This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Devices – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Devices Quiz 11 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the purpose of using amplification in writing? A) To confuse the audience. B) To appeal to logic. C) To create a rhythmic effect. D) To add more detail and emphasize a point. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To add more detail and emphasize a point. 2. Uses similar grammatical constructions to express related or equally important ideas A) Allusion. B) Parallelism. C) Symbolism. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 3. A question that is asked to make a point, not to elicit an answer A) Imperative. B) Interrogative. C) Rhetorical question. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 4. Which of the following best defines epistrophe? 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 the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses. D) Understatement for effect, often to emphasize the opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses. 5. Which rhetorical device appeals to the audience's emotions? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Mythos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 6. Consonance A) Two or more consonants are repeated, but the adjacent vowels differ. B) A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. C) A reference in a work of literature to something outside the work of literature, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work. D) Feelings the word evokes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two or more consonants are repeated, but the adjacent vowels differ. 7. Substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant A) Metonymy. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 8. Which of the following best defines anadiplosis? 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: A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. 9. Match the definition to the rhetorical device:a suggestion that the reader should agree with an idea because a respected authority happens to believe it A) Appeal to emotion. B) Ad hominem. C) Aphorism. D) Appeal to authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeal to authority. 10. Jane read the book by the babbling brook. A) Anecdote. B) Allegory. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 11. '' ..... to love and to justice ..... " From the eulogy of MLK by Robert F. Kennedy.This is an example of? A) Repetition/Anaphora. B) Parallelism. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 12. Another expression for "exaggeration" is "euphemism" . A) Correct. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong. 13. Match the definition to the rhetorical device:An attack "on the person" rather than on his or her ideas or reasoning. A) Allusion. B) Ad hominem. C) Analogy. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ad hominem. 14. A father recounts a trip his family took when he was a child. A) Anecdote. B) Allegory. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 15. Climax/Gradation A) The same sound is repeated at the beginning of several words or stressed syllables in close proximity. B) The repetition of identical or similar syntactic elements (word, phrase, clause). C) (Greek for ladder), the arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of ascending power. D) Division of an idea into three harmonious parts, usually of increasing power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (Greek for ladder), the arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of ascending power. 16. Using important words over and over to drive a point home A) Diction. B) Parallelism. C) Alliteration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 17. Consider the sentence: "You have the power to decide the future of space exploration." What is the effect of using direct address in this context? A) It makes the statement more factual. B) It makes the reader feel responsible and involved. C) It provides a historical perspective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It makes the reader feel responsible and involved. 18. Why is a short sentence persuasive? A) Because it's less to read. B) Because it shocks the reader. C) It's just more interesting. D) It makes the reader pause and think at the end of the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It makes the reader pause and think at the end of the sentence. 19. In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. A) Repetition/anaphora. B) Parallelism. C) Extended metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extended metaphor. 20. The substitution of one word for another that it suggests "Neptunus me terret" A) Metaphor. B) Metonymy. C) Prolepsis. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 21. Which figure of speech is used in the phrase "deafening silence" ? A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 22. Analyze the following sentence: "Why should we risk human lives when robots can do the job?" What is the purpose of the rhetorical question here? A) To provide information. B) To engage the reader and provoke thought. C) To directly address the reader. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To engage the reader and provoke thought. 23. Which rhetorical device involves appealing to the emotions of the audience? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Alliteration. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 24. Which of the following best describes parallel structure? A) Using identical phrases throughout a speech. B) Employing phrases with similar grammatical structures to create rhythm and clarity. C) Using random sentence structures to keep the audience engaged. D) Writing in a completely different style for each section of a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Employing phrases with similar grammatical structures to create rhythm and clarity. 25. "I had so much homework last night that I needed a pick up truck to carry all of my books of my books home" A) Hyperbole. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Understatement. 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