This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Analysis – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 29 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the 'A' in SPACE CAT represent? A) Action. B) Appeals. C) Attitude. D) Analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeals. 2. What does trope focus on? A) The significance of sentence structure (syntax). B) The significance of pathos. C) The significance of word choice (diction). D) The significance of logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The significance of word choice (diction). 3. During what activities were the persuasive language techniques used? A) Religious ceremonies. B) Legal debates and trials. C) Military strategies. D) Agricultural practices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legal debates and trials. 4. In the "I Have a Dream" speech, Martin Luther King Jr. appeals to the audience's emotions when he says: A) "Let freedom ring!". B) "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted.". C) "We are fighting for justice.". D) "I have a dream that one day all men are equal.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted.". 5. Martin Luther King Jr. uses a rhetorical question in his speech to: A) Ask the audience for their opinion. B) Make the audience think about when they will act for justice. C) Answer a question. D) End his speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make the audience think about when they will act for justice. 6. What award did President Obama give John Lewis? A) Purple Heart. B) Presidential Medal of Freedom. C) National Medal of Science. D) National Intelligence Cross. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Presidential Medal of Freedom. 7. Rhetorical strategy in which contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences. A) Antithesis. B) Imagery. C) Parallelism. D) Polysyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antithesis. 8. What strategic reasoning does Chisholm use to argue that the "business of America is war" ? A) She believes that war is the only way to boost the economy. B) She argues that excessive defense spending prioritizes war over domestic welfare. C) She thinks that war is necessary for maintaining global dominance. D) She wants to increase defense spending to support the military-industrial complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She argues that excessive defense spending prioritizes war over domestic welfare. 9. Which device do you see in this sentence?"On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous." A) Rhetorical Question. B) Symbol. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 10. Identify the following appeal: "Instagram is a valuable way to share happy memories and stay connected with people who live far away." Mark only one oval. A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 11. What should you put in the conclusion of a rhetorical analysis essay? A) All of these. B) Significance of the rhetorical strategies. C) Level of effectiveness of the strategies on message & aud. D) Short explanation of the main points. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of these. 12. Why does the tone shift in The Declaration of Independence? A) There is a change of author. B) There is a change of topic/subject. C) There is a change of opinion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There is a change of topic/subject. 13. Evaluate the effectiveness of Antony's emotional appeal when he shows Caesar's wounds to the crowd. A) It fails to move the audience. B) It incites anger and sympathy in the crowd. C) It confuses the audience. D) It makes the audience laugh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It incites anger and sympathy in the crowd. 14. Evaluate the effectiveness of the author's argument about the role of hope in survival in Chapter 7 of "Alive." Is it convincing? A) Yes, the author provides compelling examples and evidence. B) No, the argument is based on assumptions. C) Yes, but the evidence is not directly related. D) No, the argument is too abstract.TagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, the author provides compelling examples and evidence. 15. Exercise contributes to better health. Yoga is a form of exercise. Yoga contributes to better health. What type of reasoning is this? A) Deductive Reasoning. B) Inductive Reasoning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deductive Reasoning. 16. A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding to the contrasting or opposing argument A) Concession. B) Claim. C) Occasion. D) Refutation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concession. 17. The writer's attitude toward his/her subject. A) Form. B) Tone. C) Ethos. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 18. For the Rhetorical Analysis essay, the thesis usually A) Answers the abstract question in the prompt. B) Addresses the author's purpose. C) Summarizes the rhetorical situation. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Answers the abstract question in the prompt. 19. What is the purpose of the Salt March mentioned in the prompt? A) To protest Britain's colonial monopoly and taxation of salt. B) To gain independence from Britain. C) To present a case to Lord Irwin. D) To trigger a larger civil disobedience movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To protest Britain's colonial monopoly and taxation of salt. 20. What does "Exigence" mean according to the diagram? A) The immediate need to deliver the message. B) The intended audience of the message. C) The circumstances surrounding the argument. D) The reason why the speaker is sending the message. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The immediate need to deliver the message. 21. Similar consonant sounds repeated in successive or proximate words. Mark only one oval. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonance. 22. What is Hertzberg's key critique of Hirsch's 5, 000-item list? A) It is too scientific and math-heavy. B) It ignores U.S. history. C) It produces 'more fragmentation, ' held together mainly by alphabetical order. D) It is too difficult for K-6 students. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It produces 'more fragmentation, ' held together mainly by alphabetical order. 23. Logical Appeal. A strategy in which a writer uses facts, evidence and reason to make audience members accept a claim. A) Ethos. B) Tone shift. C) Rhetoric. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logos. 24. Understanding logical reasoning is essential for which rhetorical strategy? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 25. Which of the following statements BEST improves this statement: "the speaker's use of pathos affects their argument" A) The speaker uses pathos to enhance their argument. B) The speaker appeals to emotions by sharing heartwarming stories that evoke empathy and support for their cause. C) The speaker uses pathos to support their claims with charged language. D) The speaker uses pathos to connect with the audience's emotions and depth of feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker appeals to emotions by sharing heartwarming stories that evoke empathy and support for their cause. 26. What is the purpose of using imagery in rhetoric? A) To create vivid and descriptive language that appeals to the senses, enhancing the emotional impact of the message. B) To simplify complex ideas and make them easier to understand. C) To provide statistical evidence and support for arguments. D) To confuse the audience and distract from the main point. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To create vivid and descriptive language that appeals to the senses, enhancing the emotional impact of the message. 27. The opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite. often presented within a parallel structure.Example: "Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice." (from Hamlet) A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Antithesis. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 28. True or False:When you identify pathos, you need to identify WHICH emotion it is appealing to A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next? A) Chiasmus. B) Anaphora. C) Metaphor. D) Anadiplosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anadiplosis. 30. An audience that is not physically present, but that is affected by the speaker's message. A) Immediate Audience. B) Syllogism. C) Qualifers. D) Mediated Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mediated Audience. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesRhetorical Analysis Quiz 1Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 2Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 3Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 4Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 5Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 6Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 7Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 8Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books