This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Devices – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Devices Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. AMPLIFICATION A) Repeats a word or phrase for emphasis. B) Repeats a word or phrase in successive phrases. C) Repeats words or phrases in reverse order. D) Places a criticism and a compliment together to lessen the impact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repeats a word or phrase for emphasis. 2. Which rhetorical device uses concrete evidence to support claims? A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Mythos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 3. ANTIPHRASIS A) A connection made between two things. B) Uses a word with an opposite meaning. C) Repeats words or phrases in reverse order. D) Using an adjective or an adjective phrase to describe a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uses a word with an opposite meaning. 4. The writer uses superlatives and adjectives to make a situation seem much worse / better than it really is A) Rhetorical Question. B) Over-exaggeration. C) Emotional Language. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over-exaggeration. 5. What rhetorical device appeals to emotions? A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 6. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. A) Repetition. B) Diction. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 7. '' If this philosophy had not emerged, I am convinced that by now many streets of the South would be flowing with floods of blood"This is an example of: A) Imagery and pathos. B) Metaphor and ethos. C) Anecdote and logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery and pathos. 8. "I'd catch a grenade for ya." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 9. In the context of the Gettysburg Address, what effect does repetition have on the audience? A) It makes the speech longer. B) It emphasizes the importance of the message and instills a sense of urgency. C) It confuses the audience. D) It serves no real purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It emphasizes the importance of the message and instills a sense of urgency. 10. "But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I would like to answer your statement" This is an example of: A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 11. The writer involves the reader by relating the subject to their lives "You, we, us, our" A) Audience Involvement. B) Personal involvement. C) Facts and statistics. D) Expert opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audience Involvement. 12. Using vivid details to paint a picture in your head A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 13. Which of the following best defines polysyndeton? 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) Understatement for effect, often to emphasize the opposite. D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural. 14. ANTIMETABOLE A) Repeats a word or phrase for emphasis. B) Repeats a word or phrase in successive phrases. C) Repeats words or phrases in reverse order. D) An exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repeats words or phrases in reverse order. 15. A logical fallacy that tries to prove an argument by restating the claim as a reason A) Bandwagon. B) Circular reasoning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circular reasoning. 16. In the story of the Tortoise and the hare the Tortoise represents patient hard work while the Hare represents arrogance and carelessness. A) Anecdote. B) Allegory. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allegory. 17. Which rhetorical device is defined as the repetition of grammatical structure for clarity or emphasis? A) Analogy. B) Parallelism. C) Enumeration/Listing. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 18. Draws a conclusion about an entire group based on insufficient evidence A) Hasty Generalization. B) False Dichotomy. C) Straw-Man. D) Red Herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hasty Generalization. 19. "by that I mean ..... "What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Anaphora. B) Distinctio. C) Imagery. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Distinctio. 20. "Be bold. Be brief. Be gone" . A) Analogy. B) Anaphora. C) Antithesis. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 21. An exaggeration statement that conveys emotion and raises the bar for other speakers. A) Hyperbole. B) Chiasmus. C) Dialogismus. D) Eutrepismus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 22. "I just wanted to take this in, the moonlight dancin' off your skin" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 23. Repeats an idea rather than giving a valid reason A) Slippery Slope. B) Bandwagon. C) Circular Reasoning. D) Ad Hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circular Reasoning. 24. How can logos be effectively utilized in an argument? A) By using emotional anecdotes. B) By presenting logical reasoning supported by facts and evidence. C) By appealing to the audience's fears. D) By using vague statements that lack clarity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By presenting logical reasoning supported by facts and evidence. 25. A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. A) Anaphora. B) Rhetorical context. C) Rhetorical question. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesRhetorical Devices Quiz 2Rhetorical Devices Quiz 3Rhetorical Devices Quiz 4Rhetorical Devices Quiz 5Rhetorical Devices Quiz 6Rhetorical Devices Quiz 7Rhetorical Devices Quiz 8Rhetorical Devices Quiz 9Rhetorical Devices Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books