This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 23 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?"Cars have made life far more convenient for us, but at what cost?" A) Rhetorical question. B) Parenthesis. C) Metaphor. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 2. Repeating particular phrases for effect A) Parallelism. B) Antithesis. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 3. What is the term for the use of an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning? A) Symbolism. B) Metonymy. C) Allegory. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 4. What is a parody? A) A seemingly contradictory situation that is true. B) An exaggerated imitation of a serious work for humorous purposes. C) The repetition of the same consonant sound. D) The use of a word with multiple meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An exaggerated imitation of a serious work for humorous purposes. 5. Antony:You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 6. Which rhetorical device is used: "75% of people surveyed said they like our product better than our competitors." A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 7. Which rhetorical device involves using language to emphasize, explain, and persuade? A) Simile. B) Sarcasm. C) Rhetoric. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetoric. 8. Our beloved principal always puts students first. A) Direct address. B) Analogy. C) Sweeping generalization. D) Loaded language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loaded language. 9. "We shall not surrender, and even if ..... we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds ..... "-Winston ChurchillWhat rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote? A) Anaphora. B) Antithesis. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 10. Brutus:If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 11. A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else ..... two contrasting ideas. A) Anaphora. B) Allusion. C) Parallelism. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 12. "You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least." A) Humor. B) Analogy. C) Euphamism. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humor. 13. What is the definition of appeals? A) Appeal to the credibility/trustworthiness of the speaker. B) Something an author uses to make the subject interesting to the reader and to grab the reader's attention. C) Appeal to logic. D) Appeal to the emotions of the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something an author uses to make the subject interesting to the reader and to grab the reader's attention. 14. They put me in the oven to bake.Me, a deprived and miserable cake.Feeling the heat, I started to bubble.Watching the others, I knew I was in trouble.-"The Life of a Cupcake", by Shelby Greer A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme Scheme. 15. What is the term for language that is used to evoke strong emotions? A) Loaded language. B) Analogy. C) Sweeping generalization. D) Direct address. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loaded language. 16. A child's mind is a hungry puppy; feed it well. A) ANALOGY. B) SIMILE. C) ANTITHESIS. D) ALLITERATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ANALOGY. 17. The repetition of consonant sounds is: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 18. The movie titles "30 Days of Night" and "50 First Dates" are examples of ..... A) Oxymoron. B) Hyperbole. C) Juxtaposition. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 19. Which rhetorical device uses a short personal story to emphasize a point? A) Kairos. B) Anecdote. C) Logos. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdote. 20. The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device?Jack is like a squirrel A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Juxtaposition. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 21. What is the term for a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction? A) Oxymoron. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 22. Implied meaning rather than literal meaning. A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Jargon. D) Vernacular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 23. Which of the following is an example of anaphora? A) "My grandmother is as old as the hills.". B) "My fellow citizens:I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.". C) "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are.". D) "Tell them to be good, tell them to follow their elders, and tell them to mind their manners.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Tell them to be good, tell them to follow their elders, and tell them to mind their manners.". 24. General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization:Come here to this gate! A) Logos. B) Repetition. C) Charged language and repetition. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charged language and repetition. 25. Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, / Shrunk to this little measure? A) Polysyndeton. B) Asyndeton. C) Antimetabole. D) Antithimeria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asyndeton. ← 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