This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 58 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 58 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Repetition of grammatical structure (example:In the dark, in the night, in the silence, the thief stole ..... ) A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Parallelism. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 2. The definition of Verbal Irony is: A) Something happening that is very different to what was expected. B) To mock or convey contempt toward a person or subject. C) A figure of speech. D) The choice and use of words in speech or writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A figure of speech. 3. Which rhetorical device appeals to authority? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Cosmos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 4. Informal diction A) Colloquialism. B) Analogy. C) Apostrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colloquialism. 5. A question that is not expected to be answered, used for effect or to emphasize an obvious point (example:Can birds fly? There's no point, is there? Is this a joke?) A) Hyperbole. B) Literal question. C) Rhetorical question. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 6. Breaking off a sentence ..... A) Syntax. B) Anacoluthon. C) Paralelleism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anacoluthon. 7. The 3 basic purposes of a text: A) Persuade, Tell, Mock. B) Persuade, Mock, Entertain. C) Persuade, Inform, Rhetoric. D) Persuade, Inform, Entertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persuade, Inform, Entertain. 8. What is the term for the use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas; sensory language? A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Juxtaposition. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 9. One man's junk is another man's treasure. A) Analogy. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Antithesis. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 10. Her love of chocolate was her Achilles' heel. A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Anaphora. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 11. Defined as something done seriously or somberly A) Perilously. B) Repudiated. C) Pathos. D) Gravely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravely. 12. What rhetorical device is used in the sentence:'The pen is mightier than the sword'? A) Metonymy. B) Synecdoche. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 13. "Annie must love Starbucks! Don't all girls love Starbucks?"This is what kind of logical fallacy? A) Loaded Language. B) Stereotyping. C) Bandwagon Appeal. D) Circular Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stereotyping. 14. Name the rhetorical device. "Sanitation engineer" "Pre-owned vehicle" "Economically disadvantaged" A) Allusion. B) Euphemism. C) Epistrophe. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 15. What is an obvious, intended exaggeration? An example is as follows: "His snores were louder than a freight train" or "I've told you a million times." A) Repetition. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 16. The author's word choice/style of expression to communicate a message. A) Anecdote. B) Tone. C) Definition. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 17. "I have crossed a vast sea of tumultuous teenagers to find you" Is an example of a ..... A) Understatement. B) Overstatement. C) Analogy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overstatement. 18. What is the term for a rhetorical device that uses a question to make a point rather than to solicit an answer? A) Rhetorical Question. B) Hypophora. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Question. 19. "We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight n France. We shall fight on the seas and oceans." This is an example of ..... A) A simile. B) Personification. C) Parallelism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 20. An appeal to trust and ethics is an appeal to ..... A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 21. The following is an example of which rhetorical device? The pen is mightier than the sword. A) Metaphor. B) Metonymy. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 22. The wind whispered, "hello." Is A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 23. Relies on words with strongly positive or negative association A) Loaded language. B) Bandwagon. C) Implied claim. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loaded language. 24. Logos is based on A) Reason. B) Emotions. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reason. 25. The following is an example of what kind of rhetorical device?I was so embarrassed, I almost died right there in front of everyone! A) Anaphora. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. ← 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