This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 34 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Art thou mad? Is not the truth the truth? A) Allusion. B) Rhetorical question. C) Antithesis. D) Anthimeria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical question. 2. Comparing 2 UNLIKE things USING "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Loaded Language. D) Paralleism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. When analyzing rhetorical appeals in a text, which of the following should you do first? A) Look for emotional language. B) Identify the main argument. C) Observe how the author establishes credibility. D) Evaluate the effectiveness of each appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Identify the main argument. 4. The following is an example of what kind of rhetorical device?All birds have two legs and wings. A dove is a bird. A dove has two legs and wings. A) Juxtaposition. B) Synecdoche. C) Metaphor. D) Syllogism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Syllogism. 5. What is the definition of pathos? 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: D) Appeal to the emotions of the audience. 6. In the sentence "Her smile was as bright as the sun breaking through the clouds after a storm." what rhetorical device is being used? A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 7. "How could I be so stupid?" A) Rhetorical Question. B) Analogy. C) Anecdote. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Question. 8. Using the words, dark and desolate valley, high plane of dignity and discipline ..... are examples of what literary aspect? A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Rhetorical question. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 9. Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses? A) Anaphora. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 10. A comparison of two or more unlike things using a comparative word such as "like" or "as." A) REPETITION. B) METAPHOR. C) DICTION. D) SIMILE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SIMILE. 11. A hyperbole ..... A) Exaggerates. B) Lies. C) Compares. D) Identifies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exaggerates. 12. Lesson-26:Analyzing Rhetorical DevicesQuestion 1:A reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from history, music, or another work of literature. A) Anaphora. B) Foreshadowing. C) Allusion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 13. Kairos is an device that appeals to: A) Something currently popular or trending. B) Something related to families. C) Something related to logic. D) Something related to science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something currently popular or trending. 14. Imagine Michael, Maya, and Elijah are playing a word game. Michael comes up with a word that is based on or derived from a person's name. What would you call such a word? A) An eponym. B) Anaphora. C) Cacophony. D) Parody. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An eponym. 15. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!" is ..... A) Alliteration. B) Synecdoche. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 16. Using a part of something to represent the whole. A) Paradox. B) Alliteration. C) Synecdoche. D) Euphamism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synecdoche. 17. A stated comparison between two unlike things not using like or as A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Analogy. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 18. Appeals to reader's emotions A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 19. Persuading through the credibility of the speaker/author-and the sense of right and wrong. Ex. "As a doctor, I am best qualified to recommend the right treatment." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 20. Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'The thunder roared its disapproval'? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 21. Which rhetorical device refers to ethics and the image/trustworthiness of a person? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 22. The use of successive verbal constructions (patterns) in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure-usually in a series A) Anaphora. B) Parallelism. C) Metaphor. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 23. Which rhetorical device is used: "Diet coke is better for your health than regular Coca-Cola because is has less sodium and uses artificial sugars." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 24. (1 answer) Check the correct definition or example:Simile A) Explicit comparison between two things of unlike nature, usually using "like" or "as". B) Figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole. C) "If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm." (Vince Lombardi). D) Investing abstractions or inanimate objects with human qualities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explicit comparison between two things of unlike nature, usually using "like" or "as". 25. Give me loyalty, or give me death. A) Repetition. B) Rhetorical Question. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 26. This is an effective method of persuasion because when we TRUST IN THE SPEAKER and believe they have our best interest at heart, we are more willing to listen to them and consider their argument. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 27. What Rhetorical Appeal is used here?"You will never be satisfied in life if you don't seize this opportunity. Do you want to live the rest of your years thinking about what would have happened if you just jumped when you had the chance?" A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 28. What is the rhetorical appeal that targets the audience's emotions to persuade them? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 29. A reference to a well-known literary work, religious writings, mythology, etc. is called a(n) A) Alliteration. B) Analogy. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 30. Given to or involved A) Reiterate. B) Repudiated. C) Conniving. D) Extremist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conniving. ← 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