This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Devices – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Devices Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. "calling a businessman a suit"What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Metonymy. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metonymy. 6. (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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. "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. 11. 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). 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. Connecting and identifying with audience members by making them laugh. A) Humor. B) Anaphora. C) Meiosis. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humor. 17. "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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. He missed the ball by a mile. A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 22. "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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. 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. ← 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