This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is parallelism in rhetoric? A) The use of contrasting ideas in a sentence. B) The repeated use of a word or phrase. C) The repeated use of a sentence structure. D) A reference to a historical event. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The repeated use of a sentence structure. 2. What is the term for a logical fallacy that involves attacking the person making an argument rather than the argument itself? A) Ad Hominem. B) Straw Man. C) Slippery Slope. D) Red Herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ad Hominem. 3. What is the primary purpose of using logos in "Letter from Birmingham Jail" ? A) To stir the reader's emotions. B) To establish the moral high ground. C) To appeal to the reader's logical reasoning and sense of justice. D) To demonstrate the historical significance of the civil rights movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To appeal to the reader's logical reasoning and sense of justice. 4. What is the rhetorical device used when a speaker asks a question and then immediately answers it? A) Hypophora. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Antithesis. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypophora. 5. Author's attitude toward a subject A) Exposition. B) Tone. C) Connotation. D) Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 6. The construction of sentences; the arrangement of words in sentences A) Voice. B) Connotation. C) Logos. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Syntax. 7. What is implied by a word (often quite different from the word's actual meaning) Example:The word "homework" always has a negative connotation. A) Allusion. B) Connotation. C) Alliteration. D) Perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 8. Spoken or written language used to persuade A) Ethos. B) Rhetoric. C) Pathos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetoric. 9. A comparison between two unlike things using like or as. A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Parallelism. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 10. Which fallacy is it when the speaker distracts the audience from the issue and never answers the actual question? A) Circular reasoning. B) Ad hominem. C) Red herring. D) Two wrongs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red herring. 11. "After years of this kind of disrespect from your boss, countless wasted hours, missed birthdays ..... it's time for you to take a stand." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 12. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury:we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery ..... We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut." ..... Which type of appeal is being used here? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 13. How many years are in a score? A) 10. B) 20. C) 25. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20. 14. A contrast of ideas and words written in a balanced or parallel construction. A) Antithesis. B) Antimetabole. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antithesis. 15. The context in which a writer or speaker is trying to communicate their message A) Rhetorical situation. B) Rhetoric. C) Persuasion. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical situation. 16. What rhetorical device does Dr. King use when he states, 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere'? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Antithesis. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 17. A deliberate and extreme exaggeration of a person, thing, quality, or event to emphasize a point. A) Understatement. B) Hyperbole. C) Antimetabole. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 18. Metaphor is ..... A) A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense, but upon closer inspection or thought contains some degree of truth or validity. B) A self-contradictory combination of words or smaller verbal units. C) A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things. 19. Saying "I'm lucky" several times at the beginning of many paragraphs is an example of ..... A) Repetition. B) Parallelism. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 20. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. A) Logos (Appeal to Logic). B) Pathos (Appeal to Emotion). C) Ethos (Appeal to Ethics). D) Kairos (Appeal to Seizing the Right Moment). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kairos (Appeal to Seizing the Right Moment). 21. "What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured." -Kurt Vonnegut A) Anaphora. B) Imagery. C) Hypophora. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypophora. 22. This is repetition found at the end of a line and is found in successive phrases, clauses, sentences A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Expletive. D) Epizeuxis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epistrophe. 23. Which of the following sentences does NOT demonstrate parallelism? A) She loved singing, dancing, and painting. B) He wanted to go home, to sleep, and eat. C) They searched high and low, far and wide, here and there. D) The dog ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and was hiding in the alley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The dog ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and was hiding in the alley. 24. This ground, Lincoln says, has been "consecrated" by the "men ..... who struggled here." What is the meaning of consecrated? A) Empty, containing a deep space. B) Soaked in blood. C) Made sacred. D) Desecrated, violated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Made sacred. 25. "You're not buying a used car, you are purchasing a pre-enjoyed or pre-loved vehicle." A) Analogy. B) Euphemism. C) Oxymoron. D) Flattery. 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