This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 28 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the following an example of? the rise of poverty will unlock Pandora's box of crimes A) Apostrophe. B) Analogy. C) Allusion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 2. "Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will"This is an example of: A) Antithesis. B) Anecdote. C) Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antithesis. 3. Consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. This can be more emphatic than if a final conjunction were used. A) Ambiguity. B) Asyndeton. C) Chiasmus. D) Colloquialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asyndeton. 4. Related to style, ..... refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. A) Diction. B) Didactic. C) Discourse. D) Ellipsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 5. What does the rhetorical device 'hyperbole' entail? A) A technique that incorporates irony or humor. B) A statement that is exaggerated and not meant to be taken literally. C) A narrative that relates an interesting or amusing incident. D) A comparison between two subjects that are alike in some ways. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A statement that is exaggerated and not meant to be taken literally. 6. Read this excerpt from Common Sense:No country on the globe is so happily situated, or so internally capable of raising a fleet as America. Tar, timber, iron, and cordage are her natural produce. We need go abroad for nothing.Which words or phrases from this passage best demonstrate logos? A) Happily, internally. B) No country. C) Tar, timber, iron, cordage. D) Fleet, America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tar, timber, iron, cordage. 7. A mistaken idea; an error A) Gullible. B) Fallacy. C) Liable. D) Evolve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fallacy. 8. In time, we will see growth. In time, we will gain strength. In time, we will be as one. A) Hypophora. B) Allusion. C) Parallelism. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 9. "I don't blame our president at all. I really don't. The reason I don't blame our president is because America has gone to sleep." -Shirley Chisholm, 'A Coalition of Conscience, ' Greenfield High School, Greenfield, Massachusetts, Oct. 3, 1983.This quote contains an example of ..... : A) Sibilance. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. When speaker's use the same words / phrase more than once for effect A) Simile. B) Thesis / Claim. C) Logical Fallacy. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 11. Pattern of organization that shows how things are arranged in physical space A) Spatial organization. B) Chronological organization. C) Topical organization. D) Comparison/contrast organization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spatial organization. 12. Explain the use of charged language in the following sentence: "The brutal and inhumane treatment of animals in factory farms must be stopped." A) It uses neutral language to describe the situation. B) It uses strong and emotional words to evoke a response. C) It uses technical jargon to explain the issue. D) It uses vague language to avoid specifics.TagsDOK Level 2:Skill/Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It uses strong and emotional words to evoke a response. 13. Kennedy supports the United Nations. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. MLK's "I Have a Dream" ..... Which line is repeated throughout the speech? A) Symphony of brotherhood. B) We will be free one day. C) I have a dream. D) Go back to Mississippi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I have a dream. 15. Rhetorical analysis is the examination of ..... A) Testing procedures for the AP exam. B) Written texts to determine how the author shaped the content in order to achieve an identifiable purpose for a given audience. C) Architecture and history of the Rostra in Rome. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Written texts to determine how the author shaped the content in order to achieve an identifiable purpose for a given audience. 16. Definition of term:contrasting opposing ideas or terms to emphasize a point A) Anaphora. B) Antithesis. C) Allusion. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 17. MLK's "I Have a Dream" ..... "I have a dream that 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" (104-107).Based on this statement, how does King feel about the future of America? A) Scared. B) Angry. C) Hopeful. D) Sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hopeful. 18. Rhetorical appeal concerned with how to reach an audience emotionally A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Tone. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 19. You ain't nothin' but a hound dog / Quit snoopin' 'round my door-Elvis Presley A) Metaphor. B) Parallelism. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 20. Attempt by the speaker to convince the public that his/her views reflect those of the common people and that they are also working for the benefit of the common person. A) Plain folks. B) Testimonial. C) Ad hominem. D) Red herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plain folks. 21. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?"We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as ..... A) Repetition. B) Antithesis. C) Rhetorical questioning. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical questioning. 22. What is the primary purpose of rhetoric? A) To entertain an audience with creative language. B) To provide factual information without bias. C) To persuade an audience through language. D) To confuse the audience with complex vocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To persuade an audience through language. 23. Appealing to the audience's emotions to persuade them. A) Logos. B) Tone. C) Pathos. D) Elevated language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 24. The Centers for Disease Control recommends getting a flu vaccine each fall. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 25. Which rhetorical device is used?The story told of a pauper, a person without wealth, who had big dreams. A) Parallelism. B) Restatement. C) Analogy. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restatement. 26. Referencing a famous person, event, or thing to explain something else. A) Parallelism. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 27. Rhetorical Devicethe combination of two words of opposite meaning for dramatic, comedic, or provocative effect A) Juxtaposition. B) Oxymoron. C) Euphemism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 28. Which answer accurately lists the structure of a rhetorical analysis body paragraph? A) Point; evidence; explanation; link. B) Topic sentence; intro evidence; explain evidence. C) Don't worry about structure; just list as much evidence as possible. D) Topic sentence; intro evidence; explain evidence; connect to audience/author/rhetorical situation; explain persuasiveness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Topic sentence; intro evidence; explain evidence; connect to audience/author/rhetorical situation; explain persuasiveness. 29. Ethos is the way a writer or speaker A) Applies denotation. B) Will use valid reasoning. C) Applies emotion to a claim. D) Gains the trust and confidence of the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gains the trust and confidence of the audience. 30. How does King's letter exemplify the use of kairos? A) By demonstrating an understanding of the right time and place to argue for civil rights. B) By using a timeless style of writing that does not reference current events. C) By focusing solely on the logical aspects of the argument, ignoring the emotional context. D) By avoiding any mention of specific events that prompted the letter. 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