This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the effect of using repetition in a speech? A) To compare two unlike things. B) To build to a climax or add emphasis. C) To simplify complex ideas. D) To assign human qualities to something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To build to a climax or add emphasis. 2. Rhetorical Questions ..... A) Are phrases, sentences or paragraphs, balancing writing with similar structures to provide the same level of importance. B) Are questions asked to prove a point because the answer has been made clear through the author's argument. C) Are brief stories from a person's life that illustrate a point and typically connected to an author's thesis. D) Establishes the credibility of the author. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are questions asked to prove a point because the answer has been made clear through the author's argument. 3. Which of the following is the definition of an anecdote A) A very short story used to give an example. B) A comparison between the relationship of two things. C) A reference to an old piece of literature or historical event. D) Placing opposites together in the same sentence or idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A very short story used to give an example. 4. Which of the following best describes the tone of a piece of writing? A) The overall feeling or atmosphere that the text evokes in the reader. B) The writer's attitude towards the subject or audience. C) The structured sequence of events in the text. D) The explicit meaning of the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The writer's attitude towards the subject or audience. 5. A question asked to make a point, not that you want an answer is which of the following rhetorical devices? A) Rhetorical question. B) Allusion. C) Repetition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 6. "Mom, did you know that, according to newsweek.com, having a cell phone at school does not lead to lower grades. A study of 1, 700 high school students found that there is absolutely no correlation between these two things. I can have my phone without my grades suffering." A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 7. What is the term for the group of people who will read, hear, see, or feel a piece of writing or performance? A) Audience. B) Author's Purpose. C) Rhetoric. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audience. 8. Which of the following words is the closest synonym for "wry" ? A) Opinionated. B) Bitter. C) Sarcastic. D) Humorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarcastic. 9. What are some strategies/devices that you could write about regardless of the text you encounter on exam day? A) Use of famous examples, imagery, use of unusual syntax. B) Allusion, juxtaposition, plain folks appeal. C) Figurative language, symbolism, comparisons. D) Contrast, emphasis, diction, appeals, organizational format. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contrast, emphasis, diction, appeals, organizational format. 10. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas A) Antithesis. B) Climax. C) Apostrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antithesis. 11. She is quick like a cat. I never know when she arrives A) Analogy. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Antithesis. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 12. "passive aggressive, " "same difference, " "clearly confused, " "alone together" A) Oxymoron. B) Juxtaposition. C) Understatement. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 13. Logos A) Using statistics and sources. B) Appealing to emotions and personal stories. C) Citing expertise and credibility. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using statistics and sources. 14. What is Direct Address in writing? A) Speaking directly to the reader or audience. B) Comparing two different things. C) Asking a question without expecting an answer. D) Using logic to persuade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaking directly to the reader or audience. 15. What is the purpose of using euphemism in a text? A) To use a mild or pleasant word instead of an unpleasant or offensive one. B) To emphasize something. C) To simplify complex ideas. D) To add balance and rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To use a mild or pleasant word instead of an unpleasant or offensive one. 16. Smoking around kids is dangerous because the defenseless children are exposed to dangerous chemicals that can lead to coughing and difficulty breathing and could even lead to deadly asthma attacks. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 17. What is the definition of ethos? 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 Appeal to the emotions of the audience. D) Appeal to logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to the credibility/trustworthiness of the speaker. 18. Rhetorical Devices are techniques that writers use to ..... their arguments and communicate more effectively. A) Enhance. B) Write. C) Tell. D) Prove. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enhance. 19. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following quote: "He's as strong as an ox." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 20. The methods, incidents, speech, etc., an author uses to reveal the people in the book. A) Pathos. B) Personification. C) Oxymoron. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characterization. 21. A testimonial ..... A) Encourages an emotional response from the audience to support the claim. B) Can be proven as fact; strongest evidence; can be true, hard information presented as a percentage to survey-type information. C) Relies on quotes from experts or leading authorities in related fields that support the author's thesis. D) Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relies on quotes from experts or leading authorities in related fields that support the author's thesis. 22. Words and language that help authors persuade readers A) Rhetorical device. B) Exaggeration. C) Assumptions. D) Logical fallacies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical device. 23. The act of addressing someone or something that is absent or dead as if it were alive, present, and capable of responding. A) Apostrophe. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. 24. "John told the children about World War I, " said the narrator. A) REPETITION. B) ALLUSION. C) METAPHOR. D) IMAGERY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ALLUSION. 25. Repeating the structure of speech A) Parallelism. B) Repetition. C) Analogy. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 26. Identify the rhetorical devices used in the following sentence:Where affections bear rule, their reason is subdued, honesty is subdued, good will is subdued, and all things else that withstand evil, for ever are subdued. A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Antithesis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epistrophe. 27. Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'The pen is mightier than the sword'? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 28. Using irony to mock something or to show contempt A) Connotation. B) Sarcasm. C) Anecdote. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sarcasm. 29. What Rhetorical Appeal is used here?Anyone who cherishes life in all its forms could not help being outraged by the mistreatment of laboratory animals. The so-called scientists who run the labs are evil. A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 30. "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?" ~ Shylock, The Merchant of Venice A) Apostrophe. B) Synecdoche. C) Extended metaphor. D) Rhetorical question. 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