This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 39 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Richard Dawkins, internationally known biologist and author, said, "Biology is the study of the complex things in the Universe. Physics is the study of the simple ones." A) Testimonial. B) Anecdote. C) Diction. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Testimonial. 2. "You monster. You beast. You unspeakable bastard."Does this example show "The Rule of 3?" A) Yes. It's three ideas listed in a row for a particular effect. B) No. Even though it is three things, this example does not demonstrate the rule of 3. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. It's three ideas listed in a row for a particular effect. 3. Appeals to reader's ethically by using expert opinions or credible sources. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 4. You should get this product now before it sells out. You might miss your opportunity. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pahtos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pahtos. 5. It is an argument that distracts you from the real issue. A) Hasty Generalization. B) Red Herring. C) Ad Hominem. D) False Dilemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red Herring. 6. Repeating an idea using the same words A) Epistrophe. B) Antithesis. C) Repetition. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 7. A claim is a speaker's ..... on a problem or ..... A) Position, opinion. B) Opinion, issue. C) Expertise, issue. D) Position, issue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Position, issue. 8. I have served this community for 10 years now. Vote for me!I send my own children to the same schools as yours. Vote for me!I will work to improve our roads, fund new businesses, and improve our town. Vote for me! A) Repetition. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 9. "Isn't it amazing how quickly time flies?" A) Analogy. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Antithesis. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Question. 10. She sells sea shells by the sea shore, is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Allusion. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 11. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following statement:"Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 12. Which of the following is NOT a rhetorical device? A) Rhetoric. B) Simile. C) Sarcasm. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetoric. 13. Asking a question with an obvious answer A) Repetition. B) Charged words. C) Anthropomorphism. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical question. 14. The comparison of two or more unlike things.-equates A) REPETITION. B) METAPHOR. C) DICTION. D) SIMILE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) METAPHOR. 15. Which rhetorical device refers to ethics and the image of a person? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 16. The sentence "I'll love you 'til the ocean is folded and hung up to dry and the seven stars go squawking like geese about the sky, " is an example of which rhetorical device (not simile or metaphor)? A) Hyperbole. B) Anaphora. C) Repetition. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 17. An inference ..... A) Is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. B) Can be explicit or implicit. C) Is effected by rhetorical strategies. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. If someone purchased a new car and announced, "I just bought a new set of wheels!" that is an example of ..... A) Synecdoche. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synecdoche. 19. We want to include rhetorical devices in our writing. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. What literary device is used to give human characteristics to non-human objects or abstract ideas? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 21. "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."This quote contains a(n) ..... A) Analogy. B) Juxtaposition. C) Allusion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 22. Where was the speech given? A) New York City. B) Detroit. C) Washington, DC. D) Richmond. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Washington, DC. 23. Rhetoric is the powerful use of language A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Excerpt:"A pilot with a fear of heights."-UnknownWhat rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote? A) Irony. B) Loaded Language. C) Understatement. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 25. ETHOS is ..... A) Appeal to credibility/trust. B) Use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one. C) A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. D) A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to credibility/trust. 26. "Hope for the best; prepare for the worst" is an example of A) Figurative language. B) Charged words. C) Metonymy. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 27. Complimenting your audience A) Connotation. B) Sarcasm. C) Flattery. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flattery. 28. What technique is employed in the following example?Angel asked, "How can we live in a world without death metal?" A) Hypophora. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Analogy. D) Restatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Question. 29. Words or phrases that have strong positive or negative connotations A) Charged Language. B) Parallell Structure. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charged Language. 30. A complex metaphor or extended simile, a comparison between two similar things A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Analogy. 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