This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Dentists all over the country recommend this toothbrush. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 2. People who live in cities don't take the time to appreciate nature. All they do is go to work and then go home to watch television. A) Sweeping generalization. B) Analogy. C) Direct address. D) Loaded language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweeping generalization. 3. Analyze the emotional resonance of the statement 'Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.' A) The statement conveys a sense of despair and hopelessness. B) It suggests that hope is fragile and easily lost. C) The statement evokes a feeling of comfort and resilience. D) It implies that hope is irrelevant in difficult times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The statement evokes a feeling of comfort and resilience. 4. "The wall both exists and doesn't exist." Is a ..... A) Paradox. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 5. Fancy ways to have you side with me on my argument A) Rhetorical Devices. B) Figurative Language. C) Direct Language. D) Spanish Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Devices. 6. What type of rhetorical device is used in a Sprite advertisement that says, "Drink Sprite Zero. 100% Sugar Free." A) Repetition. B) Rhetorical question. C) Logos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 7. A) Direct Address. B) Targeted audience. C) Sweeping generalization. D) Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweeping generalization. 8. The definition of JUXTAPOSITION is ..... A) Two unlike ideas placed side by side. Ex:The sad clown danced happily through the butchery. B) A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. C) A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant. D) A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two unlike ideas placed side by side. Ex:The sad clown danced happily through the butchery. 9. What is the definition of tone? A) When the author uses a word or phrase that does not have its normal, everyday, literal meaning. B) The author's feelings or attitude about something, someone, or the reader. C) An appeal that helps to build the author's credibility with the audience. D) The description of specific features or attributes of things, places, or people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The author's feelings or attitude about something, someone, or the reader. 10. Words or phrases said over and over to illustrate importance or highlight meaning A) Repetition. B) Hyperbole. C) Rhetorical Questions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 11. Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?"Cars have made life far more convenient for us, but at what cost?" A) Rhetorical question. B) Parenthesis. C) Metaphor. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 12. Repeating particular phrases for effect A) Parallelism. B) Antithesis. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 13. What is the term for the use of an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning? A) Symbolism. B) Metonymy. C) Allegory. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 14. What is a parody? A) A seemingly contradictory situation that is true. B) An exaggerated imitation of a serious work for humorous purposes. C) The repetition of the same consonant sound. D) The use of a word with multiple meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An exaggerated imitation of a serious work for humorous purposes. 15. Antony:You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 16. Which rhetorical device is used: "75% of people surveyed said they like our product better than our competitors." A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 17. Which rhetorical device involves using language to emphasize, explain, and persuade? A) Simile. B) Sarcasm. C) Rhetoric. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetoric. 18. Our beloved principal always puts students first. A) Direct address. B) Analogy. C) Sweeping generalization. D) Loaded language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loaded language. 19. "We shall not surrender, and even if ..... we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds ..... "-Winston ChurchillWhat rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote? A) Anaphora. B) Antithesis. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 20. Brutus:If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 21. A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else ..... two contrasting ideas. A) Anaphora. B) Allusion. C) Parallelism. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 22. "You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least." A) Humor. B) Analogy. C) Euphamism. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humor. 23. What is the definition of appeals? A) Appeal to the credibility/trustworthiness of the speaker. B) Something an author uses to make the subject interesting to the reader and to grab the reader's attention. C) Appeal to logic. D) Appeal to the emotions of the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something an author uses to make the subject interesting to the reader and to grab the reader's attention. 24. They put me in the oven to bake.Me, a deprived and miserable cake.Feeling the heat, I started to bubble.Watching the others, I knew I was in trouble.-"The Life of a Cupcake", by Shelby Greer A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme Scheme. 25. What is the term for language that is used to evoke strong emotions? A) Loaded language. B) Analogy. C) Sweeping generalization. D) Direct address. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loaded language. 26. A child's mind is a hungry puppy; feed it well. A) ANALOGY. B) SIMILE. C) ANTITHESIS. D) ALLITERATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ANALOGY. 27. The repetition of consonant sounds is: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 28. The movie titles "30 Days of Night" and "50 First Dates" are examples of ..... A) Oxymoron. B) Hyperbole. C) Juxtaposition. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 29. Which rhetorical device uses a short personal story to emphasize a point? A) Kairos. B) Anecdote. C) Logos. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdote. 30. The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device?Jack is like a squirrel A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Juxtaposition. D) Oxymoron. 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