This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 24 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In this class we laugh; in this class we love; in this class we learn! A) Anaphora. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 2. What is ethos? A) An appeal to logic and reason. B) An appeal to the author's credibility and character. C) An appeal to the audience's emotions. D) The use of stylistic elements to enhance the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An appeal to the author's credibility and character. 3. In paragraph 9, King states, "When will you be satisfied?" What rhetorical device is being used? A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Rhetorical question. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 4. Which rhetorical device uses time to persuade an audience? A) Figurative language. B) Kairos. C) Pathos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kairos. 5. Identify the Anaphora."It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair."Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities A) Times. B) Light and darkness. C) It was. D) The age of. E) [there is no anaphora]. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was. 6. Something that is dangerous or very risky A) Repudiated. B) Perilously. C) Epistrophe. D) Reiterate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perilously. 7. Litotes is ..... A) Overstatement; a figure of speech in which the author overexaggerates to accomplish some purpose, usually emphasis. B) An indirect comparison using "like" or "as". C) A form of understatement that uses negation to express the contrary meaning. D) A figure of speech pairing two words together that are opposing or contradictory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A form of understatement that uses negation to express the contrary meaning. 8. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following quote: "Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get" (from the movie Forrest Gump). A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 9. What is the definition of HYPERBOLE? A) Extreme exaggeration. B) Appeal to emotion. C) A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. D) A comparison using "like" or "as". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extreme exaggeration. 10. When something is said to figuratively be like something else A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 11. Which rhetorical device is used in the following tweet:'Who doesn't like to scroll through Instagram?' A) Analogy. B) Direct address. C) Juxtaposition. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical question. 12. What is an example of METONYMY A) People part like the Red Sea when he walks in. B) The pen is mightier than the sword. C) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The pen is mightier than the sword. 13. This family lost everything in the fire. They lost their irreplaceable family photos, not to mention their furniture and clothing. Please donate to help them start over. A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 14. Identify the rhetorical device:No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. You use of strong emotion to convince people to agree with your claim. A) Anecdote. B) Repetition. C) Appeal to Emotion (Pathos). D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal to Emotion (Pathos). 16. Which appeal is used to build trust and credibility with the audience? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 17. Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'He was a towering figure in the industry'? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 18. A ..... is any stylistic device or resource of language that an author or speaker uses to help persuade or make a desired impact on his/her audience. A) Simile. B) Rhetorical Device. C) Rhetorical Appeal. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Device. 19. Which one is correct for the commercial? A) Sweeping generalization. B) Direct address. C) Rhetorical question. D) Loaded language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 20. What rhetorical device is employed when contrasting ideas are presented in a parallel manner? A) Chiasmus. B) Metonymy. C) Antithesis. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 21. Analyze the following sentence and identify the literary device: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." A) Antithesis. B) Metaphor. C) Juxtaposition. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antithesis. 22. Name the rhetorical device. A) Allusion. B) Euphemism. C) Epistrophe. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 23. The following excerpt contains an example of which rhetorical device?"You gotta answer that call. Because it's not gonna ring forever." A) Repetition. B) Restatement. C) Synecdoche. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synecdoche. 24. "As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results." A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 25. Talking to someone who is not there, dead, not human is which rhetorical device? A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Rhetoric. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apostrophe. 26. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following quote: "I lie down by the side of my bride." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance. 27. In an argument, a speaker states a ..... and supports it with ..... and ..... A) Claim, reasons, evidence. B) Reason, claims, evidence. C) Claim, facts, opinions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claim, reasons, evidence. 28. I died laughing A) Hyperbole. B) Litote. C) Synecdoche. D) Periphrasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 29. Their love was Romeo & Juliet's love; passionate and unstoppable. Is this a metaphor or an allusion? A) Metaphor-It compares one thing (their love) to another (Romeo & Juliet's love.). B) Allusion-It's a reference to something specific. C) Both. It is a metaphor (a comparison) and an allusion (a specific reference.). D) Neither-there's no comparison and no specific reference. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. It is a metaphor (a comparison) and an allusion (a specific reference.). 30. Spread the happy A) Periphrasis. B) Parenthesis. C) Anthimeria. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anthimeria. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesRhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 1Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 2Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 3Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 4Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 5Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 6Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 7Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 8Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books