Rhetorical Questions Quiz 20 (11 MCQs)

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1. If a paragraph has more than one controlling idea in the topic sentence, this will affect its .....

Correct Answer: A) Unity.

2. The more you learn, the more you realize you don't know.

Correct Answer: B) Paradox.

3. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.Thinking about an impossibility.

Correct Answer: A) Are you joking.

4. A linguistic and literary device, in spoken or written form, in which real meaning is concealed or contradicted

Correct Answer: B) Irony.

5. Which of these is NOT a common function of rhetorical questions?

Correct Answer: B) To collect accurate data.

6. Which question could you add to a persuasive text about recycling?

Correct Answer: B) Isn't it smart to recycle and protect our planet?.

7. When an author employs situational irony, the opposite of what would normally be ..... occurs.

Correct Answer: B) Expected.

8. A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point than rather get an answer

Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question.

9. You aren't coming back, are you?

Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical.

10. Who would want to live in a world without laughter?

Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical.

11. Is this a rhetorical question?

Correct Answer: B) False.