This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Rhetorical Cohesion Devices – Quiz 69 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 69 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is a tone analysis technique? A) Identifying rhetorical devices. B) Analyzing plot structure. C) Summarizing the main points. D) Examining the author's word choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Examining the author's word choice. 2. And we've come here from every crack, crease, and crevice of our country to our Capital to say that, for all those whose cares have been our concern, we're ready. A) Parallelism. B) Repetition. C) Antithesis. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 3. The early bird gets the worm A) Consonance. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance. 4. The diction of "generous America" used by President Obama shows A) How America can be a truly generous country. B) Verbal irony since America is NOT a generous country. C) A metaphor comparing America to generosity. D) A symbol of American hope and the American Dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How America can be a truly generous country. 5. A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts A) Hyperbole. B) Ellipsis. C) Figurative language. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphemism. 6. What is the definition of rhetorical questions? A) A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or incite problem solving. B) A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. C) A question asked in order to create a calming effect or to ask for a logical answer. D) A statement made in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. 7. Brutus:Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 8. A persuasive appeal based on the projected character of the speaker or narrator. Or based on the listener's sense of right or wrong. A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Extremist. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos. 9. "Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country" A) Parallelism. B) Antithesis. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 10. In his "We shall fight on the Beaches" speech, 1940, Winston Churchill said: "We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence ..... " This is an example of a/an A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Oxymoron. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 11. What technique is being used in the quotation below:"Why wouldn't you want to visit one of the most beautiful countries of the world, Tuscany Italy?" A) Rhetorical question. B) Sound repetition. C) Supporting points. D) Metaphore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 12. Which appeal proves the speaker can be trusted based on character or qualifications? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 13. Repeating a sentence structure A) Simile. B) Parallelism. C) Allusion. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 14. Explaining what a term or concept means A) Description. B) Contrast/juxtaposition. C) Definition. D) Cause and/or effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Description. 15. Which rhetorical device is the following an example of?"We must protest until the school removes the vending machines. How much longer should we continue to feed our children junk food?" A) Sweeping Generalizations. B) Direct Address. C) Rhetorical Questions. D) Loaded Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Questions. 16. A statement that expresses the opposite of the literal meaning of the words. Often used for humorous of sarcastic effect A) Personification. B) Euphemism. C) Irony. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 17. Identify the Rhetorical Device:Over, over, the waves rolled around; the boat along with the waves; the lighthouse peering at it every rotation, intrigued ..... then, not intrigued enough to act. A) Asyndeton. B) Hyperbole. C) Allusion. D) Aposiopesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asyndeton. 18. Identify the literary device used in the following sentence: "We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was 'legal' and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was 'illegal'." ." A) Anastrophe. B) Metaphor. C) Juxtaposition. D) AntithesisTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) AntithesisTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. 19. How does the use of repetition in 'We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds' affect its emotional impact? A) The use of repetition enhances emotional impact by emphasizing determination and unity. B) It serves to make the speech longer without adding value. C) The use of repetition weakens the overall argument. D) Repetition creates confusion and dilutes the message. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of repetition enhances emotional impact by emphasizing determination and unity. 20. Logos could be which of the following? A) Facts. B) Statistics. C) Studies. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 21. A brief story usually told to prove a point. It may be about the speaker or about someone the speaker knows/has heard of A) Anecdote. B) Alliteration. C) Inferenc. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 22. A satiric of a work or of an author with the idea of ridiculing the author, his ideas, or work A) Parody. B) Allusion. C) Sarcasm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parody. 23. Hurl or launch (something) in a specified direction with or as if with a catapult. To move into the spotlight A) Repudiated. B) Allusion. C) Catapulted. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catapulted. 24. A type of metaphor in which non-human things or ideas are given human qualities A) Personification. B) Euphemism. C) Irony. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 25. Which rhetorical device is used: "4 out of 5 dentists recommend Colgate, so you should go with the reliable choice." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. 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