This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 57 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the rhetorical device that appeals to readers by using ethics and moral values? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Rebuttal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 2. Direct Address A) Me. B) I. C) He. D) You. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You. 3. Lesson-26:Analyzing Rhetorical DevicesQuestion 9:The technique or skill of persuading through your choice of words is which of the following rhetorical devices? A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Rhetorical. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical. 4. Which of the following is a simile? A) My dog ran faster than a cheetah. B) My dog is as fast as a cheetah. C) My dog leaped when he heard a boom!. D) My dog ran fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My dog is as fast as a cheetah. 5. *Great Depression*Jumbo shrimp*Cruel to be Kind *Pain for pleasure*Clearly confused*Act naturally*Painfully beautiful A) A. anecdote. B) B. Paradox. C) C. Oxymoron. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. Oxymoron. 6. Excerpt:"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed ..... I have a dream that one day ..... I have a dream today!"-Martin Luther King Jr.What rhetorical device is primarily used in the excerpt? A) Antithesis. B) Repetition. C) Parallelism. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 7. ..... means:a rhetorical device that uses a word in a new grammatical shape, often as a noun or a verb. Simply, it replaces one part of speech with another. A) Anthimeria. B) Asyndeton. C) Antimetabole. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthimeria. 8. Balancing of contrasting ideas A) Diction. B) Syntax. C) Antithesis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 9. All too often, political campaigns report to this tactic, where they attack the other candidate, rather than his or her ideas ..... A) Antithesis. B) Allusion. C) Ad hominem. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ad hominem. 10. Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition! A) Chiasmus. B) Asyndeton. C) Anaphora. D) Zeguma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 11. What rhetorical device is employed in the following phrase:"Life is a journey, travel it well." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 12. To persuade, inform, or entertain is the intention or ..... of writing a text or delivering a speech. This is closely related to audience and claim. A) Logos. B) Author's purpose. C) Rhetoric. D) Rhetorical device. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Author's purpose. 13. Example of:Metaphor A) I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat." (Winston Churchill, 1940). B) "In Europe, we gave the cold shoulder to De Gaulle, and now he gives the warm hand to Mao Tse-tung." (Richard Nixon, 1960). C) "We are for each other:thenlaugh, leaning back in my armsfor life's not a paragraphAnd death i think is no parenthesis" E.E. Cummings. D) "Give us this day our daily bread." (Matthew, 6:11). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "We are for each other:thenlaugh, leaning back in my armsfor life's not a paragraphAnd death i think is no parenthesis" E.E. Cummings. 14. When responding to the denotative meaning of a word we are A) Using the common usage of the word. B) Using the dictionary definition of the word. C) Using the negative meaning of the word. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using the dictionary definition of the word. 15. "She has a heart of gold." A) Consonance. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 16. The choice of words in a work that the author makes. A) Diction. B) Anecdote. C) Sensory Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 17. What rhetorical device is used in the following quote: "Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love?" A) Parallelism. B) Rhetorical question. C) Anthimeria. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical question. 18. Call to Action is ..... A) Asking/encouraging your audience to do something. B) A video game. C) A movie franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence. D) An argument using a speaker's authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asking/encouraging your audience to do something. 19. ..... is an argument where the speaker claims to be an expert or relies on information provided by experts. It involves the speaker's values, morals, and trustworthiness. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Rhetorical question. D) Rhetorical device. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 20. The mood of a text refers to: A) The emotional response it elicits from the reader. B) The author's personal feelings about the subject. C) The logical structure of the argument. D) The credibility of the sources cited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The emotional response it elicits from the reader. 21. Define key words to ensure precise communication A) Definition. B) Description. C) Illustration. D) Process analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Definition. 22. Interpret the persuasive technique in 'Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country.' A) It emphasizes the importance of wealth distribution. B) It suggests that the government should provide more services. C) It encourages individuals to seek personal gain from their country. D) The persuasive technique is a call to action that promotes civic responsibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The persuasive technique is a call to action that promotes civic responsibility. 23. Often blur thinking; they distract readers from the argument by creating strong emotions. A) Logical fallacies. B) Rhetorical fallacies. C) Wrong statements. D) Strong arguments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical fallacies. 24. "Our expertise in roofing contracting is evidenced, not only by our 100 years in the business and our staff of qualified technicians, but in the decades of satisfied customers who have come to expect nothing but the best" is an example of A) Logos. B) Restatement. C) Antithesis. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos. 25. Which rhetorical device can be seen in the following excerpt:The crisp crackle of the fire calmed our hearts and cleansed our souls. A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Antithesis. D) Assonance. 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