This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Devices – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Devices Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Give an example of pathos in a sentence. A) Imagine the pain and suffering caused by tooth decay. B) The sun set beautifully over the horizon. C) She ran as fast as she could to catch the bus. D) The cat sat on the windowsill, watching the world go by. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagine the pain and suffering caused by tooth decay. 2. You should really try these baked Cheetos. They have 500 calories less than the regular Cheetos. In fact, they have 700 fewer calories than french fries. A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 3. The repetition of a word or phrase A) Anaphora. B) Rule of Three's. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 4. Which rhetorical device involves placing two contrasting elements side by side to highlight their differences? A) Juxtaposition. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition. 5. Which term describes a speaker's credibility or trustworthiness? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 6. The use of the same word at the end of one sentence and at the beginning of the subsequent sentence, forming a chain of thought that carries your audience to the point you've chosen. A) Anadiplosis. B) Dialogismus. C) Expeditio. D) Asterismos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anadiplosis. 7. Which of the following best defines asterismos? A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis. C) A rhetorical device where one addresses the audience directly at the beginning of a speech. D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. 8. "Excuse me, am I interrupting you apparently more important conversation." What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Rhetorical Question. B) Imagery. C) Connotation. D) Hypophoric Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Question. 9. Creating an emotional or imaginative impact A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 10. Heavy description to help see what is going on A) Imagery. B) Tone. C) Diction. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 11. What is the term for a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration for emphasis or effect? A) Hyperbole. B) Understatement. C) Irony. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 12. Match the definition to the rhetorical device:an illustrative story. A) Allusion. B) Ad hominem. C) Analogy. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anecdote. 13. A rhetorical device in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same form or modified, to emphasize a point A) Zeugma. B) Chiasmus. C) Litotes. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chiasmus. 14. '' I gradually gained a bit of satisfaction from being considered an extremist. Was not Jesus an extremist in love? ..... Will we be extremists for hate or extremists for love?This is an example of: A) Anaphora. B) Anecdote. C) Metaphor. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 15. What could Symploce mean? What does the word mean? What does anything mean? A) More repetition. B) Repetition at the beginning and end of the sentences. C) Repetition$^{2}$. D) Mix of repetitions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition at the beginning and end of the sentences. 16. Parallelism Definition: A) Successive words, phrases, clauses expressed with the same or very similar grammatical structure. Can add balance and rhythm and, most importantly, emphasis to argument. B) Use of words with the same or similar meaning. C) The repetition of identical or similar syntactic elements (word, phrase, clause). D) Similar to antithesis in that it involves contradiction. It differs in that it brings together two contradictory terms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Successive words, phrases, clauses expressed with the same or very similar grammatical structure. Can add balance and rhythm and, most importantly, emphasis to argument. 17. The lyrics "Wack MCs like that orange soda get crushed" are an example of what rhetorical device? A) Alliteration. B) Mood. C) Repetition. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 18. The ideas or feelings that a certain word creates; the feelings associatedwith a word A) Analogy. B) Anaphora. C) Antithesis. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connotation. 19. When an author refers to something from history, culture, or literature, and itis up to the reader to pick up on that reference and understand it A) Anecdote. B) Allegory. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 20. The use of many conjunctions A) Asyndeton. B) Polysyndeton. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polysyndeton. 21. Which rhetorical device is used in the phrase 'Beware the Jabberwock, my son'? A) Cacophony. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cacophony. 22. Which choice describes the purpose of using parallelism in a report? A) To compare unfamiliar ideas. B) To emphasize deadlines through repeated words. C) To organize content numerically. D) To enhance clarity by repeating grammatical structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To enhance clarity by repeating grammatical structure. 23. Which rhetorical device is used to create a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 24. Which rhetorical device is used in the phrase 'Friends, Romans, Countrymen'? A) Alliteration. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Amplification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 25. "calling a businessman a suit"What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Metonymy. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metonymy. 26. (during a storm) "My what nice weather we're having."What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Irony. B) Description. C) Metaphor. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 27. Anastrophe A) Contrast of ideas or words in a parallel structure. B) Transporting normal word order. C) A statement that seems self-contradictory yet is rational. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transporting normal word order. 28. A type of euphemism that intentionally understates the size or importance of its subject. It can be used to dismiss or diminish a debate opponent's argument. A) Meiosis. B) Anaphora. C) Apophasis. D) Anacoluthon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meiosis. 29. Refers to a person, event, or thing in history, a work of literature, or culture A) Parallelism. B) Symbolism. C) Repetition. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 30. "you may take a long vacation ..... (soon she will die)"What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Metaphor. B) Imagery. C) Euphemisms. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphemisms. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesRhetorical Devices Quiz 1Rhetorical Devices Quiz 2Rhetorical Devices Quiz 3Rhetorical Devices Quiz 4Rhetorical Devices Quiz 5Rhetorical Devices Quiz 6Rhetorical Devices Quiz 7Rhetorical Devices Quiz 8Rhetorical Devices Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books