This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 52 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 52 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "For man holds in his hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life" A) Parallelism. B) Antithesis. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 2. Because I do not hope to turn againBecause I do not hopeBecause I do not hope to turn ..... T.S. Elliot A) Analogy. B) Parallelism. C) Repetition. D) Hypophora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 3. Using a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part. A) Euphemism. B) Polysyndeton. C) Synecdoche. D) Epiphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synecdoche. 4. The following excerpt contains an example of which rhetorical device?"I know you may say it don't matter, it don't matter, they don't affect me." A) Anaphora. B) Juxtaposition. C) Parallelism. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 5. Logical Fallacy refers to: A) A technique used to persuade or impact an audience. B) A mistake in reasoning that makes an argument invalid. C) A question asked for dramatic effect. D) A technique where the speaker talks directly to someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A mistake in reasoning that makes an argument invalid. 6. The wooden floor groaned when we walked on it. A) PERSONIFICATION. B) SYMBOL. C) ALLUSION. D) SIMILE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PERSONIFICATION. 7. Defects that weaken arguments; by knowing them, you can evaluate arguments you make, read, and hear. A) Claims. B) Appeals. C) Statements. D) Fallacies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fallacies. 8. I could talk more deeply about all the troubles our country faces, but I do not wish to open Pandora's Box today. Instead, I am here to motivate you. A) Repetition. B) Metaphor. C) Sarcasm. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 9. Hyperbole: A) An obvious and deliberate exaggeration. B) A brief reference to a famous person or event-connects the content of a text with the larger world. C) Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words. D) The repetition of words at the beginning of a line. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An obvious and deliberate exaggeration. 10. Which rhetorical device is the following an example of? "It is an outrage that the school wants to remove the vending machines. This is taking our freedom away!" A) Sweeping Generalizations. B) Direct Address. C) Rhetorical Questions. D) Loaded Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loaded Language. 11. Her friends were ..... she had won the lottery ..... again. A) Unabashed. B) Incredulous. C) Poignant. D) Wry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incredulous. 12. The repetition of the first consonant sound, occurring close together in a series A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 13. "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." -Yoda, Star Wars A) Antanaclasis. B) Anadiplosis. C) Anastrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anadiplosis. 14. Juxtaposition is ..... A) The figurative comparison between two unlike things. B) Placing two things side by side, usually to show contrast. C) A position on the football field. D) What readers do when they compare and contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Placing two things side by side, usually to show contrast. 15. Which rhetorical device involves appealing to the audience's emotions to persuade them? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 16. An opposing view that awakens or invades a rhetor's claim A) Antithesis. B) Counterclaim. C) Claim. D) Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Counterclaim. 17. How does an appeal to logos differ from an appeal to pathos in persuasive writing? A) Logos relies on emotional manipulation, while pathos uses logical reasoning. B) Logos uses statistical evidence, while pathos focuses on ethical considerations. C) Logos appeals to the audience's logic and reasoning, while pathos targets the audience's emotions. D) There is no significant difference between logos and pathos in persuasive writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos appeals to the audience's logic and reasoning, while pathos targets the audience's emotions. 18. Which literary device involves a play on words, often achieved through the use of words with similar sounds but different meanings? A) Metonymy. B) Pun. C) Oxymoron. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pun. 19. Give an example of ethos being used in a persuasive speech. A) A politician advocating for a policy without any expertise in the subject matter. B) A doctor discussing the benefits of a certain medication based on their expertise and experience in the field. C) A chef promoting a new cooking technique without any culinary background. D) A student discussing the benefits of a new educational program without any relevant experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A doctor discussing the benefits of a certain medication based on their expertise and experience in the field. 20. Pathos is A) Appeal to logic. B) Appeal to emotions. C) Speaker's credibility. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeal to emotions. 21. What is the rhetorical device used when a speaker asks a question to make a point rather than to solicit an answer? A) Rhetorical Question. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Question. 22. What would differ about the audience for a letter versus a speech? A) The audience for a letter would be more formal. B) The audience for a letter must always be specifically mentioned. C) The audience for a speech would be more broad and possibly be more than 1 person or group while the audience for a letter would be narrower. D) A speech can be written, published, or on tv. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The audience for a speech would be more broad and possibly be more than 1 person or group while the audience for a letter would be narrower. 23. Repetition at the beginning of a line. Example: "We demand truth. We demand justice. We demand equality." A) Metaphor. B) Oxymoron. C) Epistrophe. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaphora. 24. "This house is as clean as a whistle" is an example of which rhetorical device? A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Understatement. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 25. Are we a nation that tolerates the hypocrisy of a system where workers who pick our fruit and make our beds never have a chance to get right with the law? Are we a nation that accepts the cruelty of ripping children from their parents' arms? Or are we a nation that values families, and works to keep them together? A) Logos. B) Anecdote. C) Ethos. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical Question. ← 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