This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 44 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 44 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which rhetorical device is used to appeal to the audience's sense of logic and reason? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 2. What is a type of metaphor in which non-human objects or ideas are given human qualities? An example is as follows: "The wind whispered her name." A) Simile. B) Repetition. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 3. Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of a sentence, lines, or clauses (example:See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.) A) Metaphor. B) Anaphora. C) Imagery. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epistrophe. 4. Relevant Data ..... A) Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. B) Establishes the credibility of the author. C) Encourages an emotional response from the audience to support the claim. D) Can be proven as fact; strongest evidence; can be true, hard information presented as a percentage to survey-type information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can be proven as fact; strongest evidence; can be true, hard information presented as a percentage to survey-type information. 5. These lines from Robert Frost's poem, "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" are an example of which device?The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. A) Repetition. B) Alliteration. C) Euphony. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. An appeal to emotions.Choose the rhetorical appeal that best fits the definition above. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 7. A comparison using "like" or "as" A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 8. Repetition of consonant sounds two or more times in short succession within a sentence or phrase A) Alliteration. B) Antithesis. C) Consonance. D) Analogy. E) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonance. 9. Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence? "She sells seashells by the seashore." A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 10. The following excerpt contains an example of which rhetorical device?"It's better to walk alone at night than with a fake friend in the light. Better an enemy attack you than a fake friend hugs you." A) Anaphora. B) Juxtaposition. C) Parallelism. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition. 11. Which rhetorical device is used in this sentence? "When I was little, people used to talk face to face, no one hid behind technology." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anecdote. 12. What is the definition of scare tactics? A) Remark that has a different meaning than what is literally being stated. B) A way of describing a person's willingness to love/defend his/her. C) Strategies that are used to create fear in the audience. D) The intentional repeating of words or phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strategies that are used to create fear in the audience. 13. A statement that is not good enough to explain how good, bad, or impressive something really is? A) A. Understatement/Meiosis. B) B. Personification. C) C.Paralellism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Understatement/Meiosis. 14. The technique of repeating the same word and phrase A) Polysyndeton. B) Asyndeton. C) Repetition. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 15. Can you put a price tag on your family's security? Don't you want to guarantee that your family is going to be safe? Isn't it worth a few dollars more to protect them in one of the safest cars ever built? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 16. The use of many conjunctions has the opposite effect; it slows the pace of writing A) Polysyndeton. B) Anaphora. C) Epistrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polysyndeton. 17. My coach suggested I cross-train on Sundays to work different muscle groups. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 18. Tick the correct statement. A) Onomatopoeia is based on sound. B) Alliteration is based on comparison. C) Hyperbole is based on human qualities. D) Assonance is based on contradiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia is based on sound. 19. Which of these is NOT an appropriate use of pathos? A) Using a joke to make a point about your argument. B) Making your audience feel a personal connection to your argument. C) Using statistics to prove your side of the argument is better. D) Telling an emotional personal story connected to your argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using statistics to prove your side of the argument is better. 20. This form of rhetoric uses an emotional appeal. A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 21. What is the primary function of direct address in a speech or text? A) To engage the audience directly. B) To establish a narrative tone. C) To convey complex ideas. D) To provide historical context. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To engage the audience directly. 22. Research has linked smoking with a higher prevalence of certain types of cancer, including lung cancer and leukemia. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 23. The pen danced across the author's page A) Epistrophe. B) Asyndeton. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 24. Which of these describes ETHOS? A) Uses common values, famous people, or trustworthy people. B) Uses imagery that appeals to the heart. C) Uses common sense. D) Uses personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uses common values, famous people, or trustworthy people. 25. Identify the rhetorical device in the following statement:'The pen is mightier than the sword.' A) Metonymy. B) Synecdoche. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. 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