This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ..... " A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Parallelism. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 2. "I once had a border collie. She was so smart. Every morning, I'd open up the front door and she'd run out, pick up the newspaper, and deliver it to my husband at the breakfast table" A) Analogy. B) Anecdote. C) Allusion. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdote. 3. An analogy is ..... A) A comparison between 2 things for explanation or clarification purposes. B) A figure of speech that utilizes symbolism. C) An extreme exaggertion. D) A false narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A comparison between 2 things for explanation or clarification purposes. 4. Parallelism A) A list of successive words or phrases with the same/similar grammatical structure. B) A comparison of two unlike things using like or as. C) A short reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event. D) A comparison of two unlike things by speaking about one in terms of the other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A list of successive words or phrases with the same/similar grammatical structure. 5. Excerpt:"Life is a highway."-Tom CochraneWhat rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote? A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Juxtaposition. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 6. Which symbol represents logos? A) Heart. B) Hand. C) Head. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Head. 7. Which rhetorical device involves giving human characteristics to non-human things? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 8. Which rhetorical device is used in the phrase:'He has a heart of stone'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. A story that helps prove a point and/or provide an example A) Anecdote. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 10. An over-exaggeration used for emphasis or effect (example:There is enough food in this fridge to feed an army!) A) Imagery. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 11. Which of the following is a traditional topic of rhetorical study? A) Mathematics. B) Politics. C) Biology. D) Chemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Politics. 12. "Who set this ancient quarrel new abroach?" A) Archaism. B) Allusion. C) Asyndeton. D) Annotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archaism. 13. Which of the following is an example of a metaphor? A) The wind whispered through the trees. B) Her smile was as bright as the sun. C) He is a shining star in his field. D) The leaves danced in the breeze. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is a shining star in his field. 14. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair." A) Repetition. B) Climax Ordering. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 15. What is logos? A) An appeal to logic and reason. B) An appeal to emotion. C) An appeal to credibility. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An appeal to logic and reason. 16. Which rhetorical device is used: "Some people in the world barely have any food, so you should eat less." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 17. Who is the Greek philosopher who is credited with creating the three rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, & pathos)? A) Plato. B) Socrates. C) Aristotle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aristotle. 18. What is parallelism also known as? A) Anaphora. B) Chiasmus. C) Parallel structure or balanced sentences. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallel structure or balanced sentences. 19. Which rhetorical device is used to create a contrast between two ideas by placing them next to each other in a sentence? A) Juxtaposition. B) Oxymoron. C) Simile. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition. 20. Typically uses a "not this but that" construction A) Parallelism. B) Antithesis. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 21. What is the definition of a simile? A) Words that sound like the noise they are describing. B) Comparing two things by saying one thing is another thing. C) Giving human qualities, feelings, or actions to things that are not human. D) Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as' to describe how they are similar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as' to describe how they are similar. 22. "Ethics" and refers to the trustworthiness of the speaker/writer A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 23. Which of the following is an example of a rhetorical device in a speech? A) Aftershadowing. B) Application. C) Anaphora. D) Analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 24. Repeated words of phrases to emphasize meaning A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Anaphora. D) Antistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 25. Intentional over-exaggeration A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. 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