This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Devices – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Devices Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Donate in order to protect these endangered species."What Rhetorical Strategy is shown? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 2. I'm Juliet to your Romeo. A) Anecdote. B) Allegory. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 3. The organization of information in a text (chronological order, order of importance ..... ) A) Chapters. B) Paragraphs. C) Epigraph. D) Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Structure. 4. "Life is but a walking shadow; a poor player that struts and frets and then is heard no more" This is an example of a ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Anecdote. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 5. What is the term for using personal experience or an isolated example instead of a sound argument or compelling evidence? A) Anecdote. B) Stereotypes. C) Loaded Language. D) Bandwagon Appeals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 6. Breaking off in the middle of a sentence A) Anastrophe. B) Apostrophe. C) Aposiopesis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aposiopesis. 7. Establishing credibility through tone and style A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 8. "Loving him was like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street" A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 9. Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of vowel sounds? A) Amplification. B) Assonance. C) Antimetabole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 10. Which rhetorical device is the following an example of?If you cared about the environment, you would adopt a penguin today. Just .50 a day can save a penguin. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Intrinsic Motivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 11. Which of the following best defines anaphora? 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) Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. 12. This statement is an example of which logical fallacy? A) Anecdote. B) Loaded Language. C) Bandwagon Approval. D) Circular Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circular Reasoning. 13. The focus is shifted to a side issue or something irrelevant A) Non-Sequitur. B) Red Herring. C) Slippery Slope. D) Testimonial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red Herring. 14. What is an "Analogy" used for? A) A direct statement of fact. B) A comparison to show similarity between two complex ideas. C) The main argument of a text. D) The use of sarcasm to criticize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A comparison to show similarity between two complex ideas. 15. A part is made to represent the whole A) Metaphor. B) Synecdoche. C) Anaphora. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synecdoche. 16. "I think to myself, what a wonderful world" A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 17. Appealing to others by being trustworthy or credible is a rhetorical appeal known as A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 18. Which of the following best defines symploce? 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) Simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe. 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. 19. Using logic/numbers in your speech to be persuasive A) Logos. B) Analogy-Figurative Language. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 20. Which of the following best defines aporia? 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) Expression of doubt or confusion in order to rhetorically ask the audience for their opinion or present multiple viewpoints. D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expression of doubt or confusion in order to rhetorically ask the audience for their opinion or present multiple viewpoints. 21. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:'The thunderous applause was music to her ears.' A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 22. What is a parallelism? A) The omission of essential grammatical elements or parts of the sentence. B) An implicit comparison between different things or ideas. C) The repetition of an initial sound in a sequence of words. D) The repeated use of similarly constructed lines or sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The repeated use of similarly constructed lines or sentences. 23. After the two nations stopped the war and signed a treaty, a white dove was released. The white dove can be a symbol of ..... A) Birds. B) War. C) Peace. D) Flight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peace. 24. Similes or metaphors-comparisons to help describe A) Rhetorical Question. B) Parallelism. C) Tone. D) Analogy-Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analogy-Figurative Language. 25. Which rhetorical device relies on emotion to persuade an audience? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Motivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 26. What does logos mean as a rhetorical device? A) Moral character. B) Reason. C) Imagination. D) Emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reason. 27. Comparison using a word like sicut, similis, velutVolat sicut avis A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 28. In technical writing, analogy is primarily used to do which of the following? A) Organize ideas into lists. B) Compare one idea to another to clarify. C) Repeat a phrase for emphasis. D) Create symmetry in sentence structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compare one idea to another to clarify. 29. Three nouns, adjectives or verbs will be used in a list within a sentence A) Anaphora. B) Asyndeton. C) Lists of three. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lists of three. 30. An idea or feeling (literal meaning) A) Loaded Language. B) Apophasis. C) Connotation. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connotation. ← 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 9Rhetorical Devices Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books