This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 42 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Questions that don't require an actual answer that encourage the listener to reflect on what the implied answer to the question must be. A) Parallel Structure. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Anaphora. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Question. 2. The appeal to the emotions of an audience by creating an emotional response and connection to the argument made by the speaker. A) Speaker. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 3. Alliteration Definition: A) Two or more consonants are repeated, but the adjacent vowels differ. B) The repetition of identical or similar syntactic elements (word, phrase, clause). C) The same sound is repeated at the beginning of several words or stressed syllables in close proximity. D) The repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred in the beginning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two or more consonants are repeated, but the adjacent vowels differ. 4. The use of multiple times of the same word or phrase to emphasize key concepts. A) Rhetorical devices. B) Repetition. C) Charged language. D) Restatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 5. An argument that begins with the support and ends with the thesis or generalization is called A) An inductive argument. B) A deductive argument. C) An essay. D) A report. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An inductive argument. 6. Rhetorical Appealpersuading by appealing to the audience's emotion (emotional) A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 7. Which of the following sentences uses parallelism properly? A) "He likes hiking, swimming, and biking.". B) "He likes hiking, swimming, and to bike.". C) "He enjoys to hike, swimming, and biking.". D) "He enjoys hiking, swim, and biking.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "He likes hiking, swimming, and biking.". 8. This is Greek for "time" ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kairos. 9. "You'll make the right decision because you have something that not many people do:you have heart" is an example of which rhetorical appeal? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 10. According to Martin Luther King, Jr., why couldn't white Americans truly empathize with the demonstrators? A) They were mentally incapable. B) They tried, but were unsuccessful. C) They had never experienced the injustice. D) They were not legally allowed to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had never experienced the injustice. 11. The following sentence is an example of which rhetorical device?We stand indicted in the public opinion, rejected by men, hated by many. A) Repetition. B) Analogy. C) Parallelism. D) Restatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 12. Which sentence contains an example of personification? A) The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky. B) The thunder was a mighty lion's roar. C) Her smile was as bright as the sun. D) The leaves crunched underfoot like dry cereal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky. 13. Which rhetorical device is evident in the phrase 'Let freedom ring'? A) Personification. B) Irony. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 14. Writing, "I'm done. I'm done. I'M DONE!" consecutively is an example of ..... A) Repetition. B) Parallelism. C) Alliteration. D) Rhyming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 15. An extended metaphor or analogy of two strikingly different things A) Simile. B) Conceit. C) Parallelism. D) Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceit. 16. An ..... is a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is. A) Understatement. B) Euphemism. C) Jargon. D) Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understatement. 17. What is the purpose of using parallelism in rhetoric? A) To create a special effect with figurative language. B) To express ideas that are related or of equal importance and often to create rhythm. C) To make a larger point through a short narrative. D) To incorporate irony or humor by representing something as less than it actually is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To express ideas that are related or of equal importance and often to create rhythm. 18. Food at KFC tastes better than food at McDonalds!What type of persuasive rhetoric is this? A) Inductive Argument. B) Deductive Argument. C) Logical Appeal. D) Emotional Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deductive Argument. 19. A figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa (The word "suits" refers to businessmen) A) Syllogism. B) Simile. C) Synecdoche. D) Eponym. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synecdoche. 20. Define the roots:Frag/Fract A) Fragment. B) Flow. C) Break. D) Equal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Break. 21. "The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft buried with their bones." What does this quote mean? A) People are remembered more for their bad deeds than the good ones. B) Only the good die young. C) Power corrupts absolutely. D) Cobra Kai Never Dies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People are remembered more for their bad deeds than the good ones. 22. Which of the three appeals is present in the following: "I cannot believe how much love people have shown me. I have received thousands of good wish cards and gifts from all over the world. Thank you to all of them. Thank you to the children whose innocent words encouraged me. Thank you to my elders whose prayers strengthened me." A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 23. Compares two things by stating one is the other-The eyes are the windows of the soul. A) Parallelism. B) Metaphor. C) Juxtaposition. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 24. A commercial that attempts to pull at your heart-strings to persuade you to buy their product is an example of which rhetorical appeal? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 25. Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure; a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences. A) Anaphora. B) Antithesis. C) Apostrophe. D) Asyndeton. 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