "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. 49. A word or phrase that is applied to an object or action which it is not literally applicable A) Understatement. B) Metaphor. C) Smilie. D) Loaded Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 50. 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. 51. 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. 52. 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. 53. "Segregation is a dark and desolate valley."What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Description. B) Imagery. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 54. Which type of motivation relies on things inside of yourself (what makes you feel good)? A) Logos. B) Intrinsic. C) Extrinsic. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intrinsic. 55. Appeal to credibility. Ex:Celebrities or experts endorsing a product. A) Logos. B) Kairos. C) Pathos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos. 56. "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." (Yoda) A) Antithesis. B) Tricolon. C) Oxymoron. D) Anadiplosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anadiplosis. 57. How does ethos differ from pathos? A) Ethos is about logical reasoning, while pathos is about factual evidence. B) Ethos focuses on credibility, while pathos focuses on emotional appeal. C) Ethos is used in written communication, while pathos is used in verbal communication. D) Ethos appeals to the audience's sense of humor, while pathos appeals to their sense of justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos focuses on credibility, while pathos focuses on emotional appeal. 58. "The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order. A) Anadiplosis. B) Chiasmus. C) Anaphora. D) Tricolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chiasmus. 59. 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. 60. Identify the rhetorical device: "The stars danced in the night sky." A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesRhetorical Devices Quiz 1Rhetorical Devices Quiz 2Rhetorical Devices Quiz 3Rhetorical Devices Quiz 4Rhetorical Devices Quiz 5Rhetorical Devices Quiz 7Rhetorical Devices Quiz 8Rhetorical Devices Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books