This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 65 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 65 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To make his point about how he felt about winning the scholarship in his speech he yelled out, "I'm the king of the world!" (from Titanic). A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Exaggeration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 2. The thief's heart was as cold as stone. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. The repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of two or more words in proximity to one another. A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 4. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control) recommends getting a flu vaccine each fall. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 5. Antony:Here is the will, and under Caesar's seal. To every Roman citizen he gives, to every several (individual) man, seventy-five drachmas (silver coins). A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 6. Lincoln's "of the people, by the people, for the people" A) Epistrophe. B) Chiasmus. C) Anadiplosis. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epistrophe. 7. Which figurative language is the following an example of? "America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds" ' (King). A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. The intersection of words, phrases, or a sentence that is not syntactically related to the rest of the sentence A) Parenthesis. B) Zeugma. C) Chaismus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parenthesis. 9. Narrative perspective-1st, 2nd, and 3rd person A) Parallelism. B) Point of View. C) Apostrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of View. 10. What is Logos (Appeal to Logic)? A) Using emotions to persuade the audience. B) Using a famous person to endorse a product. C) Using an entertaining story to illustrate a point. D) Using facts and evidence to support an argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Using facts and evidence to support an argument. 11. Vivid description appealing to the 5 senses A) Imagery. B) Analogy. C) Juxtaposition. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 12. "There's no price that can be placed on peace of mind. Our advanced security systems will protect the well-being of your family so that you can sleep soundly at night." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 13. A mild or less negative word or phrase substituted for a harsh or blunt one. A) Anaphora. B) Euphemism. C) Epistrophe. D) Extremist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 14. What is the rhetorical device in this example?A boyfriend begs his girlfriend to stay with him, claiming "If you really love me, you'll give me time to change my ways." A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 15. Which rhetorical device involves making a comparison to highlight similarities between two different things? A) Rhetoric. B) Simile. C) Sarcasm. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 16. Which rhetorical device involves the use of a part to represent the whole or vice versa? A) Synecdoche. B) Metonymy. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synecdoche. 17. Analogy A) A point-by-point comparison of two things that are alike in some respect. B) Talking directly to the reader, often using the pronoun you. C) The placement of two or more things side by side to show their similarities and/or differences. D) A question that has such an obvious answer that it requires no reply. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A point-by-point comparison of two things that are alike in some respect. 18. A heavily symbolic work of literature with hidden meaning is called an: A) Allegory. B) Ambiguity. C) Analogy. D) Antecedent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allegory. 19. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following quote: "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain" (from the musical My Fair Lady). A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance. 20. What is the primary purpose of using ethos in a speech? A) To evoke emotions. B) To establish credibility. C) To present logical arguments. D) To entertain the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To establish credibility. 21. What is the best definition for rhetorical questions? A) Repeating a specific phrase to add structure or rhythm. B) Repeating a word or phrase for emphasis. C) Comparing two unlike things for emphasis. D) A question that has an obvious answer, only used to further an argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A question that has an obvious answer, only used to further an argument. 22. When a writer makes a reference to a Greek myth within a work of literature it would be an A) Analogy. B) Aphorism. C) Chiasmus. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 23. What is an aside or an explanatory part of a sentence that cannot stand on its own? A) Parenthesis. B) Metaphor. C) Juxtaposition. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parenthesis. 24. What is the purpose of a rhetorical question in advertising? A) To compare two things using 'like' or 'as'. B) To make a point or to make people think. C) To give human qualities to non-human things. D) To exaggerate the importance of something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make a point or to make people think. 25. Abraham Lincoln articulated, "Let the people know the facts, and the country will be safe." A) Anaphora. B) Rhetorical question. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. ← 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