This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Parallelism For Rhetoric – Quiz 50 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parallelism For Rhetoric Quiz 50 (12 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This represents credibility or an ethical appeal which involves persuasion by the character involved. A) Credulity. B) Ethos. C) Characterization. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 2. In this mode of persuasion, the author convinces us with their track record or credibility. A) Logos. B) Credos. C) Ethos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 3. Which statement best defines a rhetorical question? A) A question asked to gather specific information. B) A question that requires a direct and immediate answer. C) A question asked to make a point, not to receive an answer. D) A question used to start a casual conversation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A question asked to make a point, not to receive an answer. 4. What is one reason that Thomas Paine brings up the opposing argument that the colonies have done well under British control? A) To create parallelism by showing how both sides are similar. B) To show the opposition that they agree on some things. C) To give the opponents a chance to explain their arguments. D) To create an opportunity to disprove the argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To create an opportunity to disprove the argument. 5. Putting two contrasting elements together that are so unlike that the effect is surprising, witty, or even startling. Example: "My only love sprung from my only hate." (Romeo and Juliet) A) Anaphora. B) Juxtaposition. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition. 6. The repeated use of a sentence structure to make a point. A) Repetition. B) Analogy. C) Parallelism. D) Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 7. What example of figurative language is represented in the quote below? "Because I could not stop for Death-He kindly stopped for me-The Carriage held but just Ourselves-And Immortality." - "Because I could not stop for Death, " Emily Dickinson A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 8. An assertion that requires evidence or support is called a: A) Claim. B) Purpose. C) Tone. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claim. 9. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: "The author's reference to 'the land of the free and the home of the brave' is an example of which rhetorical device?" A) Allusion. B) Analogy. C) Repetition. D) ParallelismTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 10. True or False:Figurative language throughout a text is a choice in diction. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. The following is an example of, "Hope for the best, prepare for the worst" A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Antithesis. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 12. "Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated." -Malala Yousafzai, 'Address to the United Nations Youth Assembly, ' July 20, 2013.This quote contains an example of ..... : A) Sibilance. B) Anaphora. C) Metaphor. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. ← PreviousRelated 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