This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 34 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "the doors of opportunity remain open" -this quote is both: A) A simile and a symbol. B) A metaphor and a cliche. C) A metaphor and verbal irony. D) A simile and an analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A metaphor and a cliche. 2. Name the rhetorical device. "During the holidays, she acted like a Scrooge, purchasing presents only for herself." A) Irony. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 3. Asking or encouraging your audience to do something ( take action) as the result of your argument is the ..... A) Thesis. B) Allusion. C) Logos. D) Call to action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Call to action. 4. What is the purpose of using rhetorical devices in speeches? A) To understand the author's attitude and feelings. B) To identify the main idea of the speech. C) To analyze the setting and characters. D) To persuade the audience and create an impact. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To persuade the audience and create an impact. 5. Those guys are looking at you like you're a meal. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. Which rhetorical device is used to prompt thought or focus discussion and is not meant to be answered literally? A) Simile. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Understatement. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Question. 7. "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" -Shakespeare, Julius Caesar A) Simile. B) Metonymy. C) Synechdoche. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synechdoche. 8. An image that represents a large or abstract idea. A) SYMBOL. B) SIMILE. C) ALLUSION. D) ANECDOTE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SYMBOL. 9. Which argument would present the audience with statistics and numbers to convince them to change their point of view? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 10. Referring to well-known people, events, or stories in an effort to make a topic/subject more relatable/create parallels A) Antithesis. B) Parallelism. C) Allusion. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 11. Excerpt:"It's just a scratch, " he said, looking at the gaping wound.-UnknownWhat rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote? A) Simile. B) Loaded Language. C) Understatement. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understatement. 12. What is the definition of PARALLEL Structure? A) Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other. B) A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. C) A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions. D) The direct opposite, a sharp contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other. 13. Tick the incorrect statement. A) Hyperbaton is inversion of usual word order. B) Irony means a situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality. C) Chiasmus means the repetition of a single consonant sound in a sentence. D) Synecdoche is a word for a small component of something standing in rhetorically for the larger whole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chiasmus means the repetition of a single consonant sound in a sentence. 14. The following is an example of what?"She cried so long that she made a lake." A) Hyperbole. B) Intensity. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 15. In my speech, I told students about the cost of school uniforms, how many schools have them, and the percentage of parents who believe school uniforms are beneficial. What device did I use? A) Call to action. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 16. Love, REAL LOVE, takes time.Religion, TRUE RELIGION. A) ALLITERATION. B) AMPLIFICATION. C) ALLUSION. D) ANALOGY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) AMPLIFICATION. 17. Our rage is a hammer, and if change does not come soon, our elected officials will become the nails that feel our force. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Anecdote. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. Which rhetorical device is used in this sentence? "I'm no Angelina Jolie but I think I'm still beautiful." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 19. Appeal to logic, including facts and statistics A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 20. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. A) Hyperbole. B) Anaphora. C) Apposition. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 21. Language that says the opposite of what is actually meant. A) IRONY. B) ANALOGY. C) SIMILE. D) METAPHOR. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) IRONY. 22. Two phrases that contain similar grammatical construction are examples of A) Parallelism. B) Antithesis. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 23. "Boom! Boom! Boom!" A) Repetition. B) Parallelism. C) Allusion. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 24. Comparison between two things using LIKE OR AS. A) SIMILE. B) METAPHOR. C) ANALOGY. D) ALLITERATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SIMILE. 25. What is the primary purpose of using rhetorical questions in a speech? A) To provide answers to complex questions. 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