This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They say he's closed the eyes of many a man and opened the eyes of many a woman. A) Anaphora. B) Assonance. C) Antithesis. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 2. Term for convincing others of the character or credibility of the persuader A) Pathos. B) Anecdote. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos. 3. What is the suggested length of time for the rhetorical analysis essay? A) 40 minutes. B) 30 minutes. C) 2 hours and 15 minutes. D) 1 hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 40 minutes. 4. The form of argumentative/persuasive appeal that is based on authority or credibility. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 5. What is the rhetorical element that uses emotional persuasion? A) Delta. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 6. "As I said before, I never repeat myself" is an example of A) Rhetorical Question. B) Parallelism. C) Paradox. D) Asterismos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 7. Convincing by the character and/or the credibility of the author; calls forth the audiences sense of what is right and just. A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 8. When writing a rhetorical analysis essay, why might it be helpful to first write about the beginning of the text, then the middle, and then the end? A) This approach will help me ensure that I do not run out of time when I'm writing my essay. B) This approach will help me ensure that I develop a clear line of reasoning. C) This approach will help me ensure that I develop a clear argument. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This approach will help me ensure that I develop a clear line of reasoning. 9. What is the term for a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance? A) Allusion. B) Allegory. C) Analogy. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 10. Which of the following sentences demonstrates parallelism? A) She was quick, efficient, and had a keen eye for detail. B) The team was excited, joyful, and full of energy. C) He likes to run, to swim, and biking. D) They were looking for a new house, considering a mortgage, and thinking about the neighborhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The team was excited, joyful, and full of energy. 11. What term matches the example?A lawyer who presents evidence and uses logical arguments to support their case in court A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 12. What is the rhetoric? A) The underlying message or big idea of a talk, book, film or other work. B) The art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people. C) Language characterized by figures of speech (e.g., metaphor, symbolism). D) The author's attitude toward a topic or subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people. 13. Follow the crows because others are doing so and since everyone is doing it, they will be left out if they do not A) Bandwagon. B) Cherry picking. C) Ad hominem. D) Plain folks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bandwagon. 14. Read this excerpt from a student election speech:My two years of experience as your vice president, my tireless commitment to the students of this school, and my willingness to be your voice and represent you when meeting with the school authorities make me the ideal candidate for senior class president.Which of these rhetorical devices is most clearly used here? A) Pathos. B) Inductive reasoning. C) Ethos. D) Author's purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 15. Convincing others of a stated opinion or belief A) Persuasive Writing. B) Logical Fallacies. C) Parallelism. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persuasive Writing. 16. ..... are the persuasive strategy of addressing and criticizing an opposing view. A) Assertions. B) Understatements. C) Attacks. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attacks. 17. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words"This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent" A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 18. Doctors agree that flossing is beneficial for your teeth. What type of rhetoric is being used here? A) Logical Appeal. B) Emotional Appeal. C) Ethical Appeal. D) Dr.'s are always right. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logical Appeal. 19. The way(s) in which a speaker arranges his or her speech A) Speech Structure. B) Parallel Structure. C) Rhetoric. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speech Structure. 20. Name of a legend or real person that writers associate with some other person, object, institution or thing. Pickwickian from "Pickwick Papers" A) Metonymy. B) Institutionalization. C) Eponym. D) Persona. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eponym. 21. "Hope is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soul, And sings the tune-without the words, And never stops at all, "-Emily Dickinson A) Anaphora. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Extended Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extended Metaphor. 22. Pick the best rhetorical device that is used in the passage. "Five score years ago a great American in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation." A) Alliteration. B) Nostalgia. C) Allusion. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 23. The listener, viewer or reader of a text. A) Speaker. B) Audience. C) Subject. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audience. 24. "Unique" is an example of what? A) Positive Connotation. B) Negative Connotation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive Connotation. 25. A question asked to make a point is which of the following rhetorical devices? A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Rhetoric. D) Rhetorical Question. 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