This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which literary device is an indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance? A) Allusion. B) Pun. C) Satire. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 2. Which rhetorical device is this video? A) Loaded language. B) Direct address. C) Rhetorical question. D) Logical fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logical fallacy. 3. Which symbol represents ethos? A) Heart. B) Hand. C) Head. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hand. 4. Identify the appeal in the following:Sprite Zero is 100% sugar-free. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 5. The attribution of human qualities to an object, animal, or concept. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Paradox. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses? A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Antithesis. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 7. What we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness; but love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another.-RFK A) Anaphora. B) Allusion. C) Antithesis. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 8. Which of the following options contains a metaphor? A) Her eyes lit up like fireflies. B) Sally sold seashells. C) His face was as red as a tomato. D) She has a heart of gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She has a heart of gold. 9. As the speech comes to a close, Dr. King makes a significant change in his tone. Which tone words best describe that change in tone from the beginning of the speech to the end. A) From lighthearted to serious. B) From defiant to righteous. C) From serious to uplifting and hopeful. D) From confident to aggrieved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From serious to uplifting and hopeful. 10. This rhetorical device does not require an answer. A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Parallelism. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical question. 11. These are the means to persuade an audience in an argument:through logic (logos), emotion (pathos), and ethics (credibility). A) Tone. B) Appeals. C) Diction. D) Rhetorical choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeals. 12. A ..... is a technique that writers or speakers use to convey meaning or persuade their audience. A) Rhetorical device. B) Contradiction. C) Rhyme. D) Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical device. 13. A brief, printed saying that has the nature of a proverb A) Epigram. B) Assonance. C) Euphemism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epigram. 14. A figure of speech that uses two opposite words together A) Oxymoron. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 15. Things are going so well that I worry we may be living in a bubble that will soon pop. A) Sweeping generalization. B) Analogy. C) Direct address. D) Loaded language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analogy. 16. Pathos involves using ..... to persuade your audience. A) Logic. B) Evidence. C) Authority. D) Emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotion. 17. " ..... you were Romeo. You were throwing pebbles and my daddy said, 'Stay away from Juliet." ' A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 18. What is the term for a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa? A) Metaphor. B) Synecdoche. C) Metonymy. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synecdoche. 19. Think of how hard it would be for your family to live without you if you died in a car accident. Don't text and drive-think of those you love. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 20. A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. A) Anaphora. B) Aphorism. C) Analogy. D) Amplification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aphorism. 21. "Tiktok has become a more popular form of social media than Snapchat, with users spending an average of 52 minutes a day in the app over Snapchat's usage at only 30 minutes a day on average." This statement can best be described as ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Topic sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 22. Repetition of initial consonant sounds. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 23. A technique by which the writer or speaker anticipates the claim that will be made the opposition is called- A) Rebuttal. B) Counterargument. C) Logos. D) Call to action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Counterargument. 24. The dog is a monster. A) REPETITION. B) ALLUSION. C) METAPHOR. D) SIMILE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) METAPHOR. 25. Identifying the main idea of a text involves understanding: A) The most detailed part of the text. B) The author's opinion on minor issues. C) The central thought or message conveyed by the text. D) Every fact presented in the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The central thought or message conveyed by the text. 26. Which of the following is an example of direct address? A) "This book tells a fascinating story.". B) "You need to see this incredible view!". C) "The birds sang melodiously.". D) "The cake was extremely delicious.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "You need to see this incredible view!". 27. Which is an example of sweeping generalizations? A) Jack didn't like the ice cream sundae. B) My siblings go to the park. C) Sarah is sick today. D) Everyone loves going to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Everyone loves going to school. 28. This is a rhetorical device that involves the repetition of the same word, phrase or sentence . A) Repetition. B) Parallelism. C) Repitition. D) Parrelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 29. Back against the wall. A) Climbing up a wall backwards. B) Taken hostage. C) Being injured and needing support. D) Be in a difficult situation from where escape is difficult. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be in a difficult situation from where escape is difficult. 30. Grammatical structure of the first clause or phrases is reversed in the second, sometimes repeating the same words A) Chaismus. B) Lilitotes. C) Apostrophe. D) None of the above. 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