This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which rhetorical device is used? A) Parallelism. B) Analogy. C) Repetition. D) Restatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 2. In his inaugural address, what power does Kennedy say humans have for helping others in today's world? A) The power to eliminate poverty. B) The power to agree on all matters. C) The power to end all war. D) The power to explore space. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The power to eliminate poverty. 3. The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. The difference between what appears to be and what actually is true. A) Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Situational Irony. D) Dramatic Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 4. The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form"a state sweltering with the heat of injustice" A) Vernacular. B) Personification. C) Propaganda. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 5. The topic of the text. What the text is about. A) Purpose. B) Rhetorical Situation. C) Subject. D) Constraints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject. 6. ..... is a mild or pleasant term used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one. A) Euphemism. B) Jargon. C) Attacks. D) Loaded words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 7. A rhetorical device that uses a part of something to represent the whole or the whole to represent a part A) Synecdoche. B) Metonymy. C) Irony. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synecdoche. 8. Read this sentence from Common Sense:The more men have to lose, the less willing are they to venture.What rhetorical strategy is Thomas Paine most clearly using in this line? A) Personification. B) Parallelism. C) Credibility. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 9. In the letter, who does Dr. King identify his ideas with to acknowledge the improtance of his movement as well as his own importance to that movement? A) Great religious figures. B) Political leaders. C) Men who suffered because of their convictions. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 10. An assertion open to challenge; What the author/speaker is trying to convince their audience is true A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Rhetoric. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claim. 11. Which word means "a comparison of two unlike things?" A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Symbolism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. What is the meaning of persuasion? A) To convince someone to change their beliefs or take action. B) To become a philosopher. C) To speak to a group of people. D) To sell insurance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To convince someone to change their beliefs or take action. 13. The speaker is perceived as having credibility A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 14. Which of the following is NOT a part of the rhetorical triangle? A) Audience. B) Lesson. C) Speaker. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lesson. 15. Rhetorical Devicea statement that expresses the opposite of the literal meaning of the words ..... often used for humorous or sarcastic effect. A) Understatement. B) Rhetorical question. C) Verbal irony. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal irony. 16. Desire to return in the thought or fact to a former time A) Logical Reasoning. B) Rhetoric. C) Alliteration. D) Nostalgia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nostalgia. 17. ..... exists when someone knowingly exaggerates or says one thing but means another. A) Situational. B) Verbal. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal. 18. The way the author feels about a subject. A) Tone. B) Repetition. C) Ethos. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 19. The context of Gehrig's speech would like the following: A) Sports fans. B) World War II. C) 1939, Yankee Stadium, farewell speech, July 4. D) His wife, the managers, mother-in-law, groundskeepers etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1939, Yankee Stadium, farewell speech, July 4. 20. In his letter from Birmingham City Jail, what does King describe as the problem that he and the protesters have been fighting? A) Segregation. B) Justice. C) Freedom. D) Nonviolence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Segregation. 21. Tricks you can use to make your language more memorable and powerful are called ..... A) Resorting Tactics. B) Rightful Passage. C) Rhetorical Devices. D) Resonating Devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Devices. 22. A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification. A) Comparison. B) Simile. C) Analogy. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 23. A brief reference to a famous person or event-often from literature, history, Greek mythology, or the Bible. Can help to simplify complex ideas. Example: "He was a real Romeo with the ladies." A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 24. What is the best definition for hyperbole? A) A question that has an obvious answer, only used to further an argument. B) Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. C) Comparing two unlike things for emphasis. D) Repeating a word or phrase for emphasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. 25. The common people adored Caesar because he A) Was a kind and gentle ruler. B) Brought more money and land to Rome. C) Was considered one of their best athletes. D) Married the Roman Countess. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brought more money and land to Rome. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesParallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 1Parallelism 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 9Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books