This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 41 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A hyperbole ..... A) Exaggerates. B) Lies. C) Compares. D) Identifies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exaggerates. 2. Lesson-26:Analyzing Rhetorical DevicesQuestion 1:A reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from history, music, or another work of literature. A) Anaphora. B) Foreshadowing. C) Allusion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 3. Kairos is an device that appeals to: A) Something currently popular or trending. B) Something related to families. C) Something related to logic. D) Something related to science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something currently popular or trending. 4. Imagine Michael, Maya, and Elijah are playing a word game. Michael comes up with a word that is based on or derived from a person's name. What would you call such a word? A) An eponym. B) Anaphora. C) Cacophony. D) Parody. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An eponym. 5. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!" is ..... A) Alliteration. B) Synecdoche. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 6. Using a part of something to represent the whole. A) Paradox. B) Alliteration. C) Synecdoche. D) Euphamism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synecdoche. 7. A stated comparison between two unlike things not using like or as A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Analogy. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 8. Appeals to reader's emotions A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 9. Persuading through the credibility of the speaker/author-and the sense of right and wrong. Ex. "As a doctor, I am best qualified to recommend the right treatment." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 10. Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'The thunder roared its disapproval'? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 11. Which rhetorical device refers to ethics and the image/trustworthiness of a person? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 12. The use of successive verbal constructions (patterns) in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure-usually in a series A) Anaphora. B) Parallelism. C) Metaphor. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 13. Which rhetorical device is used: "Diet coke is better for your health than regular Coca-Cola because is has less sodium and uses artificial sugars." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 14. (1 answer) Check the correct definition or example:Simile A) Explicit comparison between two things of unlike nature, usually using "like" or "as". B) Figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole. C) "If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm." (Vince Lombardi). D) Investing abstractions or inanimate objects with human qualities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explicit comparison between two things of unlike nature, usually using "like" or "as". 15. Give me loyalty, or give me death. A) Repetition. B) Rhetorical Question. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 16. This is an effective method of persuasion because when we TRUST IN THE SPEAKER and believe they have our best interest at heart, we are more willing to listen to them and consider their argument. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 17. What Rhetorical Appeal is used here?"You will never be satisfied in life if you don't seize this opportunity. Do you want to live the rest of your years thinking about what would have happened if you just jumped when you had the chance?" A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 18. What is the rhetorical appeal that targets the audience's emotions to persuade them? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 19. A reference to a well-known literary work, religious writings, mythology, etc. is called a(n) A) Alliteration. B) Analogy. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 20. Given to or involved A) Reiterate. B) Repudiated. C) Conniving. D) Extremist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conniving. 21. You have the power to fight racism and injustice. A) Sweeping generalization. B) Analogy. C) Direct address. D) Loaded language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct address. 22. My heart pounded on my chest. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 23. "Check out these new wheels." ~ Someone in a John Hughes film, probably A) Synesthesia. B) Extended metaphor. C) Analogy. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synecdoche. 24. Why was the "I Have a Dream" speech given? A) To end segregation in the nation's schools. B) To call attention to civil rights for all people. C) To have people vote for better candidates. D) To encourage everyone to be educated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To call attention to civil rights for all people. 25. Which sentence contains an example of hyperbole? A) The sunset painted the sky with hues of orange and pink. B) The river flowed calmly through the valley. C) The mountain peak touched the edge of space. D) I am so hungry, I could eat an elephant now. 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