This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 38 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Pathos is a rhetorical device that ..... A) Plays on the audience's emotions in order to effectively persuade. B) Switches the subject in order to draw attention away from the true issue in an argument. C) Is based on a conclusion with no clear connection to the evidence which is used to support it. D) Claims that extreme consequences will result from a particular action, without any real evidence to show for it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plays on the audience's emotions in order to effectively persuade. 2. A student says, "We should all make a TikTok." Which type of logical fallacy is the student using? A) Bandwagon. B) Slippery slope. C) Red herring. D) Non sequitur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bandwagon. 3. "My little brother is so messy that his room looks like a tornado hit!" This is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Antithesis. D) Both simile and hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both simile and hyperbole. 4. What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:"This is a valley of ashes-a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens ..... " A) Parallelism. B) Antithesis. C) Apposition. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apposition. 5. What is verbal irony? A) A comparison using "like" or "as". B) When you say something and mean the opposite. C) A hint about what will occur later in a story. D) A recurring idea in a piece of literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When you say something and mean the opposite. 6. Which rhetorical device is an indirect reference to something? A) Alter-ego. B) Allusion. C) Anecdote. D) Colloquialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 7. The sentence structure in the sentence, "Of the people, by the people, for the people, " is an example of which rhetorical device? A) Parallelism. B) Anaphorism. C) Repetition. D) Aphorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 8. "Hope is a thing with feathers ..... "~ Emily Dickinson A) Allusion. B) Hyperbole. C) Euphemism. D) Extended metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extended metaphor. 9. Which appeal is presented in the scenario below? "Mom, did you know that, according to newsweek.com, having a cell phone at school does not lead to lower grades. A study of 1, 700 high school students found that there is absolutely no correlation between these two things. I can have my phone without my grades suffering. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 10. Anthony:He hath brought many captives home to Rome, whose ransoms did the general coffers fill. Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 11. Which choice is an example of a rhetorical question? A) Who would not want to help a child in need?. B) Who would like to volunteer to help children in need?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who would not want to help a child in need?. 12. A rhetorical question is meant to get a direct answer from the audience. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. "Similes, metaphors, and imagery" are types of ..... A) Explicit Language. B) Implicit Language. C) Figurative Language. D) Loaded Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative Language. 14. Mrs. Dennis is as sweet as pie. A) REPETITION. B) ALLUSION. C) METAPHOR. D) SIMILE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SIMILE. 15. "Try to light the fire" is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 16. A logical fallacy that tries to prove an argument ..... with its own argument. A) Circular reasoning. B) Bandwagon appeal. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circular reasoning. 17. I feel glorious, gloriousGot a chance to start againI was born for this, born for thisIt's who I am, how could I forget?-Macklemore, "Glorious" A) Repetition/refrain. B) Metaphor. C) Rhyme. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition/refrain. 18. Which rhetorical device is used in the example:'Crispy chips, crunchy crackers, delightful dips.'? A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 19. When two (sometimes completely opposite) words are placed near one another, creating a comparison/contrast effect, this is called: A) Theme. B) Conflict. C) Parallelism. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 20. Which of the following would be a technique that BEST implements logos or logical persuasion? A) Using pictures of a hurt child. B) Having someone credible who agrees with you. C) Making people laugh. D) Including research. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Including research. 21. You should learn to play the flute because hundreds of peer-reviewed studies show that learning to play a musical instrument has benefits for memory retention later in live. A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 22. An example of ANAPHORA is A) The pen is mightier than the sword. B) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. C) It takes a family, it takes teachers, it takes clergy . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It takes a family, it takes teachers, it takes clergy . 23. "At the store, I bought potatoes, eggs, and spinach."Does this example show "The Rule of 3?" A) Yes. It's three ideas listed in a row for a particular effect. B) No. Even though it is a list of three things, this example does not demonstrate the rule of 3. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. Even though it is a list of three things, this example does not demonstrate the rule of 3. 24. The following the an example of which type of rhetorical device?How does that make you feel? A) Rhetorical Question. B) Personification. C) Hypophora. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 25. Identify the persuasive technique in the quote 'Give me liberty, or give me death!' by Patrick Henry. A) Statistical evidence. B) Rhetorical question. C) Logical fallacy. D) Emotional appeal (pathos). 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