This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 38 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers A) Metonymy. B) Alliteration. C) Polysyndeton. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 2. Is an appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading an audience by reason, providing facts. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Persuasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 3. " ..... it takes a family; it takes teachers; it takes clergy; it takes business people; it takes community leaders; it takes those who protect our health and safety. It takes all of us." This excerpt includes repetition of a group of words at the beginning of phrases. It is a technique called: A) Simile. B) Anaphora. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 4. "pretty ugly" and "same difference" are both examples of which rhetorical device? A) Oxymoron. B) Metaphor. C) Juxtaposition. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 5. "The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe." A) Love. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos. 6. Identify the appeal in the following:A commercial shows an image of a happy couple riding in a Corvette. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 7. The use a short story to create a memorable image in the reader's mind A) Anecdote. B) Tone. C) Definition. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 8. Figure of amplification in which a subject is divided into constituent parts or details, and may include a listing of causes, effects, or problems. A) Amplification. B) Alliteration. C) Enumeratio. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enumeratio. 9. Instruction to the audience to cause an immediate response (ex:Call now! Vote for me!) A) Repetition. B) Rhetoric. C) Rhetorical question. D) Call to action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Call to action. 10. Sophia, Grace, and Liam are having a debate. Liam says, 'An understatement is the intentional lessening of the importance of a major thing or event.' Do you agree with Liam? A) No, an understatement is a question that is intended to be answered. B) No, an understatement is the repetition of a word or words at the start of phrases, clauses, or sentences. C) Yes, Liam is correct. D) No, an understatement is the use of harsh sounds in language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes, Liam is correct. 11. When a writer appeals to the emotions of the intended audience to excite and involve them in the argument. A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Mood. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 12. Identify the correct rhetorical device based on this definition:a type of alliteration that repeats the same vowel sound in two or more words A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Assonance. E) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance. 13. Which of the following is an example of a rhetorical question? A) Can that man call England or any other kingdom his country?. B) Do you want to get ice cream with me?. C) Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. D) Can I borrow a pencil?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can that man call England or any other kingdom his country?. 14. Which rhetorical appeal is defined as an appeal to the audience's emotions through the use of emotional language? A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 15. What is the term for verbal irony? A) Simile. B) Understatement. C) Sarcasm. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarcasm. 16. Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'Love is a rose'? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 17. Which rhetorical appeal focuses on using logic, reasoning, and evidence? A) Logos. B) Mythos. C) Ethos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 18. What Rhetorical Appeal is used here? "If you're still unsure, please consider that my advanced degree and awards for my work speak for themselves." A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 19. Evaluate the use of logos in: "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." -Mahatma Gandhi A) Gandhi uses logical reasoning to explain the cycle of violence. B) Gandhi appeals to emotions by portraying violence as inherently harmful. C) Gandhi asserts his moral authority to argue against revenge. D) The quote lacks any clear persuasive technique. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gandhi uses logical reasoning to explain the cycle of violence. 20. "The student was a sea of troubles." A) Understatement. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 21. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. T A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Allusion. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 22. The repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence-Ex. "We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe ..... '' A) Repetition. B) Parallelism. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 23. "When you are right, you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative" A) Repetition. B) Allusion. C) Simile. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 24. METONYMY is ..... A) A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it. B) A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. C) A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. D) Appeal to logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it. 25. In Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal, " the use of specific statistics about poor children is an example of: A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 26. A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer is called: A) Juxtaposition. B) Syntax. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Question. 27. What is the term for a rhetorical device that uses a part of something to represent the whole? A) Synecdoche. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synecdoche. 28. Identify the appeal in the following:Tiger Woods endorses Nike. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 29. Which of the following is an example of antithesis? A) Set fire to the brush. B) She always saw the sun, she always had fun. C) Zero to hero. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zero to hero. 30. Which rhetorical device is used to express irony through language? A) Simile. B) Sarcasm. C) Rhetoric. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sarcasm. ← 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