This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. King expresses his "grave disappointment" with which of the following groups? A) Liberals. B) White moderates. C) Conservatives. D) Teachers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White moderates. 2. A figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present and could reply A) Anecdote. B) Antidote. C) Apostrophe. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe. 3. Dr. King compares just and unjust laws in order to explain why African Americans- A) Have been afraid to protest laws. B) Are resentful of the judicial system. C) Have the right to break some laws. D) Are facing an unfair judicial system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have the right to break some laws. 4. Which of the following best describes the function of a rhetorical question in a speech? A) To gather audience feedback. B) To provoke thought without expecting an answer. C) To summarize the main points. D) To introduce a new argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To provoke thought without expecting an answer. 5. The use of humor, irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to criticize something or someone. A) Satire. B) Asyndeton. C) Litotes. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Satire. 6. The art of persuasion in writing and speech A) Creativity. B) Rhetoric. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Persuasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetoric. 7. The beans from Taco Bell are a vile, disgusting food that should never be consumed.What type of rhetoric is being used? A) Loaded Language. B) Elevated Language. C) Logical Appeal. D) Inductive Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loaded Language. 8. MLK's "I Have a Dream" ..... "We hold these truths to be self-evident:that all men are created equal." This quote is an allusion to what document? A) Declaration of Independence. B) Constitution. C) Bill of Rights. D) Emancipation Proclamation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Constitution. 9. "The other girl was black and fat and homely, and Carol was white and fat and homely" (110). This sentence is an example of A) Polysyndeton. B) Asyndeton. C) Parallelism. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polysyndeton. 10. What is the effect of using metaphors in 'I Have a Dream'? A) To confuse the audience. B) To create vivid imagery. C) To provide statistical evidence. D) To introduce humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To create vivid imagery. 11. What is the author's purpose in Patrick Henry's speech? A) To explain to the British that their presence was no longer needed. B) To warn the king that they were no longer going to follow his rules. C) To urge the colonists to pack their things and move west. D) To show the colonists that war with Britain was their only option. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To show the colonists that war with Britain was their only option. 12. Read this sentence from Patrick Henry's speech:I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience.What appeal does he primarily use here? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Simile. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 13. The ethical appeal that relies on the credibility of the speaker is: A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 14. Complete this sentence with parallelism:I have always enjoyed reading the book more than ..... A) Watches the movie. B) To watch the movie. C) Watching the movie. D) I watched the movie version. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Watching the movie. 15. Which appeals are connected to the rhetorical triangle? A) Ethos, Metaphor, and Simile. B) Ethos and pathos. C) Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. D) Aristotle, Plato and Socrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. 16. " ..... you've forgotten you're facing the single finest fighting force ever assembled." A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Simile. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 17. What is the primary purpose of the repetition in 'I Have a Dream'? A) To emphasize key points. B) To entertain the audience. C) To introduce new ideas. D) To confuse the listeners. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To emphasize key points. 18. The logos of an argument relates to A) The author's perspective. B) Tone. C) Valid reasons, facts, and reliable sources. D) Credibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Valid reasons, facts, and reliable sources. 19. "I have a dream that four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character" (King 5). This is an example of what rhetorical technique? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 20. The rhetorical technique of stating something again or slightly differently, especially more clearly or convincingly. A) Parallelism. B) Diction. C) Repetition. D) Restatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Restatement. 21. Which rhetorical device involves the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence to achieve an artistic effect? A) Metonymy. B) Anaphora. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 22. The arrangement of ideas in the second phrase or clause is a reversal of the first phrase or clause (A, B, B, A) A) Antimetabole. B) Anaphora. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antimetabole. 23. Live simply so that others might simply live. (Gandhi)This is an example of what? A) Anaphora. B) Chiasmus. C) Repetition. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chiasmus. 24. Repetition of initial consonant sound A) Oxymoron. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 25. What is the purpose of using ethos in rhetoric? A) To appeal to emotions. B) To establish credibility and trust. C) To create a sense of urgency. D) To provide logical reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To establish credibility and trust. ← 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