This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Devices – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Devices Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Breaking off in the middle of a sentence A) Anastrophe. B) Apostrophe. C) Aposiopesis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aposiopesis. 2. Establishing credibility through tone and style A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 3. "Loving him was like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street" A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 4. Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of vowel sounds? A) Amplification. B) Assonance. C) Antimetabole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 5. Which rhetorical device is the following an example of?If you cared about the environment, you would adopt a penguin today. Just .50 a day can save a penguin. A) Logos. B) Intrinsic Motivation. C) Ethos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos. 6. Which of the following best defines anaphora? A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. B) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural. C) Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. D) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. 7. This statement is an example of which logical fallacy? A) Anecdote. B) Loaded Language. C) Bandwagon Approval. D) Circular Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circular Reasoning. 8. The focus is shifted to a side issue or something irrelevant A) Non-Sequitur. B) Slippery Slope. C) Red Herring. D) Testimonial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red Herring. 9. What is an "Analogy" used for? A) The use of sarcasm to criticize. B) A direct statement of fact. C) The main argument of a text. D) A comparison to show similarity between two complex ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A comparison to show similarity between two complex ideas. 10. A part is made to represent the whole A) Anaphora. B) Simile. C) Synecdoche. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synecdoche. 11. "I think to myself, what a wonderful world" A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 12. Appealing to others by being trustworthy or credible is a rhetorical appeal known as A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 13. Which of the following best defines symploce? 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) Simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe. D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. 14. Using logic/numbers in your speech to be persuasive A) Analogy-Figurative Language. B) Diction. C) Logos. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 15. Which of the following best defines aporia? 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) Expression of doubt or confusion in order to rhetorically ask the audience for their opinion or present multiple viewpoints. D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expression of doubt or confusion in order to rhetorically ask the audience for their opinion or present multiple viewpoints. 16. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:'The thunderous applause was music to her ears.' A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. What is a parallelism? A) An implicit comparison between different things or ideas. B) The repetition of an initial sound in a sequence of words. C) The repeated use of similarly constructed lines or sentences. D) The omission of essential grammatical elements or parts of the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The repeated use of similarly constructed lines or sentences. 18. After the two nations stopped the war and signed a treaty, a white dove was released. The white dove can be a symbol of ..... A) Birds. B) Flight. C) War. D) Peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peace. 19. Similes or metaphors-comparisons to help describe A) Rhetorical Question. B) Parallelism. C) Tone. D) Analogy-Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analogy-Figurative Language. 20. Which rhetorical device relies on emotion to persuade an audience? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Motivation. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 21. What does logos mean as a rhetorical device? A) Emotion. B) Imagination. C) Reason. D) Moral character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reason. 22. Comparison using a word like sicut, similis, velutVolat sicut avis A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 23. In technical writing, analogy is primarily used to do which of the following? A) Organize ideas into lists. B) Compare one idea to another to clarify. C) Repeat a phrase for emphasis. D) Create symmetry in sentence structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compare one idea to another to clarify. 24. Three nouns, adjectives or verbs will be used in a list within a sentence A) Asyndeton. B) Anaphora. C) Lists of three. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lists of three. 25. An idea or feeling (literal meaning) A) Connotation. B) Loaded Language. C) Imagery. D) Apophasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 26. Which of the following is an example of intrinsic motivation? A) Earning an extra large candy bar for doing your work. B) Getting an allowance. C) Winning a trophy. D) Being happy when you have helped someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Being happy when you have helped someone. 27. Which rhetorical device does the scenario below depict? Rachel has to convince her parents to let her go out with her friends on Friday night. This is her argument: "Mom and Dad I would like to go out with my friends Friday night. I know you said no and I understand. However, in the past 6 months, I have come home on time and I have straight A's." A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 28. "when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has been advertised on television"This quote is an example of: A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 29. This rhetorical device that is an arrangement of words or sentences in similar grammatical form to show the ideas are equal in importance. Examples of this are:Easy come, easy goLike father, like son.I have a dream. A) Parallelism. B) Repetition. C) Oxymoron. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 30. "You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes" A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoiea. D) Alliteration. 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