This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Analysis – Quiz 51 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Analysis Quiz 51 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the audiences' relation to the subject of the text? A) People who read the text can relate to the subject. B) Everyone lies and can easily connect with this topic. C) The audience can connect with humor. D) The audience can connect with disliking people in history. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everyone lies and can easily connect with this topic. 2. When the writer/speaker appeals to the feelings of the reader; drawing pity from an audience; inspiring anger from an audience, etc A) Repetition. B) Rhetorical question. C) Logos or logical persuasion. D) Pathos or emotional persuasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos or emotional persuasion. 3. According to Kornfield's second chapter, the purpose of rhetorical analysis is to: A) Summarize what the author said. B) Examine how a message persuades its audience. C) Evaluate only grammar and style. D) Memorize the speech or text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Examine how a message persuades its audience. 4. Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of a phrase for emphasis? A) Simile. B) Chiasmus. C) Anaphora. D) Anadiplosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 5. What Brand are they Apart Of? A) Nike. B) Adiddas. C) PUMA. D) New Balance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nike. 6. What is the purpose of the conclusion in a rhetorical analysis? A) To introduce new evidence and arguments not previously discussed. B) To reiterate whether the piece of communication accomplished its intended purpose and to answer "So what?" and "What next?" questions. C) To provide a detailed biography of the speaker or writer of the original work. D) To list all the rhetorical devices found in the work without explaining their significance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To reiterate whether the piece of communication accomplished its intended purpose and to answer "So what?" and "What next?" questions. 7. Define "logos" in the context of rhetorical appeals. A) Appeal to emotion. B) Appeal to logic and reasoning. C) Appeal to ethics. D) Appeal to authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeal to logic and reasoning. 8. A reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from another work of literature, art, music, or from history A) Alliteration. B) Authority. C) Anaphora. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 9. Which word best describes King's tone in the letter? A) Vehement. B) Bitter. C) Passionate. D) Loving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vehement. 10. What is the main idea the author is proving? A) Tone. B) Claim. C) Ethos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claim. 11. Exigence:The event(s) that prompt a speaker to make a claim. A) Abstract. B) Concrete. C) Purpose. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concrete. 12. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Restatement. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 13. What does the 'C' in SPACE CAT represent? A) Context. B) Claims. C) Credibility. D) Composition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Context. 14. What is the purpose of using the prompt to your advantage? A) To provide textual evidence. B) To create a strong thesis statement. C) To analyze the rhetorical choices. D) To understand the rhetorical situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To understand the rhetorical situation. 15. Which appeal is best used in this sentence:"People will be roaming the streets, putting you and your family in danger unless you do something" A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Eros. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 16. What is the purpose of rhetorical analysis verbs? A) To analyze rhetorical moves. B) To entertain the reader. C) To confuse the reader. D) To summarize the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To analyze rhetorical moves. 17. Comparison of two unlike things or people USING like or as. Mark only one oval. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. What is the central idea of the text? A) Ericsson has lied to people and she is sad that she lies to them. B) Many philosophers have theorized over lying and why we do it. C) People have lied throughout history and will keep lying. We have to watch our politicians. D) Even though we know people lie, we have to be careful and understand the dangers of lying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Even though we know people lie, we have to be careful and understand the dangers of lying. 19. The discussion of economic conditions affecting men's career choices primarily appeals to: A) Ethics. B) Emotion. C) Logic. D) Authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logic. 20. What is logos in rhetorical analysis? A) A rhetorical appeal to emotion and feelings. B) A rhetorical appeal to ethics and credibility. C) A rhetorical appeal to logic and reasoning, often using facts, statistics, and logical arguments to persuade an audience. D) A rhetorical device that focuses on the speaker's character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A rhetorical appeal to logic and reasoning, often using facts, statistics, and logical arguments to persuade an audience. 21. What does each letter in the acronym SPACECAT mean? A) SpeakerPurposeAnalysisContextExigenceCharactersAppealsTheme. B) SpeakerPurposeAudienceContextExigenceChoicesAppealsTone. C) SpeakerPurposeAppealsChoicesEvidenceContextAudienceTone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SpeakerPurposeAudienceContextExigenceChoicesAppealsTone. 22. In the line below, what technique is the author using to create his/her style?"As he paced the deck, he noticed what he and his mates called 'Whiskers 'round the Light' ..... tiny splinters of ice in the air, fine as dust, that gave off myriads of bright colors whenever caught in the glow of the deck lights." A) Imagery. B) Tone. C) Point of view. D) Sentence length. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 23. How does the speaker use humor in her speech? A) By making fun of herself. B) By telling jokes. C) By comparing her criticism to throwing rocks. D) By using sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By comparing her criticism to throwing rocks. 24. The examples inside the dashes in lines 1-2 serve to emphasize ..... A) The formulaic manner in which most texts are studied. B) The broad applicability of the reading strategies that follow. C) The difference between the Declaration and works of imaginative literature. D) The difficulty of discerning authorial intention in a text. E) The variety of forms of writing that existed at the time of the Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The broad applicability of the reading strategies that follow. 25. A scheme in which a person or an abstract quality is directly addressed, present or not. A) Apostrophe. B) Epistrophe. C) Anastrophe. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. ← 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