This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 61 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 61 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This form of rhetoric uses an expert or a celebrity A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 2. What rhetorical device is used in the following advertisement: "Come TV with us" A) Anaphora. B) Anthimeria. C) Epistrophe. D) Apposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anthimeria. 3. Which rhetorical device is used in this sentence? "Mobile phones as important as our lives." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. ..... means:repetition of one or more words at the END of successive phrases or clauses A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Anthimeria. D) Apposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epistrophe. 5. Non-human objects or ideas are given human qualities. A) Euphemism. B) Personification. C) Juxtaposition. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. What is Direct Address? A) The location of a specific place. B) Addressing a person's argument. C) The use of a person's name, group of individuals, or title to address a remark or a question directly to that person. D) Assisting a person during an argument by providing additional information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The use of a person's name, group of individuals, or title to address a remark or a question directly to that person. 7. Why would a writer use juxtaposition? A) To surprise the reader. B) To create startling contrasts between two objects or ideas. C) To control the pacing of a text. D) To add a sense of musicality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To create startling contrasts between two objects or ideas. 8. Ethos is an argument based on A) Facts. B) Character. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Character. 9. A reference to another text or assumed knowledge of a reference to a book, movie, the Bible or Greek Mythology A) Analogy. B) Allusion. C) Parallelism. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 10. When using any rhetorical device, you are trying to ..... your audience. A) Convince. B) Persuade. C) Change the mind of. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. The light danced on the water. A) Personification. B) Parallelism. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 12. Name the rhetorical device."We have seen the state of our Union in the endurance of rescuers, working past exhaustion. We've seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, the saying of prayers ..... in English, Hebrew, and Arabic." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Parallelism. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 13. An unusual and extended comparison between two unlike things that is often witty is called a A) Simile. B) Clause. C) Conceit. D) Colloquilism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conceit. 14. A chip off the old block. A) Very hard working. B) Similar in some distinct way to your father or mother. C) No longer young and strong. D) A man who has seen better days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Similar in some distinct way to your father or mother. 15. Making people feel they should do/buy/believe it because the "BEST" people do it. A) Exaggeration. B) Caricature. C) Snob appeal. D) Ethical appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Snob appeal. 16. Which of the following sentences uses an imperative verb? A) The flowers in the garden bloomed beautifully. B) The cat chased its tail playfully. C) The storm clouds gathered ominously. D) Take this medicine before bedtime. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Take this medicine before bedtime. 17. The following excerpt contains an example of which rhetorical device?"Are they raising you up? Or pushing you down?Are they helping you grow? Or holding you back?" A) Anaphora. B) Juxtaposition. C) Parallelism. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 18. What is the purpose of using hyperbole in advertising? A) To make a point or to make people think. B) To compare two things using 'like' or 'as'. C) To exaggerate the importance of something. D) To give human qualities to non-human things. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To exaggerate the importance of something. 19. EASY come, EASY go.LIKE father, LIKE son.With GREAT power comes GREAT responsibility. A) PARALLELISM. B) ALLUSION. C) HYPERBOLE. D) ANTITHESIS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PARALLELISM. 20. Point out how two or more people, places, or things are alike OR how they differ A) Division & classification. B) Cause & effect. C) Compare & contrast. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compare & contrast. 21. What is the effect of using anaphora in a speech? A) It creates a sense of urgency. B) It emphasizes a particular point. C) It confuses the audience. D) It makes the speech longer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It emphasizes a particular point. 22. Which of the following is an example of alliteration: A) The tree danced. B) Becky's beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy. C) She looked as innocent as an angel. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Becky's beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy. 23. A talking cucumber would be an example of which rhetorical device? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 24. The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite of what the writer intends to achieve a humorous effect or to add emphasis A) Irony. B) Oxymoron. C) Personification. D) Pathos. E) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 25. A statement presented as true by an author or speaker. A) Anaphora. B) Claim. C) Logs. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claim. ← 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