This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 47 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 47 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following best exemplifies the use of ethos in an advertisement? A) A celebrity endorsing a new skincare product based on personal use. B) An advertisement using charts and graphs to show product effectiveness. C) A commercial that makes viewers feel nostalgic and emotional. D) An ad that claims a product is the best without providing evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A celebrity endorsing a new skincare product based on personal use. 2. Select the epistrophe: A) That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind. B) And that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. C) See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. D) Restroom" instead of "toilet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. 3. Forces the reader to engage (think about question) & speaker to control the message A) Parallelism. B) Rhetorical Questions. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Questions. 4. Which rhetorical device is the following an example of?"Whether we keep or remove the school vending machines is an important issue that affects the health of your children." A) Sweeping Generalizations. B) Direct Address. C) Rhetorical Questions. D) Loaded Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Address. 5. A dog would be a great addition to our family because they are constant, loyal companions who are loving and sweet. A dog would bring us together as a family and make me the happiest daughter on earth. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 6. Which rhetorical device is used in the following quote:'I came, I saw, I conquered.' A) Asyndeton. B) Polysyndeton. C) Anaphora. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asyndeton. 7. The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern. A) Repetition. B) Logos. C) Hyperbole. D) Direct Address. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 8. Language that appeals to the senses. A) Repetition. B) Aphorism. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 9. A question that isn't intended to be answered A) Connotation. B) Sarcasm. C) Rhetorical question. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 10. As a dental hygienist, I've seen what infection can do. That's why I strongly recommend flossing daily. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 11. The phrase, "Almost everyone that was asked said that McDonalds is better than Burger King, so it must be true, " represents which fallacy? A) The Bandwagon Fallacy. B) Circular Reasoning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Bandwagon Fallacy. 12. Refers to the author's word choice A) Diction. B) Ellipsis. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. E) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 13. Showing how two items are different A) Problem/solution. B) Contrast/juxtaposition. C) Definition. D) Cause and/or effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contrast/juxtaposition. 14. An appeal to the audience's emotions A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 15. Which is not an example of antithesis? A) ''Many are called, few are chosen". B) "One small step for man, one giant step for mankind.". C) "Speech is silver but silence is gold". D) "It's raining cats and dogs". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "It's raining cats and dogs". 16. A direct explanation of a word's meaning. A) Anecdote. B) Tone. C) Definition. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Definition. 17. Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'His words were as soothing as a lullaby'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. Which example did King NOT give to support his claim of injustice toward black people? A) "The Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one" (King). B) "The Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality" (King). C) "We cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities" (King). D) "We will begin a movement that focuses on the black community called BLM" (King.). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "We will begin a movement that focuses on the black community called BLM" (King.). 19. "I walked a million miles to get here" is an example of: A) Rhetoric. B) Situational irony. C) Hyperbole. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 20. An allusion is a reference to a famous person or event. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 21. What is the rhetorical device that appeals to readers by using ethics and moral values? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Rebuttal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 22. Direct Address A) Me. B) I. C) He. D) You. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You. 23. Lesson-26:Analyzing Rhetorical DevicesQuestion 9:The technique or skill of persuading through your choice of words is which of the following rhetorical devices? A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Rhetorical. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical. 24. Which of the following is a simile? A) My dog ran faster than a cheetah. B) My dog is as fast as a cheetah. C) My dog leaped when he heard a boom!. D) My dog ran fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My dog is as fast as a cheetah. 25. *Great Depression*Jumbo shrimp*Cruel to be Kind *Pain for pleasure*Clearly confused*Act naturally*Painfully beautiful A) A. anecdote. B) B. Paradox. C) C. Oxymoron. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. Oxymoron. 26. Excerpt:"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed ..... I have a dream that one day ..... I have a dream today!"-Martin Luther King Jr.What rhetorical device is primarily used in the excerpt? A) Antithesis. B) Repetition. C) Parallelism. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 27. ..... means:a rhetorical device that uses a word in a new grammatical shape, often as a noun or a verb. Simply, it replaces one part of speech with another. A) Anthimeria. B) Asyndeton. C) Antimetabole. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthimeria. 28. Balancing of contrasting ideas A) Diction. B) Syntax. C) Antithesis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 29. All too often, political campaigns report to this tactic, where they attack the other candidate, rather than his or her ideas ..... A) Antithesis. B) Allusion. C) Ad hominem. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ad hominem. 30. Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition! A) Chiasmus. B) Asyndeton. C) Anaphora. D) Zeguma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. ← 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