This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A person who holds extreme or fanatical political or religious views A) Reiterate. B) Epistrophe. C) Extremist. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extremist. 2. Which figurative language is the following an example of? Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 3. A METAPHOR is ..... A) A comparison without using like or as. B) The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. C) A comparison using "like" or "as". D) A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A comparison without using like or as. 4. When making inferences and learning to analyze the arguments and claims of authors, it helps to personally understand and empathize, while not necessarily agreeing. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Using the words "I", "me", "we", or "us" is using what point of view? A) 1st person. B) 2nd person. C) 3rd person. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st person. 6. What is the definition of VERBAL IRONY? A) A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant. B) Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis. C) The direct opposite, a sharp contrast. D) Appeal to credibility/trust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant. 7. "Stated clearly and in detail" is the definition of ..... A) Explicit Language. B) Implicit Language. C) Figurative Language. D) Loaded Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explicit Language. 8. What are some common techniques used by speakers to establish their tone? A) Avoiding eye contact and slouching. B) Speaking in a monotone voice. C) Using appropriate language and vocabulary, adjusting voice tone and volume, using body language and gestures, incorporating rhetorical devices. D) Using slang and informal language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using appropriate language and vocabulary, adjusting voice tone and volume, using body language and gestures, incorporating rhetorical devices. 9. Anecdotes ..... A) Are brief stories from a person's life that illustrate a point and typically connected to an author's thesis. B) Phrases, sentences or paragraphs, balancing writing with similar structures to provide the same level of importance. C) Rely on quotes from experts or leading authorities in related fields that support the author's thesis. D) Are the author's choice of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are brief stories from a person's life that illustrate a point and typically connected to an author's thesis. 10. A short story about a real incident or person A) Facts and Statistics. B) Direct Address. C) Anecdote. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anecdote. 11. Support consists of reasons and ..... used to ..... the claim. A) Evidence; tell. B) Evidence; prove. C) Opinions; prove. D) Proof; explain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evidence; prove. 12. Pathos is an argument based on A) Facts. B) Emotions and feelings. C) Character. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotions and feelings. 13. Which literary device involves the use of words in a way that deviates from the conventional order and meaning in order to convey a complicated meaning, colorful writing, clarity, or evocative comparison? A) Metonymy. B) Irony. C) Trope. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trope. 14. Repeating an idea using DIFFERENT words A) Charged words. B) Epistrophe. C) Repetition. D) Restatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Restatement. 15. A source that has too many ..... should not be used. A) Logical fallacies. B) Rhetorical devices. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logical fallacies. 16. In ethos, the writer or speaker presents himself or herself to the audience as A) Ethical. B) Unethical. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethical. 17. Brutus:As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honor him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 18. We can pull together and achieve victory OR pull apart and suffer defeat. A) ANTITHESIS. B) ALLUSION. C) ALLITERATION. D) SIMILE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ANTITHESIS. 19. The definition of PERSONIFICATION is ..... A) A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. B) A comparison without using like or as. C) A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant. D) A comparison using "like" or "as". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. 20. "I was lost in the deep blue sea of her eyes" is an example of ..... A) Oxymoron. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 21. This problem is a death sentence. No one can answer it. A) Analogy. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Antithesis. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 22. In paragraph sixteen, King states, "My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died ..... " this is an example of a(n) A) Allusion. B) Analogy. C) Parallel structure. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 23. An argument that appeals to an audience's sense of logic or reason A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 24. Which rhetorical device uses repeating grammatical structures to emphasize or clarify a point? A) Antithesis. B) Parallelism. C) Anaphora. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 25. A statement that seems impossible because the ideas are opposites, but have an element of truth is which of the following rhetorical devices? A) A. Paradox. B) B. B. Hyperbole. C) C. Satire. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 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