This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 17 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A reference to a person, place, event or passage from a work of literature (like the bible), history, pop culture, or other source that is expected to be recognized by the audience (it will not be obscure). A) Analogy. B) Allusion. C) Anecdote. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 2. Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence, lines, or clauses (example:Silence, she said. Silence, she repeated. Silence! Finally yelled.) A) Metaphor. B) Anaphora. C) Imagery. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 3. What is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denotes one object or idea in place of another? A) Metaphor. B) Juxtaposition. C) Anaphora. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 4. Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. A) Antithesis. B) Chiasmus. C) Zeguma. D) Parenthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chiasmus. 5. Explicate means ..... A) To make plain or clear; explain; interpret. B) To portray in words; describe or outline with precision. C) To determine the value, quality, or worth of something. D) A brief story used in an essay or other literary text in order to prove or illustrate a point. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make plain or clear; explain; interpret. 6. An example of alliteration is A) People parted like the Red Sea when he came in. B) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. C) The pen is mightier than the sword. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. 7. Expresses doubt about an idea or conclusion A) Asyndeton. B) Aposiopesis. C) Aporia. D) Antimetabole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aporia. 8. You need to stop, look and listen before you make a decision A) Repetition of words. B) Metaphorical language. C) Rule of three. D) Repetition of sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rule of three. 9. What are you analyzing in the rhetorical analysis essay? A) Whether the author is effective at persuading the audience. B) Whether you agree or disagree with the author. C) The author's theme or purpose. D) The tools/strategies the author uses to present his/her message to the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The tools/strategies the author uses to present his/her message to the audience. 10. "I do not shrink from this responsibility ..... I do not believe that any of use would exchange places ..... A) Anaphora. B) Allusion. C) Assonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 11. Creates a "larger-than-life" effect; overly stresses a specific point A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Parallelism. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 12. You should not play football because it is statistically the most dangerous sport in terms of injuries. Also, 75% of football players have received serious head injuries, which impacts their health later in life. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 13. Which rhetorical device is used to create a sense of urgency by suggesting that the time to act is now? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Kairos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kairos. 14. SPOT THE DEVICE: "When I give, I give myself." A) Anadiplosis. B) Anaphora. C) Epiphora. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anadiplosis. 15. "The car was a furnace in the sun" is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 16. What is a juxtaposition? A) Comparison of two things to show their differences. B) Comparison of two things to show their similarities. C) Taking a position on an argument. D) Arguing against another point in an argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparison of two things to show their differences. 17. The following is an example of what kind of rhetorical device?Money is the root of all evils:poverty is the fruit of all goodness. A) Epistrophe. B) Hyperbole. C) Anastrophe. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 18. He had a (n) ..... crush on the new girl. A) Brazen. B) Unabashed. C) Forthright. D) Pretentious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unabashed. 19. An advertisement that uses this will help you see the facts and help you understand why you need the product. A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Repetition. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 20. Identify the rhetorical device:The phone was ringing, the dishes were washing, and the dinner was burning. A) Anaphora. B) Juxtaposition. C) Parallelism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 21. "But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground." -Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address A) Euphemism. B) Parallelism. C) Anaphora. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 22. What is the primary purpose of using rhetorical questions in a speech or text? A) To provide an answer. B) To engage the audience and provoke thought. C) To confuse the audience. D) To summarize the main points. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To engage the audience and provoke thought. 23. Ethos is a rhetorical device that ..... A) Is ineffective because it is supported by social pressure to be like everyone else. B) Makes a conclusion on an entire group based on a small, unreasonable example. C) Bases an argument on a good character or the ethics of an authority figure. D) Switches the subject in order to draw attention away from the true issue in an argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bases an argument on a good character or the ethics of an authority figure. 24. You need to take responsibility for protecting the environment. A) Direct address. B) Analogy. C) Sweeping generalization. D) Loaded language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct address. 25. "I would travel a thousand miles to see you tonight." -Vanessa CarltonThis is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Assonance. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. ← 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