This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 29 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When a year is the best AND the worst in your life, it can be labeled A) Allusion. B) Verbal irony. C) Anaphora. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal irony. 2. An appeal to the ethics and credibility of a speaker or source is called A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 3. "You are easy on the eyes, but hard on the heart" is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Propaganda. C) Antithesis. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 4. Which of the following best defines the term rhetorical device? A) Words or a speech that creates emphasis and stirs emotion. B) Complex symbolism told from many perspectives. C) The use of repetition to emphasize the main idea. D) Elaborate metaphors that introduce a topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Words or a speech that creates emphasis and stirs emotion. 5. Deafening silence A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Oxymoron. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 6. The appeal based on the character, credibility, or reliability of the writer: A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 7. A Rhetorical Device is the use of language that is meant to have ..... A) An effect on its audience. B) A rhetorical choice. C) A sensory feeling on its audience. D) Words and flowery language in them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An effect on its audience. 8. The three rhetorical appeals are ..... A) Emotion, logic, patience. B) Logos, parallelism, ethos. C) Ethos, logos, pathos. D) Reason, climax, speeches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos, logos, pathos. 9. To convince based on the authority of the speaker or expert sources A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Red herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 10. Rhetorical Devicewhen someone says something that says less than what they actually mean (they are downplaying) A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Juxtaposition. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Understatement. 11. The emotional appeal in rhetoric is known as: A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 12. Which rhetorical appeal is primarily concerned with the credibility or ethical character of the speaker? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 13. Sentences such as "Nonpeople rented for a few hours, a few days, a few weeks" (53) are examples of A) Polysyndeton. B) Asyndeton. C) Anaphora. D) Dependent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asyndeton. 14. A thesis statement that does not list all the points the writer intends to cover A) Closed thesis. B) Open thesis. C) Counter-argument thesis. D) Mid-term thesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Open thesis. 15. Word choice that sets the mood is called ..... A) Tone. B) Syntax. C) Iambic Pantameter. D) Rhythm. E) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Diction. 16. "that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth." A) Epiphora. B) Anaphora. C) Parallelism. D) Hypophora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphora. 17. Changing "the boy looked at the girl" to "the boy's longing gaze at the girl was not reciprocated" is an example of ..... A) Diction. B) Oxymoron. C) Irony. D) Syntax. E) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Syntax. 18. An appeal to emotions is called A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 19. This is the study of persuasive language A) Optics. B) Genealogy. C) Persuasion. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 20. "The shackles of injustice" is an example of which rhetorical device? A) Simile. B) Analogy. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 21. " ..... our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating:'For Whites Only." ' A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 22. What is it called in a rhetorical situation when you acknowledge your opponent's argument, and refute it before they can speak A) Counter argument. B) Counter point. C) Rude. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Counter argument. 23. What rhetorical devices are used in "I Have a Dream" speech? A) Pathos and Ethos. B) Ethos and Logos. C) Pathos and Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos and Logos. 24. "I have a dream that my four little children will [ ..... ] I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia [ ..... ] I have a dream today!"What type of persuasive rhetoric is this? A) Parallelism. B) Aphorism. C) Repetition. D) Inductive Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 25. What example of figurative language is represented in the quote below? "Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared todream before" - "The Raven, " Edgar Allan Poe A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 26. The speech contains information, examples, statistics, etc. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 27. How does Martin Luther King Jr. use the rhetorical appeal of pathos in his letter? A) By using logical arguments to appeal to the reader's sense of reason. B) By citing legal documents to establish credibility. C) By sharing personal stories and emotional language to connect with the reader. D) By predicting future events to create a sense of urgency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By sharing personal stories and emotional language to connect with the reader. 28. "He accepted the book, looked at it as though it were his enemy" (88) is an example of A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 29. A comparison between two things using like or as. A) Metaphor. B) Noun. C) Verb. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 30. "But it is not in despair that I paint you that picture. I paint it for you in hope ..... because the nation, seeing and understanding the injustice in it, proposes to paint it out." A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Tone. D) Metaphor. 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