This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 25 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Shows things as equal through comparison A) Anecdote. B) Analogy. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 2. "For the end of a theoretical science is truth, but the end of a practical science is performance."-Aristotle A) Analogy. B) Parallelism. C) Repetition. D) Hypophora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 3. A comparison of one pair of variables to a parallel set of variables: "America is to the world as the hippo is to the jungle." A) Hyperbole. B) Analogy. C) Euphemism. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analogy. 4. Which rhetorical device involves asking a question to make a point rather than to elicit an answer? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Question. 5. Pathos uses ..... to appeal to the viewer/reader? A) Fallacies. B) Logic. C) Emotions. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emotions. 6. "Are we to stand around, arms crossed, and do nothing?No, Now is the time to act! '' Is an example of a ..... A) Hypophora. B) Anaphora. C) Analogy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypophora. 7. Asserting that two ideas that seemingly cannot be true at the same time are true A) Simile. B) Oxymoron. C) Paradox. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 8. The regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses A) Anaphora. B) Polysyndeton. C) Epistrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 9. The author's attitude toward a subject. A) Anecdote. B) Tone. C) Definition. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 10. "Pour me a glass of red." A) Metonymy. B) Anecdote. C) Colloquialism. D) Polysyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 11. Steve was let go from his job after business slowed down. A) Idiom. B) Euphemism. C) Metonymy. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 12. ..... is a Greek word meaning SUFFERING, or EMOTION. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 13. An allusion is: A) A repetition of words or phrases to add emphasis. B) Something you think you see but is not actually there. C) A reference to either a historical event or another text meant to make a connection between them. D) A short story meant to draw in the audience and illustrate an idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A reference to either a historical event or another text meant to make a connection between them. 14. Writing that is not meant to be taken literally A) Figurative language. B) Aphorism. C) Allegory. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. 15. Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up'? A) Metonymy. B) Anaphora. C) Epistrophe. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 16. This form of rhetoric uses logic A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 17. What is the art of persuasion through speaking and writing? A) Argument. B) Bias. C) Conversation. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 18. These cars are taking market share because their engineering is superior, the quality of their materials is superior, and the workmanship of their assembly is superior. A) Repetition. B) Example. C) Restatement. D) Charged Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Restatement. 19. Are you kidding me? A) Repetition. B) Rhetorical Question. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Question. 20. Expresses similar or related ideas in similar grammatical structures A) Parallelism. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 21. A verb for two nouns A) Antimetabole. B) Chiasmus. C) Zeugma. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zeugma. 22. Personal, jeering ridicule that is intended to hurt individuals A) Sarcasm. B) Allusion. C) Verbal irony. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcasm. 23. Which rhetorical appeal is based on logic and uses facts and statistics? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 24. What is the term for a fallacy that involves attacking the person making an argument rather than the argument itself? A) Ad Hominem. B) Straw Man. C) Slippery Slope. D) Red Herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ad Hominem. 25. What is a persona in literature? A) The fictional mask or narrator that tells a story. B) The use of contradictory terms. C) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of sentences. D) A humorous imitation of a serious work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The fictional mask or narrator that tells a story. ← 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