This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Analysis – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 38 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the effect of Lewis contrasting political figures like Kennedy and Eastland in paragraph [5]? A) To highlight divisions within political parties on civil rights issues. B) To encourage the audience to support one political party over another. C) To show that politicians from opposing parties share the same views. D) To demonstrate that all political leaders are equally ineffective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To highlight divisions within political parties on civil rights issues. 2. To appeal to the audience's emotions. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Immediate Audience. D) Inductive Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 3. The goal of an Arch Statement is to ..... A) Identify the strategies that an author uses to achieve their purpose. B) Evaluate the effectiveness of an author's argument. C) Summarize the main ideas in a text. D) Explain your position in response to a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Identify the strategies that an author uses to achieve their purpose. 4. An opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward. A) Counterargument. B) Propaganda. C) Refutation. D) Occasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Counterargument. 5. What should you consider to understand how a text is influenced? A) The author's favorite color. B) The setting, purpose, and context. C) The number of pages. D) The font size. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The setting, purpose, and context. 6. Which rhetorical strategy uses emotional appeal to persuade? A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 7. Reasoning from General to Specific A) Deductive Reasoning. B) Inductive Reasoning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deductive Reasoning. 8. A short story told to illustrate a point A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Anecdote. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anecdote. 9. A trope that connects two contradictory terms A) Antithesis. B) Oxymoron. C) Pun. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 10. Why should you have a what and why in every topic sentence? A) To provide concrete evidence. B) To analyze the rhetorical choices. C) To create a strong thesis statement. D) To explain the effect of the choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To explain the effect of the choice. 11. In paragraph 2, the phrase "the chain of evil" is used primarily to: A) Compare pollution to the destruction of living tissues. B) Reiterate the writer's claim that chemicals are sinister. C) Concede that it will be years before the effects of pollution are realized. D) Appeal to the emotions of the audience. E) Offer a systematic pattern of logic to present factual information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeal to the emotions of the audience. 12. What rhetorical device is used in the phrase "of the people, by the people, for the people" ? A) Cumulative. B) Parenthetical. C) Antithesis. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 13. True or False:On the AP Exam you are required to include parenthetical citations on the rhetorical analysis essay. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. How does the phrase "the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity" in paragraph [9] shape the tone of the speech? A) It adds a tone of reconciliation and nonviolence. B) It establishes a tone of anger and frustration. C) It creates a tone of political defiance. D) It contributes to a tone of indifference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It adds a tone of reconciliation and nonviolence. 15. What does the first "C" in SPACECAT stand for? A) Caption. B) Context. C) Choices. D) Changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Context. 16. Which of the following best describes a tone that is "satirical" ? A) Serious and respectful. B) Humorous and critical. C) Angry and aggressive. D) Sad and melancholic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humorous and critical. 17. Reading the prompt is optional. You know to just analyze the passage. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. What type of thesis does FRQ #2 require? A) Closed Thesis. B) Open Thesis. C) A defensible thesis. D) You don't need one. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A defensible thesis. 19. To appeal to the audiences' sense of reason; the author makes clear, logical connections between ideas, and includes the use of facts and statistics; using historical and literal analogies to make an argument A) Appeal to emotion. B) Appeal to authority. C) Appeal to logic. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal to logic. 20. What is rhythm? A) A statement/claim that's exaggerated or not meant to be taken literally. B) A device that uses the long and short patterns through stressed & unstressed syllables. C) A logical self contradictory statement. D) A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A device that uses the long and short patterns through stressed & unstressed syllables. 21. The repetition of the same consonant sounds repeated in a group of words. A) Consonance. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. 22. The maximum score for the "Thesis" section in the rubric is (a) A) 0 points. B) 10 points. C) 60 points. D) A. 20 points. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 20 points. 23. What type of rhetorical appeals did Ms. D use to convince her audience that they new schedule is not ideal? A) She used emotional appeals. B) She outlined logical reasons. C) She used a counterargument. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She outlined logical reasons. 24. What does the term 'Occasion' refer to in a literary context? A) The time and place of a story. B) The general, political, social, or economic state of land during the time when the piece was written or delivered. C) The main character's motivation. D) The author's writing style. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The general, political, social, or economic state of land during the time when the piece was written or delivered. 25. Which of the following is NOT a rhetorical analysis verb? A) Cites. B) Enumerates. C) Describe. D) Refute. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Describe. 26. The genre or type of text (e.g., journal, editorial, letter, essay, poem, etc.) A) Ethos. B) Tone. C) Form. D) Arrangement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Form. 27. What is a good similarity percentage to have on Turnitin? A) 80-100%. B) 60-80%. C) 30-60%. D) <30%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) <30%. 28. Identify the rhetorical device used when the author describes the survivors' hope as "a flickering candle in the dark." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) HyperboleTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 29. What is the main focus of the body paragraphs in a rhetorical analysis? A) To provide a summary of the work's content and the author's intentions. B) To evaluate the effectiveness of the piece of communication and the strategies used to achieve its purpose. C) To compare the work with other similar pieces of communication. D) To express the writer's personal opinions and feelings about the work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To evaluate the effectiveness of the piece of communication and the strategies used to achieve its purpose. 30. What is the effect of using alliteration in a speech or composition? A) Repetition of the same letter at the beginning of adjacent words. B) Repetition of the same consonant sounds. C) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next. D) Repetition of vowel sounds between different consonants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition of the same letter at the beginning of adjacent words. ← 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