This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 31 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A student says, "Vote for Jane! She's kind-hearted and respectable. She's also in the Pep Squad!" Which rhetorical device does the student use? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 2. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:They don't exactly have an ordinary relationship. A) Apposition. B) Anaphora. C) Litotes. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Litotes. 3. Repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses, thereby lending them emphasis A) Anaphora. B) Parallelism. C) Antithesis. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 4. What is literally meant by a "rhetorical analysis" essay? A) Read and annotate a persuasive text. B) Breaking an effective persuasive text into parts. C) Being able to identify rhetorical strategies. D) Creating a 2.4 essay to analyze the writer's theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breaking an effective persuasive text into parts. 5. "This policy is a plague on our city, a cancer to our way of life" contains an example of A) Parallelism. B) Metaphor. C) Charged words. D) Restatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charged words. 6. "Tis but a scratch" is an example of a(n) ..... A) Rhetorical Question. B) Euphemism. C) Allusion. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Understatement. 7. A factual statement is: A) Based on personal beliefs or opinions. B) A statement that can be proven true or false. C) Always true, regardless of evidence. D) Influenced by emotions or feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A statement that can be proven true or false. 8. Antony:Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 9. Fill in the blank: "The associations people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition. Many words have ..... that create emotions or feelings in the reader." A) Allusions. B) Hyperboles. C) Connotations. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connotations. 10. "We pledge" -this phrase repeated six times throughout a passage to emphasize honor and unity A) Parallelism. B) Antithesis. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 11. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:'The pen is mightier than the sword.' A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Metonymy. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metonymy. 12. The following statement is an example of: "You have no idea what you're talking about; you've only lived here for six months." A) Slippery Slope. B) Ad Hominem. C) False Dilemma. D) Hasty Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ad Hominem. 13. What is an explicit comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as' called? A) Rhetoric. B) Sarcasm. C) Understatement. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 14. I'm currently between jobs, but I'm sure I'll find something soon. A) Analogy. B) Alliteration. C) Euphamism. D) Loaded word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphamism. 15. Since 87% more wrecks happen when people text and drive, stricter laws need to be put in place regarding texting and driving. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 16. What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:"We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne ..... " A) Antithesis. B) Parallelism. C) Apposition. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 17. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following quote: "His tender heir might bear his memory" (Shakespeare). A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance. 18. Putting two contrasting elements together that are unalike: A) Juxtaposition. B) Understatement. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition. 19. What rhetorical appeal is primarily concerned with the logical structure and evidence of an argument? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 20. When you repeat yourself over and over what rhetorical device are you using? A) Rhetorical Question. B) Oxymoron. C) Repetition. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 21. The rose in Tupac's poem was a metaphor for ..... A) Going against the norm and individualism. B) Growing flowers in a weird place. C) Nothing. D) Running away from problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Going against the norm and individualism. 22. What we need in the United States is not division. What we need in the United States is not hatred. What we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness This is an example of ..... A) Antistrophe. B) Allusion. C) Anaphora. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 23. Name the device present in this quote: "Don't you ever talk about my friends! You don't know any of my friends. You don't look at any of my friends. And you certainly wouldn't condescend to speak to any of my friends." A) Euphemism. B) Restatement. C) Personification. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 24. The cost of the property is a steal. We will benefit from the enviable location near the thelake, and our great savings in the construction will leave us with funds for other projectsthat will be welcomed in our great community. A) Sweeping generalization. B) Analogy. C) Direct address. D) Loaded language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loaded language. 25. Please be quiet; please stop talking is an example of A) Restatement. B) Metaphor. C) Synecdoche. D) Illusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Restatement. ← 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