This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Devices – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Devices Quiz 20 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases A) Anaphora. B) Apostrophe. C) Antithesis. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 2. What is the best definition for an analogy? A) Comparing two unlike things to add emphasis. B) Word choice used to make the reader feel a specific emotion. C) Repeating one word or phrase to add emphasis. D) Comparing two extreme opposite ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparing two unlike things to add emphasis. 3. Balanced construction / 2 linked clauses [not only ..... but also, both ..... and] A) Parallel construction. B) Tricolon crescens. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallel construction. 4. How does understatement function in rhetoric? A) Understatement exaggerates the importance of a subject. B) Understatement functions to minimize significance, creating irony or emphasis. C) Understatement is used to confuse the audience. D) Understatement serves to clarify complex ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement functions to minimize significance, creating irony or emphasis. 5. Dog owners own dogs and cats own cat owners. What rhetorical device is being used? A) Syllogism. B) Metonymy. C) Asyndeton. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chiasmus. 6. Why might an author compare a spelling bee to a tough political campaign? A) To clarify the rules of a spelling bee. B) To emphasize the degree of competition. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To emphasize the degree of competition. 7. Joining two contrasting ideas together, often in parallel structure. A) Antithesis. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Alliteration. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antithesis. 8. What is an argumentative text? A) A text that gives you an opinion. B) A text that tries to persuade you. C) A text that is a poem. D) A text that shows both sides of an issue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A text that shows both sides of an issue. 9. Argy-bargy, back-and-forth, and confabulation are all synonyms of this rhetorical device: A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Argumentation. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Argumentation. 10. What is the counterclaim mentioned in the passage? A) Single-use plastics should be banned immediately. B) Banning single-use plastics will harm businesses and consumers. C) Alternatives to single-use plastics are widely accessible. D) Plastic waste is not a significant environmental issue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Banning single-use plastics will harm businesses and consumers. 11. What is alliteration? What is its purpose in rhetoric? A) The repetition of vowel sounds to create harmony in speech. B) The repetition of consonant sounds creates a rhythm and sense of melody that makes it easier to remember certain words and phrases. C) The use of metaphors to enhance the meaning of a text. D) The arrangement of words to create a specific visual effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The repetition of consonant sounds creates a rhythm and sense of melody that makes it easier to remember certain words and phrases. 12. Not enough conjunctions! (no 'and') A) Asyndeton. B) Polysyndeton. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asyndeton. 13. Why is the claim significant? A) It addresses the environmental impact of plastic waste. B) It explains the benefits of single-use plastics. C) It focuses on the cost of alternatives. D) It highlights the convenience of plastic products. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It addresses the environmental impact of plastic waste. 14. A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. A) Analogy. B) Allusion. C) Anaphora. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 15. The use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 16. Repetition of an initial consonant sound A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 17. Appeal to logic and reason. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 18. A rhetorical device in which the speaker raises an objection to his own argument and then immediately answers it. A) Irony. B) Procatalepsis. C) Sarcasm. D) Hypophora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Procatalepsis. 19. A rhetorical device in which a word or expression is repeated at the beginning of a number of sentences, clauses, or phrases. A) Rhetorical question. B) Anaphora. C) Irony. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 20. Polite speech A) Euphemism. B) Apostrophe. C) Paradox. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 21. "While Lennon read a book on Marx, the quartet practiced in the park" -American Pie A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Parallelism. D) Loaded diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 22. What does an anecdote do? A) Tells a personal story to explain a point. B) Uses numbers and facts only. C) Tricks the reader. D) Is always funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tells a personal story to explain a point. 23. A traffic cop opens his mailbox. He has received notice that his license has been suspended! The reason? He has too many unpaid parking tickets. This is an example of ..... A) Situational Irony. B) Dramatic Irony. C) Sarcasm. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational Irony. 24. A literary device in which the repetition of similar vowel sounds takes place in two or more words in proximity to each other within a line of poetry or prose A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Assonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 25. Which rhetorical device is utilized in the following:But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. A) Analogy. B) Charged language. C) Repetition. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. ← 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