This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 11 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "You will never be satisfied in life if you don't seize this opportunity. Do you really want to live the rest of your years regretting, wondering what would have happened if you just jumped when you had the chance? Don't you want to be happy?" A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 2. Repetition of initial sounds of words like a tongue twister. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Rhetoric. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 3. MLK's "I Have a Dream" ..... When King says "And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom, " he means that ..... A) They cannot removed from the Lincoln Memorial and are stuck there. B) Whites present at the demonstration understand that freedom cannot be separated between races. C) Americans cannot get out of freedom. D) The demonstrators have had a realization about the meaning of freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whites present at the demonstration understand that freedom cannot be separated between races. 4. Rhetorical devices are used to appeal to ethos, logos, or pathos. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Which rhetorical device refers to the repetition of a grammatical pattern within or across multiple sentences? A) Meiosis (understatement). B) Rhetorical question. C) Parallel structure (or "parallelism"). D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallel structure (or "parallelism"). 6. When Emma Watson says, "For the record, feminism by definition is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of political, economic and social equality of the sexes" (Watson), she is using what rhetorical appeal? A) A definition. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 7. ..... is general statement about a group of people or things that is based on only a few people or things in that group. A) Assertion. B) Generalization. C) Bias. D) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generalization. 8. What does it mean to persuade someone? A) The convince them of something. B) The explain what something is. C) To delight and entertain someone. D) To debate with someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The convince them of something. 9. Uses words or phrases with a similar structure-I went to the store, parked the car and bought a pizza. A) Parallelism. B) Imagery. C) Similarities. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 10. Words that have different positive meanings for individual people but are linked to highly value concepts A) Ad hominem. B) Cherry picking. C) Plain folks. D) Virtue words/glittering generality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Virtue words/glittering generality. 11. What term describes the specific group of individuals targeted by the rhetor as the recipients of the message? A) Exigence. B) Context. C) Audience. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audience. 12. Using the word "you" is using what point of view? A) 1st person. B) 2nd person. C) 3rd person. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2nd person. 13. This is an example of, "I feel pretty in the summer, I feel pretty in the winter, I feel pretty in the fall, I feel pretty in the spring." A) Allusion. B) Parallelism. C) Metaphor. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 14. A speaker or writer raises a question and then immediately answers it A) Hypophora. B) Satire. C) Asyndeton. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypophora. 15. The appeal to the audience's emotions. Example: "Choose our security system because no price is too high for peace of mind." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 16. Calling something to mind without mentioning it directly A) Anecdote. B) Allusion. C) Tone. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 17. The overall attitude of a writer toward their subject is known as: A) Purpose. B) Diction. C) Tone. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 18. An appeal to logic and reason is called A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 19. Which rhetorical device involves the use of a part to represent the whole? A) Metonymy. B) Synecdoche. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synecdoche. 20. Which of the following best indicates that a writer is biased, or in favor of a particular side? A) A one-sided presentation. B) An objective tone. C) The presentation of all relevant facts. D) Emotionally neutral language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A one-sided presentation. 21. What term describes the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing? A) Syntax. B) Rhetoric. C) Diction. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetoric. 22. The appeal to character and credibility of the author. Example: "As a doctor, I am best qualified to recommend the right treatment." A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 23. Placing two things/concepts close together for contrasting effect. A) Juxtaposition. B) Comparison. C) Repetition. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition. 24. I love you to the moon and back ..... A) Anaphora. B) Polysyndeton. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 25. An advertisement that uses ..... will try to get you to see the company as reliable, honest and credible (you can trust them). A) Crediblos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. ← 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