This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Devices – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Devices Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The following excerpt most closely reflects which appeal?"Oprah said:Everybody wants to ride with you in the limo, but what about when that limo breaks down, and it's cold. Who's going to be there with you on the side of the road? Who's gonna be there to carry your bags with you as you gotta walk home?" A) Ethos (Ethics-Credibility). B) Pathos (Emotions-Feelings). C) Logos (Logic-Facts). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos (Ethics-Credibility). 2. Listing a series of possibilities and then explaining why all but one of those possibilities are not good. A) Expeditio. B) Asterismos. C) Hypophora. D) Antiphrasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expeditio. 3. Identify the rhetorical device in the following sentence: "I came, I saw, I conquered." A) Tricolon. B) Anaphora. C) Epistrophe. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asyndeton. 4. What is an ellipse? A) The omission of essential grammatical elements or parts of the sentence. B) The repetition of an initial sound in a sequence of words. C) An implicit comparison between different things or ideas. D) The use of words that sound like the noises they describe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The omission of essential grammatical elements or parts of the sentence. 5. Rhetorical devices are techniques used to convey ideas through? A) Speech or writing. B) Physical movements. C) Intense staring. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speech or writing. 6. Connecting and identifying with audience members by making them laugh. A) Humor. B) Anaphora. C) Meiosis. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humor. 7. "Now it's your turn to cry; cry me a river" A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoiea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 8. What is the effect of using assonance in writing? A) To appeal to logic and reason. B) To create a musical or rhythmic effect. C) To emphasize contrasting ideas. D) To confuse the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To create a musical or rhythmic effect. 9. Which of the following best defines antithesis? 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) Use of contrasting concepts, words, or sentences within parallel grammatical structures. D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use of contrasting concepts, words, or sentences within parallel grammatical structures. 10. A repetition of sounds at the beginning of two or more words in the same sentence A) Analogy-Figurative Language. B) Imagery. C) Alliteration. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 11. He missed the ball by a mile. A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. "Mary likes hiking, swimming, and riding a bicycle."What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Rule of Three's. B) Parallelism. C) Anaphora. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 13. A word or phrase that is applied to an object or action which it is not literally applicable A) Smilie. B) Understatement. C) Metaphor. D) Loaded Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 14. Betty appears very nice and sweet to strangers, but she is very evil and mean to her family and friends A) Parallelism. B) Shift. C) Antithesis. D) Logical Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shift. 15. Multiple ChoiceAddI walked a mile around the school today. A) Hyperbole. B) Not a hyperbole. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not a hyperbole. 16. Match the definition to the rhetorical device:a widely accepted truth. A) Allusion. B) Ad hominem. C) Aphorism. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aphorism. 17. "Segregation is a dark and desolate valley."What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 18. Which type of motivation relies on things inside of yourself (what makes you feel good)? A) Extrinsic. B) Intrinsic. C) Logos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intrinsic. 19. Appeal to credibility. Ex:Celebrities or experts endorsing a product. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 20. "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." (Yoda) A) Tricolon. B) Oxymoron. C) Anadiplosis. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anadiplosis. 21. How does ethos differ from pathos? A) Ethos focuses on credibility, while pathos focuses on emotional appeal. B) Ethos is about logical reasoning, while pathos is about factual evidence. C) Ethos appeals to the audience's sense of humor, while pathos appeals to their sense of justice. D) Ethos is used in written communication, while pathos is used in verbal communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos focuses on credibility, while pathos focuses on emotional appeal. 22. "The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order. A) Chiasmus. B) Tricolon. C) Anadiplosis. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chiasmus. 23. What type of connotation does the following word have?DIFFICULT A) Positive. B) Negative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 24. Identify the rhetorical device: "The stars danced in the night sky." A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 25. Which rhetorical device is used in the phrase 'To err is human; to forgive, divine'? A) Analogy. B) Antithesis. C) Amplification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 26. Gives false characteristics to an argument and then attacks an argument based on those false characteristics A) False Dichotomy. B) Non-Sequitur. C) Straw-Man. D) Appeal to Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Straw-Man. 27. Which of the following best defines aposiopesis? 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) Breaking off abruptly in speech for rhetorical effect. D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breaking off abruptly in speech for rhetorical effect. 28. Repeats the same word or words for emphasis A) Allusion. B) Parallelism. C) Repetition. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 29. A short amusing story about a real incident or person A) Anecdote. B) Imagery. C) Description. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 30. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of wordsclose by to one another A) Anecdote. B) Allegory. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. ← 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