This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 33 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How do you define logos? A) An appeal to the reader's emotions. B) An appeal relying on the credibility of the speaker. C) The art of speaking and writing effectively. D) An appeal using logic, reason, data, statistics, and even science. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An appeal using logic, reason, data, statistics, and even science. 2. According to Kennedy, where do the rights of human beings come from? A) Philosophers. B) Nature. C) The Government. D) God. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) God. 3. I went walking with my friends to the pond to do some swimming. What rhetoric is being used here? A) Paralellism. B) Repetition. C) Deductive Argument. D) Inductive Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paralellism. 4. The act of effective or persuasive speaking or writing A) Rhetoric. B) Argument. C) Persuade. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetoric. 5. "In 25 years of driving the same route, I have not seen a single deer." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 6. Rhetorical Device retpetiotion at the end of a line to emphasize a particular idea A) Anaphora. B) Parallelism. C) Epistrophe. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epistrophe. 7. Question not asked for information but for the effect (not to be confused with HYPOPHORA) A) Rhetorical question. B) Syntactical question. C) Allusion question. D) Satirical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 8. If someone says, "Your phone is to you what a map is to a hiker, " what rhetorical device are they using? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Analogy. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 9. ..... is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. A) Repetition. B) Alliteration. C) Parallelism. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 10. The subject matter of Buck O'Neil's speech is ..... A) Honoring those supported the Negro Leagues. B) Fans of baseball. C) Listing all of his accomplishments. D) Honoring Americans in the 1930's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Honoring those supported the Negro Leagues. 11. An anecdote is primarily used in literature to: A) Provide a historical context. B) Introduce a new character. C) Illustrate a point or add credibility to an argument. D) Describe the setting in detail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Illustrate a point or add credibility to an argument. 12. How would they feel under such conditions? Being confined to a cold, cramped house. Having no freedom beyond the parlor and the kitchen. Watching others taste the sweet opportunities and savory powers that come with social and political choice. Suffering as others make decisions for you that rather harm than help. A) Logos. B) Pyros. C) Ethos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos. 13. It is what the writer hopes to accomplish or happen as a result of the writing. A) Exigence. B) Purpose. C) Appeals. D) Choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purpose. 14. Who was the intended audience? A) All Americans. B) Union soldiers, residents of Gettysburg, and loved ones of the deceased. C) The Confederacy. D) School students across America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Union soldiers, residents of Gettysburg, and loved ones of the deceased. 15. What is one way to appeal to pathos? A) By choosing language that has powerful rhythms. B) By drawing a conclusion that is based on specific circumstances. C) By including examples that are supported by solid sources. D) By using a structure that is easy for the audience to follow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By choosing language that has powerful rhythms. 16. A short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature. A) Anecdote. B) Paradox. C) Chiasmus. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 17. An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. "the movie is a ..... of the horror genre" A) Litotes. B) Comedic. C) Satire. D) Parody. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parody. 18. An appeal used to convince someone by creating an emotional response A) Pathos. B) Persuade. C) Reasoning. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 19. Choose the best answer:Have you ever wished you could contact all your friends at once? Wouldn't it be convenient to send a note to all your friends at the same time, instead of contacting each person individually? Download the FriendChat app for your smartphone today! In just minutes, you'll be able to send messages to all your friends simultaneously. For just $ 1.99, you can save yourself a lot of time! A) Inform. B) Explain. C) Entertain. D) Persuade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persuade. 20. When someone makes a literary, pop culture, musical, or other reference in a text/saying, it is called a(n) ..... A) Allusion. B) Syllogism. C) Paradox. D) Illusion. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 21. In his opening statement, King says he rarely answers criticisms, but he replies to this because A) Their actions were unwise and untimely. B) He believes them to be sincere and good. C) Their letter shows them to be extremist. D) He wants his letter to bring about change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He believes them to be sincere and good. 22. Who is responsible for conveying the intended message effectively to the audience? A) Audience. B) Subject. C) Context. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaker. 23. Which type of appeal may use children and animals to encourage a response? A) Logical. B) Emotional. C) Literal. D) Ethical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotional. 24. What is the purpose of Jargon? A) Used to stir emotions of the listener/reader. B) To signal expertise and knowledge and therefore establish credibility. C) To reinforce certain words and phrases, building emphasis with each one. D) Prompts thought and leads an audience to certain conclusions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To signal expertise and knowledge and therefore establish credibility. 25. The circumstances (like time, place, and occasion) that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea in a way that it can be fully understood and assessed. A) Text. B) Context. C) Allusions. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Context. 26. We are going to have to let you go ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Euphemism. C) Anaphora. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 27. Questions that are intended to have obvious answers, asked for effect A) Slogans and saws. B) Parallelism. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical questions. 28. Which is the appeal of ethics, especially, the credibility, authority, and trustworthiness of the speaker? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 29. Read the source of the allusion.In Roman mythology, Cupid is the god of love. He often shoots arrows at people to make them love each other.What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?I know I'm playing Cupid, but I think Bob and my cousin should spend more time together. A) Trying to make people fall in love. B) Sharing or expressing an unpopular point of view. C) Saying kind and pleasant things about people. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trying to make people fall in love. 30. Using language effectively to argue or persuade A) Syntax. B) Diction. C) Rhetoric. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetoric. ← 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