This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 36 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word means "giving something human-like characteristics?" A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Parallelism. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 2. The art of persuasion/ manipulation is also known as A) Allusion. B) Rhetoric. C) Anaphora. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetoric. 3. A type of figurative language in which two unlike things are compared using like, as, than, or resembles. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Consonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 4. A figure of reasoning in which one or more questions is/are asked and then answered, often at length, by one and the same speaker; raising and responding to one's own question(s). A common usage is to ask the question at the beginning of a paragraph and then use the paragraph to answer it. A) Hyperbole. B) Hypophora. C) Imagery. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypophora. 5. Which of the following is an example of asyndeton? A) "The dinner was so good; I ate the chicken, and the salad, and the turkey ". B) "Veni, vidi, vici". C) "The land was ours before we were the land". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Veni, vidi, vici". 6. In war the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor. A) Diction. B) Parallelism. C) Asyndeton. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 7. What device involves saying one thing but meaning the opposite? A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Irony. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 8. An appeal to logic is ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 9. Which types of evidence are NOT CONSIDERED second-hand? A) Historical information. B) Personal experience. C) Research data. D) Expert opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personal experience. 10. Rhetorical appeals are also known as A) Aristotelian appeals. B) Sophoclean appeals. C) Argument appeals. D) Discussion appeals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotelian appeals. 11. In his inaugural address, what argument does Kennedy use to invite opposing nations to work with the United States? A) If they work with the United States, their citizens will enjoy advances in education. B) If they work with the United States, they will become a democracy. C) If they work with the United States, they will become wealthier nations. D) If they work with the United States, there is a better chancefor peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If they work with the United States, there is a better chancefor peace. 12. Angry I am, happy I am not! A) Parallelism. B) Syntax. C) Alliteration. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Syntax. 13. Henry ends his speech with which device? "I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" A) Anaphora. B) Metaphor. C) Parallelism. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 14. In an appeal to ethics, this argument is used as a means of convincing an audience via the authority or credibility of the persuader, be it a notable or experienced figure in the field or even a popular celebrity A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 15. What is the following an example of:the structure of an atom is like a solar system. The nucleus is the sun and the electrons are the planets. A) Personification. B) Analogy. C) Hyperbole. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analogy. 16. What rhetorical device is a short narrative that relates an interesting or amusing incident, usually in order to make a larger point A) Analogy. B) Anecdote. C) Juxatoposition. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdote. 17. How is a simile characterized? A) It directly states one thing is another. B) It compares two objects without using "like" or "as" . C) It compares two objects using "like" or "as" . D) It refers to a well-known event or person. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It compares two objects using "like" or "as" . 18. What are techniques used in language in order to convey a point or influence an audience? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 19. How does repetition affect the tone of a piece of writing? A) It generally makes the tone more humorous. B) It can add emphasis and intensity to the tone. C) It usually makes the tone more formal. D) It has no effect on the tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It can add emphasis and intensity to the tone. 20. A figure in which the words in the first phrase or clause are replicated in exactly or closely in reverse grammatical order A) Anadiplosis. B) Anaphora. C) Analogy. D) Antimetabole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antimetabole. 21. "That spider was the size of a horse." A) Litotes. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 22. What was the speaker's message of "The Gettysburg Address?" A) Legally give slaves freedom. B) Unify the the nation and keep our country whole. C) Give slaves equal rights. D) Dedicate the cemetary and encourage the nation to keep fighting the civil war. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dedicate the cemetary and encourage the nation to keep fighting the civil war. 23. It rained on his lousy tombstone, and it rained on the grass on his stomach. It rained all over the place. A) Anaphora. B) Metonymy. C) Personification. D) Synchysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 24. Exigence is ..... A) A reader of group of readers capable of acting on this exigence. B) What the author intends for the reader(s) to do while and after they read the text. C) A gap, a need, a lack, something that needs doing. The cause for an author to write. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A gap, a need, a lack, something that needs doing. The cause for an author to write. 25. What example of figurative language is represented in the quote below? "Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail." -A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. 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