This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Devices – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Devices Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The attitude of the speaker toward the subject A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 2. (streets are flooding) "Looks like it rained a bit last night."What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Understatement. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understatement. 3. Match the definition to the rhetorical device:an application of a word or phrase to something it doesn't literally apply to. A) Aphorism. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 4. In the context of space travel, which sentence uses loaded language? A) "You can imagine yourself walking on Mars.". B) "Isn't it time we sent humans to explore the stars?". C) "The groundbreaking mission was a monumental success.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "The groundbreaking mission was a monumental success.". 5. Combination of three elements, increasing in sizenon ferar, non patiar, non tolerabo A) Tmesis. B) Tricolon crescens. C) Hysteron proteron. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tricolon crescens. 6. What rhetorical device or strategy is NOT present here:Marriage is like a garden; it requires patience, nurturing, and care to flourish, and through the seasons of growth and challenge, it blooms into something truly beautiful and enduring. A) Analogy. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 7. Word Choice Denotation/Connotation. Words in unusual combinations. Degree of difficulty or complexity of a word. Level of formality of a word-formal or informal. Tone of a word (emotional charge that it carries) A) Synonym. B) Paradox. C) Allusion. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 8. "DirectTV has 9% more quality than DISH Network. Therefore, you should be using it."What Rhetorical Strategy is shown? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 9. Which of the following sentences uses direct address? A) "Space travel is a daunting task.". B) "You might wonder why we explore the cosmos.". C) "The universe is vast and mysterious.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "You might wonder why we explore the cosmos.". 10. A sonic device that refers to a word that emulates the real-life sound it signifies. Ex:Using "bang" to signify an explosion. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Humor. C) Anaphora. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 11. "Mom, I don't want to go to school. What if there is a gunman at school, and I have no way to communicate with you aside from my phone?" This is an example of an appeal to ..... A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 12. When the speaker imagines what someone else is thinking, or speaks in the voice of someone else, in order to explain and then subvert or undermine counterpoints to the original argument. A) Eutrepismus. B) Anadiplosis. C) Asterismos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eutrepismus. 13. Which of the following best defines epanalepsis? 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 at the end of a clause of the word or phrase that began it. D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition at the end of a clause of the word or phrase that began it. 14. Match the definition to the rhetorical device:the attribution of personal qualities to something that it not a person. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 15. A short personal story used to connect with the audience and add evidenceor credibility A) Anecdote. B) Allegory. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 16. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence: "The pen is mightier than the sword." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Metonymy. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metonymy. 17. "I'm not saying they're weak generally, but they are weak generally." What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Imagery. B) Description. C) Anaphora. D) Apophasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apophasis. 18. Muhammad Ali read the poem about what it's like to be himself to Harvard University students. His world's shortest poem, "Me? Whee" (a word and sound effect only) is an example of what rhetorical device? A) Humor. B) Repetition. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humor. 19. Match the definition to the rhetorical device:deliberate exaggeration for persuasive effect. A) Characterization. B) Euphemism. C) Aphorism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 20. Which following sentence is hyperbole? A) Bears can lose over 30 percent of their body weight hibernating. B) It's important for adolescents to get the proper amount of rest each night. C) The plane landed like a leaf in the wind. D) I have been running around all day!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I have been running around all day!. 21. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of each word. Ex:Critics cry for crumbs of Columbus. A) Alliteration. B) Cacohony. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 22. "MLK Jr's. speech ~ three sections"What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Imagery. B) Rule of Three's. C) Parallelism. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rule of Three's. 23. What is the purpose of using pathos in persuasion? A) To create imaginary scenarios. B) To appeal to emotions. C) To appeal to moral character. D) To provide logical reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To appeal to emotions. 24. A short quotation at the beginning of a text, intended to suggest its theme A) Epitaph. B) Epigraph. C) Antithesis. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epigraph. 25. "Fool me once. shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me" A) Rhetorical Question. B) Parallelism. C) Antithesis. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesRhetorical Devices Quiz 1Rhetorical 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