This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Questions > Rhetorical Questions – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Questions Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the sentence, 'Why bother asking?', what is the function of the rhetorical question? A) To seek an answer. B) To express frustration. C) To gather information. D) To start a conversation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To express frustration. 2. Topic:Clothing trends (a) Detail:One purpose of clothing across many human cultures has been to indicate social status A) A. Describe. B) Persuade. C) Criticize. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Describe. 3. You should use ..... space for your paragraph. A) Single. B) Double. C) Triple. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Double. 4. What is the effect of using direct address in writing? A) It distances the reader. B) It engages the reader. C) It confuses the reader. D) It provides factual information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It engages the reader. 5. What is the purpose of Erotesis? A) To provide a logical argument. B) To provoke an emotional response. C) To present a rhetorical question. D) To summarize the main ideaTagsSupporting details. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To provoke an emotional response. 6. The ..... implies the purpose of the paragraph. A) Hook. B) Thesis statement. C) Topic sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Topic sentence. 7. What's that? A) Open. B) Closed. C) Leading. D) Rhetorical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Closed. 8. Toward the end of Romeo & Juliet, the audience knows that Juliet's not really dead, but Romeo does not; he mistakenly thinks she has died and takes action based on that misinformation. A) Situational Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic Irony. 9. What is a characteristic of indirect questions? A) They are more polite and formal. B) They are always direct. C) They require immediate answers. D) They are only used in writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are more polite and formal. 10. The topic sentence usually appears as the ..... sentence in a paragraph. A) Final. B) First or second. C) Last. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First or second. 11. The following is a rhetorical question:"What is it that gentlemen wish?" A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Identify the persuasive technique in this rhetorical question:'Isn't it time we took action?' A) Confusion. B) Indifference. C) Skepticism. D) Urgency. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Urgency. 13. A fire takes place at the local fire station. Which type of irony is this? A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational irony. 14. Our expertise in roofing contracting is evidenced not only by our 100 years in the business and our staff of qualified technicians, but in the decades of satisfied customers who have come to expect nothing but the best. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 15. What is the main function of a rhetorical question in an argumentative text? A) To provide evidence. B) To state a fact. C) To engage the reader. D) To introduce a new argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To engage the reader. 16. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.Thinking about current affairs. A) End world poverty. B) Poverty in the world must end. C) The world must end poverty. D) Who knows when poverty in the world will end. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End world poverty. 17. An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Hyperbole. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 18. Are you sure there isn't something else you need to do? A) Rhetorical Question. B) Not Rhetorical Question. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Question. 19. What is the effect of a rhetorical question on the audience? A) It provides them with a direct answer. B) It encourages them to think deeply. C) It gives them specific instructions. D) It entertains them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It encourages them to think deeply. 20. What is the best book you have ever read? A) Rhetorical. B) Not rhetorical. C) Harry Potter. D) Dinosaurs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not rhetorical. 21. What literary device is used in the statement, 'Act naturally!'? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. E) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Oxymoron. 22. If an ad claimed: "35 people drank this diet soda, and 33 of them subsequently lost weight, " the ad is using ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) SCIENCE!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 23. Analyze the rhetorical question:'Do we really want to live in a world without kindness?' What is its purpose? A) To suggest that kindness is overrated. B) To imply that kindness is unnecessary in society. C) Its purpose is to provoke thought about the importance of kindness in our world. D) To question the validity of kindness as a concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its purpose is to provoke thought about the importance of kindness in our world. 24. Telling emotional and personal stories increases a persuader's: A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 25. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.Discouraging smoking. A) Don't smoke please. B) How many times must I tell you to stop. C) Stop smoking. D) You must stop smoking please. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't smoke please. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesRhetorical Questions Quiz 1Rhetorical Questions Quiz 2Rhetorical Questions Quiz 3Rhetorical Questions Quiz 4Rhetorical Questions Quiz 5Rhetorical Questions Quiz 6Rhetorical Questions Quiz 7Rhetorical Questions Quiz 8Rhetorical Questions Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books