This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 49 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 49 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The author's word choice/style of expression to communicate a message. A) Anecdote. B) Tone. C) Definition. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 2. "I have crossed a vast sea of tumultuous teenagers to find you" Is an example of a ..... A) Understatement. B) Overstatement. C) Analogy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overstatement. 3. What is the term for a rhetorical device that uses a question to make a point rather than to solicit an answer? A) Rhetorical Question. B) Hypophora. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Question. 4. "We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight n France. We shall fight on the seas and oceans." This is an example of ..... A) A simile. B) Personification. C) Parallelism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 5. An appeal to trust and ethics is an appeal to ..... A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 6. The following is an example of which rhetorical device? The pen is mightier than the sword. A) Metaphor. B) Metonymy. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 7. The wind whispered, "hello." Is A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 8. Relies on words with strongly positive or negative association A) Loaded language. B) Bandwagon. C) Implied claim. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loaded language. 9. Logos is based on A) Reason. B) Emotions. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reason. 10. The following is an example of what kind of rhetorical device?I was so embarrassed, I almost died right there in front of everyone! A) Anaphora. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 11. Evaluate the emotional impact of the quote 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' A) The quote focuses solely on personal grievances rather than societal issues. B) It implies that injustice is a minor issue that can be ignored. C) The quote suggests that justice is only relevant in local contexts. D) The quote highlights the universal threat posed by injustice, evoking a sense of urgency and moral responsibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The quote highlights the universal threat posed by injustice, evoking a sense of urgency and moral responsibility. 12. Conjunctions are omitted, producing a fast-paced and rapid prose A) Asyndeton. B) Ellipsis. C) Chaismus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asyndeton. 13. A brief reference to a person, event, object, time period, literary work, etc. (example:Don't be such a Scrooge! The good Samaritan appeared on the scene. His smile is like kryptonite to me.) A) Epistrophe. B) Allusion. C) Euphemism. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 14. Attacking a person or group in order to discredit an idea with which the person or group is associated; distracts the reader from the real issue. A) Loaded terms. B) Name calling. C) Caricature. D) Straw man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Name calling. 15. What is a terse statement which expresses a general truth or moral principle? A) Adage. B) Aphorism. C) Allegory. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aphorism. 16. Identify the term for the omission of conjunctions in a list. A) Asyndeton. B) Anaphora. C) Juxtaposition. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asyndeton. 17. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical question. 18. Diction is A) A figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or personified quality, object, or idea. B) The dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word. C) The style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. D) The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. 19. Name the rhetorical device: "We've seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, the saying of prayers ..... in English, Hebrew, and Arabic." -George Bush, Address to the Nation on Terrorism A) Juxtaposition. B) Parallelism. C) Epistrophe. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 20. An indirect reference to something (usually a literary text, although it can be other things commonly known, such as plays, songs, historical events) with which the reader is supposed to be familiar. A) Antecedent. B) Aphorism. C) Allusion. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 21. "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players" (William Shakespeare, As You Like It). A) Consonance. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 22. A characteristic spirit of a given culture, era, or community or its beliefs; is a label used to identify an appeal to the moral principles of a culture or individual A) Ellipsis. B) Diction. C) Ethos. D) Imagery. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 23. Which rhetorical appeal is considered the most reliable in argumentation? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) All are equally reliable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 24. Use of a concrete object to represent an abstract quality or idea. A) Symbolism. B) Paradox. C) Alliteration. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 25. An ethical appeal to establish credibility and trust. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 26. Giving human elements to non-human things A) Irony. B) Personification. C) Satire. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 27. A device used to create contrast by placing two parallel but opposite ideas in a sentence A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Analogy. D) Allusion. E) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Antithesis. 28. "Go into the collar counties around Chicago, and people will tell you they don't want their tax money wasted, by a welfare agency or by the Pentagon. Go in ..... Go into any inner city neighborhood, and folks will tell you that government alone can't teach our kids to learn;" The blue text: A) Is a simile. B) Is a metaphor. C) Is an anecdote. D) $^{}$Is an anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $^{}$Is an anaphora. 29. Wear Nikes. People will notice, people will talk, because people want them. A) Rhetorical question. B) Logos. C) Metaphor. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaphora. 30. How does the speaker's tone affect the overall message of a speech? A) The speaker's tone has no effect on the overall message of a speech. B) The speaker's tone only affects the delivery of the speech, not the message. C) The speaker's tone is determined by the audience, not the message of the speech. D) The speaker's tone can greatly impact the overall message of a speech. 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