This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 30 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Excerpt:"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."-Martin Luther King Jr.What rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote? A) Diction. B) Alliteration. C) Juxtaposition. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juxtaposition. 2. Using direct opposites or two contrasting ideas to communicate an idea, usually in parallel structure A) Diction. B) Antithesis. C) Euphanism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 3. What is the term for deliberately making something seem less serious or important than it is for rhetorical effect? A) Rhetoric. B) Understatement. C) Simile. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement. 4. What is a False Dilemma fallacy (claiming only 2 extreme sides)? A) Assuming that because one event follows another, the first caused the second. B) Distracting from the main issue with irrelevant information. C) Using an authority figure to support an argument. D) Presenting two options as the only possibilities when more exist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Presenting two options as the only possibilities when more exist. 5. Excerpt:"Like a bridge over troubled water."-Simon & GarfunkelWhat rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote? A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Juxtaposition. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury:we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery ..... We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut." A) Logos. B) Scare Tactics. C) Pathos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 7. In the sentence 'The wind whispered through the trees, ' which rhetorical device is being used? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 8. What is the term for a humorous scene inserted into a serious story? A) Colloquialism. B) Comic relief. C) Connotation. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comic relief. 9. Persuading through the character and credibility of the author. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 10. He refuses to donate any money to the charity. He is such a scrooge. This statement is a(n) ..... A) Allusion. B) Juxtapose. C) Simile. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 11. She is as fierce as a tiger, never backing down from any battle that comes her way. This is why we should elect her to be our new state representative. A) Simile. B) Anecdote. C) Hyperbole. D) Parallel Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. Replacing an actual word or idea with a related word or concept: "The White House today said ..... " (White House has replaced President) A) Analogy. B) Allegory. C) Metaphor. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metonymy. 13. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:'The wind whispered through the trees.' A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 14. A word or phrase used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive: A) Hyperbole. B) Anaphora. C) Euphemism. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphemism. 15. Logos appeals to: A) Emotions. B) Authority. C) Logic and reasoning. D) Aesthetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logic and reasoning. 16. Which of these is an example of ASYNDENTON? A) I came, I saw, I left. B) I came, I saw, I conquered. C) I ate, I slept, I danced. D) I ran, I jumped, I flew. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I came, I saw, I conquered. 17. An umbrella term for simile and metaphor. A) Imagery. B) Analogy. C) Juxtaposition. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analogy. 18. A rhetorical question ..... A) Requires and answer. B) Does not require an answer. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does not require an answer. 19. Students should be required to wear uniforms because it allows everyone to fit in since everyone is wearing the same thing. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 20. "I came, I saw, I conquered." ..... Julius CaesarThis quote's main rhetorical device in use is A) Parallelism. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 21. Identify the rhetorical device in this statement: "I must be cruel to be kind." A) Paradox. B) Oxymoron. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 22. Telling a story in order to support a thesis A) Problem/solution. B) Contrast/juxtaposition. C) Narration. D) Cause and/or effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narration. 23. What literary device is used to create a special effect or feeling by making some type of interesting or creative comparison? A) Metonymy. B) Irony. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 24. Which rhetorical device is used in this sentence? "Children should shake free from their helicopter parents and prove they have grown up." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 25. At the end of Toy Story 3 we see an adorable snippet of the infamous "balcony scene" with a hedgehog as Romeo and a Little Green Man as Juliet. He quotes, "But soft what light through yonder window breaks, " and the LGM quotes, "Romeo, oh Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo." This snippet is an example of A) Personification. B) Allusion. C) Parallelism. D) Euphemism. 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