This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 48 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What rhetorical device is employed in the following phrase:"Life is a journey, travel it well." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 2. To persuade, inform, or entertain is the intention or ..... of writing a text or delivering a speech. This is closely related to audience and claim. A) Logos. B) Author's purpose. C) Rhetoric. D) Rhetorical device. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Author's purpose. 3. Example of:Metaphor A) I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat." (Winston Churchill, 1940). B) "In Europe, we gave the cold shoulder to De Gaulle, and now he gives the warm hand to Mao Tse-tung." (Richard Nixon, 1960). C) "We are for each other:thenlaugh, leaning back in my armsfor life's not a paragraphAnd death i think is no parenthesis" E.E. Cummings. D) "Give us this day our daily bread." (Matthew, 6:11). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "We are for each other:thenlaugh, leaning back in my armsfor life's not a paragraphAnd death i think is no parenthesis" E.E. Cummings. 4. When responding to the denotative meaning of a word we are A) Using the common usage of the word. B) Using the dictionary definition of the word. C) Using the negative meaning of the word. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using the dictionary definition of the word. 5. "She has a heart of gold." A) Consonance. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 6. The choice of words in a work that the author makes. A) Diction. B) Anecdote. C) Sensory Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 7. What rhetorical device is used in the following quote: "Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love?" A) Parallelism. B) Rhetorical question. C) Anthimeria. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical question. 8. Call to Action is ..... A) Asking/encouraging your audience to do something. B) A video game. C) A movie franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence. D) An argument using a speaker's authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asking/encouraging your audience to do something. 9. ..... is an argument where the speaker claims to be an expert or relies on information provided by experts. It involves the speaker's values, morals, and trustworthiness. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Rhetorical question. D) Rhetorical device. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 10. The mood of a text refers to: A) The emotional response it elicits from the reader. B) The author's personal feelings about the subject. C) The logical structure of the argument. D) The credibility of the sources cited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The emotional response it elicits from the reader. 11. Define key words to ensure precise communication A) Definition. B) Description. C) Illustration. D) Process analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Definition. 12. Interpret the persuasive technique in 'Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country.' A) It emphasizes the importance of wealth distribution. B) It suggests that the government should provide more services. C) It encourages individuals to seek personal gain from their country. D) The persuasive technique is a call to action that promotes civic responsibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The persuasive technique is a call to action that promotes civic responsibility. 13. Often blur thinking; they distract readers from the argument by creating strong emotions. A) Logical fallacies. B) Rhetorical fallacies. C) Wrong statements. D) Strong arguments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical fallacies. 14. "Our expertise in roofing contracting is evidenced, not only by our 100 years in the business and our staff of qualified technicians, but in the decades of satisfied customers who have come to expect nothing but the best" is an example of A) Logos. B) Restatement. C) Antithesis. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos. 15. Which rhetorical device can be seen in the following excerpt:The crisp crackle of the fire calmed our hearts and cleansed our souls. A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Antithesis. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 16. Repetition of grammatical structure (example:In the dark, in the night, in the silence, the thief stole ..... ) A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Parallelism. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 17. The definition of Verbal Irony is: A) Something happening that is very different to what was expected. B) To mock or convey contempt toward a person or subject. C) A figure of speech. D) The choice and use of words in speech or writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A figure of speech. 18. Which rhetorical device appeals to authority? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Cosmos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 19. Informal diction A) Colloquialism. B) Analogy. C) Apostrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colloquialism. 20. A question that is not expected to be answered, used for effect or to emphasize an obvious point (example:Can birds fly? There's no point, is there? Is this a joke?) A) Hyperbole. B) Literal question. C) Rhetorical question. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 21. Breaking off a sentence ..... A) Syntax. B) Anacoluthon. C) Paralelleism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anacoluthon. 22. The 3 basic purposes of a text: A) Persuade, Tell, Mock. B) Persuade, Mock, Entertain. C) Persuade, Inform, Rhetoric. D) Persuade, Inform, Entertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persuade, Inform, Entertain. 23. What is the term for the use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas; sensory language? A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Juxtaposition. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 24. One man's junk is another man's treasure. A) Analogy. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Antithesis. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 25. Her love of chocolate was her Achilles' heel. A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Anaphora. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 26. Defined as something done seriously or somberly A) Perilously. B) Repudiated. C) Pathos. D) Gravely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravely. 27. What rhetorical device is used in the sentence:'The pen is mightier than the sword'? A) Metonymy. B) Synecdoche. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 28. "Annie must love Starbucks! Don't all girls love Starbucks?"This is what kind of logical fallacy? A) Loaded Language. B) Stereotyping. C) Bandwagon Appeal. D) Circular Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stereotyping. 29. Name the rhetorical device. "Sanitation engineer" "Pre-owned vehicle" "Economically disadvantaged" A) Allusion. B) Euphemism. C) Epistrophe. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 30. What is an obvious, intended exaggeration? An example is as follows: "His snores were louder than a freight train" or "I've told you a million times." A) Repetition. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. 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