This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 46 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 46 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A device used to produce figurative language A) Cell phone. B) Essay template. C) Figure of speech. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figure of speech. 2. A question asked that does not require an answer, but makes the audience think. A) Deep Question. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Restating Question. D) Reporting Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Question. 3. The substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant A) Euphemism. B) Juxtaposition. C) Parallelism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 4. In the context of 'I Have a Dream', what does the 'table of brotherhood' symbolize? A) A literal table. B) Unity and equality. C) A place for negotiation. D) A historical reference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unity and equality. 5. It is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first sound, occur close together in a series. A) Anaphora. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 6. How did Dr. King appeal to his audience? A) He compared them to children. B) He appealed to their sense of justice, fair play, and patriotism. C) He reminded them of the homeland from which they have come. D) He made them angry about their history by repeatedly referring to slavery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He appealed to their sense of justice, fair play, and patriotism. 7. The use of Parallelism in writing serves to do all of the following except A) Give rhythm to the writing. B) Emphasize the writer's point of view. C) Separate facts from fiction. D) Get the reader's attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Separate facts from fiction. 8. Lincoln said the soldiers had consecrated the land meaning A) They won the war here. B) They made it a sacred site. C) Defeated the Confederacy. D) Destroyed the Union. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They made it a sacred site. 9. Three items in a list or used in parallel structure for emphasis A) Tricolon. B) Simile. C) Irony. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tricolon. 10. A logical argument (often a fallacy) that attempts to convince the audience thatthey have no other choice but to accept the writer's or speaker's views A) Last ditch effort. B) Last resort. C) Last chance. D) Final statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Last resort. 11. Choose the correct word for the definition of term:Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences A) Antithesis. B) Allusion. C) Anaphora. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 12. Where is "I Have a Dream" delivered? A) Kennedy Space Center. B) Golden Gate Bridge. C) Lincoln Memorial. D) Museum of Tolerance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lincoln Memorial. 13. This strategy attempts to make the audience think about the argument in a very straight-forward and logical manner. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 14. Audience is ..... A) A reader or 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: A) A reader or group of readers capable of acting on this exigence. 15. "Our mission is at once the oldest and most basic of this country:to right wrong, to do justice, to serve man." A) Pathos. B) Anaphora. C) Parallelism. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 16. The young married couple thought their life was perfect; to them, it was life in the Garden of Eden. A) Juxtaposition. B) Parallelism. C) Simile. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 17. Which rhetorical device does Dr. King use in 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' to emphasize the urgency of the civil rights movement? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Anaphora. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 18. Rhetorical Devicecomparison of two unlike things A) Metaphor. B) Oxymoron. C) Anaphora. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 19. Read the sentence from paragraph 6. Based on context in this sentence and the paragraph, what is the meaning of gainsaying? A) Explaining. B) Concealing. C) Contradicting. D) Resolving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contradicting. 20. The opposite of anaphora that involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences. A) Apostrphe. B) Epistrophe. C) Euphemism. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epistrophe. 21. Which of the following rhetorical devices expressed the same idea in different words in order to clarify and stress key points? A) Parallelism. B) Restatement. C) Repetition. D) Emphasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restatement. 22. Inferring that claims are true for most people or the majority. A) Generalisation. B) Bias. C) Rule of three. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generalisation. 23. The ART of effective or persuasive speaking and writing is called A) Rhetoric. B) Thesis. C) Inference. D) Fallacious reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetoric. 24. Why is it important to unpack the background information provided in a rhetorical analysis prompt? A) To understand the reader's possible biases and the historical, political, and cultural context of the text. B) To understand the author's spark of inspiration for writing the text in the first place. C) To understand the author's possible biases and the historical, political, and cultural context of the text. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To understand the author's possible biases and the historical, political, and cultural context of the text. 25. An obvious, intended exaggeration. Example: "His snores were louder than a freight train, " or, "I've told you a million times." A) Alliteration. B) Juxtaposition. C) Understatement. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. ← 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