This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 58 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 58 (21 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What technique is being used in the quotation below:"Why wouldn't you want to visit one of the most beautiful countries of the world, Tuscany Italy?" A) Rhetorical question. B) Sound repetition. C) Supporting points. D) Metaphore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 2. Which appeal proves the speaker can be trusted based on character or qualifications? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 3. Repeating a sentence structure A) Simile. B) Parallelism. C) Allusion. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 4. Explaining what a term or concept means A) Description. B) Contrast/juxtaposition. C) Definition. D) Cause and/or effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Description. 5. Which rhetorical device is the following an example of?"We must protest until the school removes the vending machines. How much longer should we continue to feed our children junk food?" A) Sweeping Generalizations. B) Direct Address. C) Rhetorical Questions. D) Loaded Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Questions. 6. A statement that expresses the opposite of the literal meaning of the words. Often used for humorous of sarcastic effect A) Personification. B) Euphemism. C) Irony. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 7. Identify the Rhetorical Device:Over, over, the waves rolled around; the boat along with the waves; the lighthouse peering at it every rotation, intrigued ..... then, not intrigued enough to act. A) Asyndeton. B) Hyperbole. C) Allusion. D) Aposiopesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asyndeton. 8. Identify the literary device used in the following sentence: "We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was 'legal' and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was 'illegal'." ." A) Anastrophe. B) Metaphor. C) Juxtaposition. D) AntithesisTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) AntithesisTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. 9. How does the use of repetition in 'We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds' affect its emotional impact? A) The use of repetition enhances emotional impact by emphasizing determination and unity. B) It serves to make the speech longer without adding value. C) The use of repetition weakens the overall argument. D) Repetition creates confusion and dilutes the message. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of repetition enhances emotional impact by emphasizing determination and unity. 10. Logos could be which of the following? A) Facts. B) Statistics. C) Studies. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. A brief story usually told to prove a point. It may be about the speaker or about someone the speaker knows/has heard of A) Anecdote. B) Alliteration. C) Inferenc. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 12. A satiric of a work or of an author with the idea of ridiculing the author, his ideas, or work A) Parody. B) Allusion. C) Sarcasm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parody. 13. Hurl or launch (something) in a specified direction with or as if with a catapult. To move into the spotlight A) Repudiated. B) Allusion. C) Catapulted. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catapulted. 14. A type of metaphor in which non-human things or ideas are given human qualities A) Personification. B) Euphemism. C) Irony. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 15. Which rhetorical device is used: "4 out of 5 dentists recommend Colgate, so you should go with the reliable choice." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 16. The repetition of words at the end of a line A) Winning argument. B) Epistrophe. C) Chocolate cake. D) Advertisement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epistrophe. 17. The Rhetorical Situation consists of the following: A) Appeal to emotionAppeal to logicFocus on credibility. B) ExigenceAudiencePurpose. C) DictionHyperboleParadox. D) AnalogyIronyRepetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ExigenceAudiencePurpose. 18. If your boss says, "I'm letting you go, " instead of "You're fired!" She/he is using a ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphemism. 19. Rhetorical questions are literal. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. 30 years later and teenagers are still addicted, but now to vaping and texting. 30 years later and parents are even less involved in teens' lives than they were. 30 years later and God has been taken out of the picture and replaced with materialism ..... WHAT DEVICE and WHAT TONE? A) Hopeful tone through ethos. B) Frustrated tone through anaphora. C) Annoyed tone through bias. D) Humorous tone through jokes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frustrated tone through anaphora. 21. The repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses A) Epistrophe. B) Alliteration. C) Anaphora. D) None of the above. 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