This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 27 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He refuses to donate money to charity. He is a miser.This statement is a(n) ..... A) Allusion. B) Juxtaposition. C) Simile. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 2. A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Oxymoron. C) Paradox. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 3. Lincoln's short speech begins, famously, with the words "Four score and seven years ago." This is an example of what rhetorical device? A) Repetition. B) Loaded words. C) Allusion. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 4. "Loaded Language" is rhetoric used to influence an audience by using words and phrases with strong connotations. A) Personification. B) Charged Language. C) Analogy. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charged Language. 5. A rhetorical precis differs from a summary because ..... A) A rhetorical precis includes analysis of purpose and audience, whereas a summary does not. B) A rhetorical precis is longer than a summary. C) A rhetorical precis only summarizes the main points. D) A rhetorical precis is written in first person, while a summary is not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A rhetorical precis includes analysis of purpose and audience, whereas a summary does not. 6. "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers." A) Polysydeton. B) Anaphora. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polysydeton. 7. Which of the following is an appeal to logic and reasoning? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 8. What rhetorical device is present:"Their right to live in peace.Their right to be treated with dignity.Their right to equality of opportunity." A) Anaphora. B) Asyndeton. C) Parallelism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 9. The living dead A) Oxymoron. B) Analogy. C) Parallelism. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 10. Device? "A time to be born, a time to die, a time to plant, a time to reap, a time to laugh, a time to weep." The Byrds (1965). A) Analogy. B) Epistrophe. C) Anaphora. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 11. Use of words that sound like the thing they stand for ..... A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 12. Evaluate the emotional appeal in the following statement: "Imagine a world where children can play outside without fear of pollution. This is the future we can create together." A) The statement uses logos to appeal to logic. B) The statement uses ethos to establish credibility. C) The statement uses pathos to appeal to emotions. D) The statement uses analogy to compare two situations.TagsDOK Level 2:Skill/Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The statement uses pathos to appeal to emotions. 13. Which of these remarks from John F. Kennedy's inaugural address uses parallelism (repetition of grammatical components/structures)? A) All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. B) North and South, East and West. C) We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. D) We dare not forget today. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North and South, East and West. 14. What is one reason Thomas Paine believes that the youth of the colonies is an advantage against Britain? A) Because younger nations always take over older nations. B) Because Britain's age has made its citizens jaded. C) Because older nations like Britain have less to lose. D) Because their youth lends itself to vigor and unity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because their youth lends itself to vigor and unity. 15. "Oprah Winfrey has created a "No Phone Zone!" campaign against texting & driving."This is an example of ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 16. Black bugs bleed black blood. A) Syntax. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 17. Which rhetorical elements does Dr. King use in the following quote from the speech?"I have a dream that one day my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." A) Emotional appeal. B) Parallelism. C) Alliteration. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. How did this idiot get elected? A) Analogy. B) Rhetorical question. C) Epistrophe. D) Polysyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical question. 19. Combining differing ideas in the same sentence; also opposites ..... A) Personification. B) Contrast. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Climax ordering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contrast. 20. A reference in literature to a familiar person, place, thing, or event. A) Consonance. B) Analogy. C) Allusion. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 21. A word or phrase that compares something directly to something else, in order to create an image or resemblance. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Parallelism. D) Charged Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 22. An unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text A) Allusion. B) Anecdote. C) Paradox. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 23. Which persuasive appeal is Abraham Lincoln using when he states the following words in the Gettysburg Address?"We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this." A) Ethical appeal. B) Emotional appeal. C) Logical appeal. D) Appeal to authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethical appeal. 24. Rhetorical Devicea mild or pleasant term used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one A) Hyperbole. B) Anaphora. C) Epistrophe. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphemism. 25. Which of the following best defines 'rhetoric'? A) The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing. B) The study of historical events. C) The practice of writing poetry. D) The analysis of fictional narratives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing. 26. Which of the following is an example of repetition for emphasis? A) "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.". B) "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up.". C) "Life is like a box of chocolates.". D) "He was brave; he was fearless; he was tenacious.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up.". 27. This strategy attempts to make writers or speakers credible by creating a credible image of them. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 28. Which rhetorical strategy does Martin Luther King Jr. use when he references historical figures and documents? A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 29. To make a point by exaggerating is which of the following rhetorical devices? A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 30. The following is an example of, " "I know you are hungry, but don't even think about going to the golden arches!" A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Simile. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesParallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 1Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 2Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 3Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 4Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 5Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 6Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 7Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 8Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books