This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is an example of direct address? A) "This book tells a fascinating story.". B) "You need to see this incredible view!". C) "The birds sang melodiously.". D) "The cake was extremely delicious.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "You need to see this incredible view!". 2. Which is an example of sweeping generalizations? A) Jack didn't like the ice cream sundae. B) My siblings go to the park. C) Sarah is sick today. D) Everyone loves going to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Everyone loves going to school. 3. This is a rhetorical device that involves the repetition of the same word, phrase or sentence . A) Repetition. B) Parallelism. C) Repitition. D) Parrelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 4. Back against the wall. A) Climbing up a wall backwards. B) Taken hostage. C) Being injured and needing support. D) Be in a difficult situation from where escape is difficult. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be in a difficult situation from where escape is difficult. 5. Grammatical structure of the first clause or phrases is reversed in the second, sometimes repeating the same words A) Chaismus. B) Lilitotes. C) Apostrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chaismus. 6. When a writer appeals to the readers' emotions and attempts to affect the listeners personal feelings (making listeners sad, happy, laugh, angry, etc). A) Counterclaim. B) Reasoning. C) Sensitivity. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos. 7. This is an effective method of persuasion because when we believe the information shared is SOUND and FACTUAL, we are more willing to accept the argument: A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 8. You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.You make me happy, when sky's are gray.You never know dear, how much I love you.Please don't take my sunshine away.-Carly Simon, "Sunshine" A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Vivid words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. Repeating an grammatical form or the way phrases are worded such as "manacles of segregation" and "chains of discrimination" is an example of what rhetorical device? A) Repetition. B) Prepositional phrase. C) Parallel structure (parallelism). D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallel structure (parallelism). 10. When someone uses data, facts, and logic they're trying to appeal to A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 11. What is the repetition at the end of a line? Example "See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil." A) Metaphor. B) Oxymoron. C) Epistrophe. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epistrophe. 12. As the butterfly emerges from its cocoon, so must you leave your comfort zone and experience the wider world. A) Analogy. B) Juxtaposition. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 13. Ethos appeals to the viewers/readers A) Emotions. B) Logic. C) Trust/credibility. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trust/credibility. 14. What is the definition of anaphora? A) A way of describing a person's willingness to love/defend his/her country. B) Remark that has a different meaning than what is literally being stated. C) Strategies that are used to create fear in the audience. D) The intentional repeating of words or phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The intentional repeating of words or phrases. 15. The following excerpt most closely reflects which appeal?"See, I believe these so called "friends" you have their season has passed. And it's your season now. Where you flourish. Where you grow. And you become exactly who you were always meant to be." A) Ethos (Ethics-Credibility). B) Pathos (Emotion-Feelings). C) Logos (Logic-Facts). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos (Emotion-Feelings). 16. Every choice you make is like spinning the wheel of fortune-sometimes you will get the result that you desire, while other times you will end up with something you hoped to avoid. A) Analogy. B) Euphemism. C) Sarcasm. D) Procatalepsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 17. The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device?The team won the game hands down. A) Hyperbole. B) Synecdoche. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synecdoche. 18. Name the type of repetition present in this quote: "Don't you ever talk about my friends! You don't know any of my friends. You don't look at any of my friends. And you certainly wouldn't condescend to speak to any of my friends." A) Euphemism. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epistrophe. 19. Instructional language A) Imperatives. B) Sarcasm. C) Flattery. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperatives. 20. Which rhetorical device is being used in the following example:'The pen is mightier than the sword.' A) Metonymy. B) Synecdoche. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 21. Which rhetorical device is used to create a sense of urgency or importance by repeating the same word or phrase? A) Allusion. B) Repetition. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 22. "Life is but a walking shadow; a poor player ..... " This is an example of a ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Anecdote. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 23. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: "With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right ..... " A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Litotes. D) Apposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 24. "If we don't move soon, we're all going to die! Can't you see how dangerous it would be to stay?" This is an example of ..... A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Scare Tactics. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scare Tactics. 25. "You're a regular Einstein" is an example of which rhetorical device? A) Euphemism. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. ← 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