This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Devices – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Devices Quiz 18 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The movie scene focuses on a band of zombies creeping up on a peaceful, moonlit town. A) Juxtaposition. B) Analogy. C) Rhetorical question. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition. 2. Same word/phrase at the BEGINNING of a series of clauses A) ANAPHORA. B) ANTISTROPHE. C) ANADIPLOSIS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ANAPHORA. 3. The first writer in England's North American colonies to be published. Author of "The Author to Her Book." A) Anne Bradstreet. B) Edward Taylor. C) Jonathan Edwards. D) Arthur Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anne Bradstreet. 4. A question that is not meant to be answered but rather is asked to emphasize a point A) Rhetorical Device. B) Analogy. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Direct Address. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Question. 5. What is the purpose of using similes in writing? A) Similes create comparisons using 'like' or 'as' to enhance imagery and understanding. B) Similes are used to confuse the reader. C) Similes are only applicable in technical writing. D) Similes serve no real purpose in literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similes create comparisons using 'like' or 'as' to enhance imagery and understanding. 6. What is the main purpose of an anecdote? A) To explain a point through a personal story. B) To make the reader hungry. C) To show numbers and data. D) To confuse the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To explain a point through a personal story. 7. Explains one thing in terms of another to highlight the ways in which they are alike. A) Analogy. B) Repetition. C) Direct Address. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 8. Which rhetorical device best describes the tone set by the overall repetition in the passage? A) Euphemism. B) Hypophora. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypophora. 9. TRUE or FALSE:A rhetorical question is one or more questions that neither the audience nor the writer is supposed to answer. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. The question used by the author to generate interest in the audience or to catch their attention is called ..... A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) A rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A rhetorical question. 11. Deliberate exaggeration to emphasize a point A) Hyperbole. B) Antithesis. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 12. Which rhetorical device is:Will we be extremistsfor hate or for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice orfor the extension of justice? A) Analogy. B) Allusion. C) Antithesis. D) Rhetorical questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical questions. 13. Define expletive in the context of language. A) A word that only expresses a negative sentiment. B) A grammatical term for a subject in a sentence. C) An expletive is a word or phrase that serves as a filler or intensifier in language. D) A type of punctuation used in writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An expletive is a word or phrase that serves as a filler or intensifier in language. 14. What is the effect of using anecdotes in speeches? A) Anecdotes make the speech longer and more complex. B) Using anecdotes in speeches helps to personalize the message, making it more relatable and engaging for the audience. C) Anecdotes distract the audience from the main point of the speech. D) Using anecdotes is a way to fill time when the speaker has nothing important to say. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using anecdotes in speeches helps to personalize the message, making it more relatable and engaging for the audience. 15. "Ohana means family. "Family" means nobody gets left behind or forgotten." A) The Jungle Book. B) Lilo and Stitch. C) The Lion King. D) Moana. E) Tarzan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lilo and Stitch. 16. The appeal that enhances the sense of occasion and urgency. A) Logos. B) Kairos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kairos. 17. Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) A) Imagery. B) Hyperbole. C) Jargon. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 18. A rhetorical device in which words are used to express something other than, and especially the opposite of the literal meaning A) Hypophora. B) Irony. C) Anaphora. D) Procatalepsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 19. Word choice that is intended to add additional emotional meaning (implied meaning) A) Connotative diction. B) Details. C) Assonance. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotative diction. 20. A colonial American poet, pastor, and physician. Author of "Upon a Spider Catching a Fly." A) Edward Taylor. B) Anne Bradstreet. C) Jonathan Edwards. D) J.K. Rowling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edward Taylor. 21. A group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship. A) Puritan. B) Conceit. C) Pilgrims. D) Similes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Puritan. 22. Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words A) Antithesis. B) Assonance. C) Asyndeton. D) Details. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asyndeton. 23. Which is NOT one of the three main purposes of communication? A) To inform. B) To persuade. C) To question. D) To entertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To question. 24. What rhetorical device is used:Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. A) Parallelism. B) Charged language. C) Analogy. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 25. A figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors. This is usually found in poetry. A) Conceit. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conceit. ← 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