This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 68 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 68 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The reason an author writes a piece. A) Juxtaposition. B) Claim. C) Anaphora. D) Author's purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Author's purpose. 2. You're a mean one, Mr. GrinchYou really are a heelYou're as cuddly as a cactusYou're as charming as an eel-"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" A) Simile and Metaphor. B) Allusion and symbolism. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile and Metaphor. 3. When former President Obama said, "We cannot have a plan for Wall Street ..... we must also help Main Street ..... " that was an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Oxymoron. C) Simile. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metonymy. 4. While the kids were trying to convince mom to get a pet, dad chimed in and said "You know, when I was a kid, my dog Barnum went everywhere with me. He was my best friend and taught me to be responsible ..... " He is persuading Mom using: A) Parallelism. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Pathos. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anecdote. 5. Which of the following options is NOT a way rhetorical devices are used? A) Speeches. B) Song Lyrics. C) Radio. D) Playing Football. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Playing Football. 6. Antony:I am no orator, as Brutus is, but, as you know me all, a plain blunt man that love my friend. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 7. The following words are an example of ..... fat, old, liar, slavery, nerd, villain, etc. A) Assonance. B) Consonnace. C) Rhetorical question. D) Loaded language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loaded language. 8. Which definition closely matches the definition for direct address? A) Where the author directly addresses the audience through the word "you" . B) A general statement that sounds factual but is not proven to be true. C) An error in logic and reasoning. D) An over-generalized statement about an entire group of people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where the author directly addresses the audience through the word "you" . 9. Identify the rhetorical device in the following sentence:'The pen is mightier than the sword.' A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 10. I know you are bold, brilliant, and brave. I believe that you can accomplish anything you set your mind to! A) Sarcasm. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 11. How do logical fallacies affect an author's argument? A) They strengthen the author's argument. B) They weaken the author's argument. C) They do not affect the author's argument. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They weaken the author's argument. 12. A statement in which opposite ideas are contrasted is an example of A) Parallelism. B) Antithesis. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 13. What Rhetorical Appeal is used here?"98% of patients who take Medicine A reported no side effects and tested negative for the disease. A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 14. SPOT THE DIFFERENCE: "I was so cold that I wore a sweater, a hat, a scarf, mittens, flannel underwear ..... " A) Asyndeton. B) Polysyndeton. C) Anaphora. D) Epiphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asyndeton. 15. What is the purpose of using rhetorical devices in writing? A) To confuse the reader. B) To enhance the persuasiveness of the text. C) To make the text longer. D) To reduce the clarity of the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To enhance the persuasiveness of the text. 16. What rhetorical device is used when a speaker repeats the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses? A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Chiasmus. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 17. Identify the correct rhetorical device based on this definition:the repetition of the same sound/letter at the start of two or more words A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Assonance. E) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 18. Finish this analogy.Conclusion is to an essay as ..... A) An orange is to a peel. B) Cold is to freezing. C) Dessert is to a meal. D) A title is to a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dessert is to a meal. 19. Repeating grammatical structures A) Antithesis. B) Parallelism. C) Allusion. D) Restatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 20. Convincing your friend to go hiking with you because "they will have a great time" is what rhetorical device? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 21. A usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical; a short account of an event A) Adulation. B) Abbreviate. C) Antidote. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anecdote. 22. What is the best definition for repetition? A) Repeating a specific phrase to add rhythm or structure. B) Repeating a word or phrase to add emphasis. C) Word choice that is used to make the reader feel a specific emotion. D) Referring to well-known people, books, or institutions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repeating a word or phrase to add emphasis. 23. Which figurative language is the following an example of? "Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred" (King). A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 24. "Yesterday, December 7th, 1941-a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan" ..... FDRWhich rhetorical devices and/or persuasive techniques are used in the above statement? A) Logos and pathos. B) Ethos and pathos. C) Allusion and pathos. D) Allusion and ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos and pathos. 25. Which rhetorical appeal is being used in the statement 'Over 75% of those who suffer from migraines choose Excedrin.' A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. 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