This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 32 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Stay south of Sixth Street" is an example of ..... A) Juxtaposition. B) Alliteration. C) Anaphora. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 2. "a just America, a fair America, an inclusive America, a generous America" -Is an example of? A) Rhetorical Question. B) Imagery. C) Logos. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 3. A coherent series of reasons, statements, or facts intended to support or establish a point of view is called A) Democracy. B) An argument. C) An essay. D) A story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An argument. 4. "Better men than us have fought and died to preserve this great nation. Now it's our turn to return the favor. For God and for the homeland, gentlemen!" A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 5. "better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n" John Milton A) Antithesis. B) Anaphora. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antithesis. 6. He refuses to donate money to charity. He is a miser.This statement is a(n) ..... A) Allusion. B) Juxtaposition. C) Simile. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 7. A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Oxymoron. C) Paradox. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 8. Lincoln's short speech begins, famously, with the words "Four score and seven years ago." This is an example of what rhetorical device? A) Repetition. B) Loaded words. C) Allusion. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 9. "Loaded Language" is rhetoric used to influence an audience by using words and phrases with strong connotations. A) Personification. B) Charged Language. C) Analogy. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charged Language. 10. A rhetorical precis differs from a summary because ..... A) A rhetorical precis includes analysis of purpose and audience, whereas a summary does not. B) A rhetorical precis is longer than a summary. C) A rhetorical precis only summarizes the main points. D) A rhetorical precis is written in first person, while a summary is not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A rhetorical precis includes analysis of purpose and audience, whereas a summary does not. 11. "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers." A) Polysydeton. B) Anaphora. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polysydeton. 12. Which of the following is an appeal to logic and reasoning? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 13. What rhetorical device is present:"Their right to live in peace.Their right to be treated with dignity.Their right to equality of opportunity." A) Anaphora. B) Asyndeton. C) Parallelism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 14. The living dead A) Oxymoron. B) Analogy. C) Parallelism. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 15. Device? "A time to be born, a time to die, a time to plant, a time to reap, a time to laugh, a time to weep." The Byrds (1965). A) Analogy. B) Epistrophe. C) Anaphora. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 16. Use of words that sound like the thing they stand for ..... A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 17. Evaluate the emotional appeal in the following statement: "Imagine a world where children can play outside without fear of pollution. This is the future we can create together." A) The statement uses logos to appeal to logic. B) The statement uses ethos to establish credibility. C) The statement uses pathos to appeal to emotions. D) The statement uses analogy to compare two situations.TagsDOK Level 2:Skill/Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The statement uses pathos to appeal to emotions. 18. Which of these remarks from John F. Kennedy's inaugural address uses parallelism (repetition of grammatical components/structures)? A) All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. B) North and South, East and West. C) We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. D) We dare not forget today. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North and South, East and West. 19. What is one reason Thomas Paine believes that the youth of the colonies is an advantage against Britain? A) Because younger nations always take over older nations. B) Because Britain's age has made its citizens jaded. C) Because older nations like Britain have less to lose. D) Because their youth lends itself to vigor and unity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because their youth lends itself to vigor and unity. 20. "Oprah Winfrey has created a "No Phone Zone!" campaign against texting & driving."This is an example of ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 21. Black bugs bleed black blood. A) Syntax. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 22. Which rhetorical elements does Dr. King use in the following quote from the speech?"I have a dream that one day my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." A) Emotional appeal. B) Parallelism. C) Alliteration. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 23. How did this idiot get elected? A) Analogy. B) Rhetorical question. C) Epistrophe. D) Polysyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical question. 24. Combining differing ideas in the same sentence; also opposites ..... A) Personification. B) Contrast. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Climax ordering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contrast. 25. A reference in literature to a familiar person, place, thing, or event. A) Consonance. B) Analogy. C) Allusion. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. ← 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