This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 31 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Presenting an idea as fact without any explanation. A) Assertion. B) Inclusive Language. C) Emotional Language. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assertion. 2. What purpose do paragraphs 21 and 22 serve? A) They provide evidence to support a claim. B) They develop an opposing claim. C) They add emotional appeal to a claim. D) They use parallelism to amplify a claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They provide evidence to support a claim. 3. An assertion of the truth of something A) Claim. B) Persuade. C) Evidence. D) Evaluate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claim. 4. As a literary device it is a metaphor in which a character, place or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences. A) Allegory. B) Metonymy. C) Syllogism. D) Invective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allegory. 5. Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause A) Anadiplosis. B) Antimetabole. C) Anaphora. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anadiplosis. 6. "It's time to take out the trash" is an example of a(n) A) Rhyme Scheme. B) Ethos. C) Genre. D) Analogy. E) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Metaphor. 7. A commercial that is showcasing the St. Jude's Foundation by playing sad music and showing sick kids is an example of which type of appeal? A) Pathos. B) Los Dos. C) Logos. D) Kairos. E) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 8. The circumstance or situation that prompts a piece of writing is called: A) Purpose. B) Exigence. C) Audience. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exigence. 9. What is the term for the credibility or ethical appeal that a speaker or writer brings to an argument? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 10. I must have cried a river after I broke up with my boyfriend! A) Ethos. B) Syntax. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 11. The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables. A) Parallelism. B) Analogy. C) Alliteration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 12. An exaggeration for the use of emphasis and is not taken literally A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Parallelism. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 13. An Ad for an animal shelter with a picture of a sick puppy A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 14. A method used in writing or speaking in which language is used to influence or persuade an audience. A) Syntax. B) Hyperbole. C) Parallelism. D) Rhetorical device. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical device. 15. A question asked to make a point, not necessarily to get an answer. A) Parallelism. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Logos. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Question. 16. "Once again, the heart of America is heavy. The spirit of America weeps for a tragedy that denies the very meaning of our land." ..... Lyndon Baines Johnson A) Euphemism. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 17. This rhetoric appeal uses logic A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 18. An ..... is a direct or indirect reference to something well known, such as a famous person, place, event, or literary work. A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Anecdote. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 19. Which of these would be an argument using pathos? A) Statistics about an athlete. B) Kobe Bryant promoting Call of Duty. C) A political poll about the economy. D) A picture of malnourished animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A picture of malnourished animals. 20. Who is doing the writing A) Writer. B) Context. C) Audience. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Writer. 21. All people who live in England have bad teeth. A) Analogy. B) Stereotyping. C) Anaphora. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stereotyping. 22. A claim made to rebut a previous claim is A) A counterclaim. B) Explicit. C) Logos. D) A thesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A counterclaim. 23. Which rhetorical term is characterized by the use of exaggeration for emphasis or effect? A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 24. Ethical appeal, , means to convince an audience of the author's credibility or expertise. A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Nodoze. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 25. What is the basis for King's argument against the idea that he is an outsider who came to Birmingham? A) He was born in Birmingham. B) He has organizational ties in Birmingham. C) He has many relatives in Birmingham. D) He went to college in Birmingham. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He has organizational ties in Birmingham. ← 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