This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Devices – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Devices Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which device is used in the phrase "Her smile was as bright as the sun" ? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 2. Match the definition to the rhetorical device:an attempt to persuade the reader through an emotionally charged anecdote or allusion. A) Appeal to emotion. B) Ad hominem. C) Aphorism. D) Appeal to authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to emotion. 3. A rhetorical question is defined as: A) A question that the speaker answers immediately. B) A question posed to provoke thought without expecting an answer. C) A question that requires extensive research to answer. D) A question that is irrelevant to the topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A question posed to provoke thought without expecting an answer. 4. The trick of posing question and then immediately supplying the answer. A) Hypophora. B) Anaphora. C) Meiosis. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypophora. 5. Which rhetorical choice involves the omission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses? A) Asyndeton. B) Polysyndeton. C) Anadiplosis. D) Zeugma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asyndeton. 6. Rhetorical device in which two opposing ideas are put together to achieve a contrasting effect A) Litotes. B) Zeugma. C) Juxtaposition. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 7. A proposal that states "This training program will act as a roadmap, guiding new employees through company procedures" is using which rhetorical device? A) Enumeration/Listing. B) Parallelism. C) Analogy. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 8. A reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from history, music, or another work of literature. A) Anaphora. B) Foreshadowing. C) Allusion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 9. Repeating words at the clauses' ends A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Asyndeton. D) Polysyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epistrophe. 10. Match the definition to the rhetorical device:a comparison using like or as. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 11. Appeal to emotion. Ex:Invoking sympathy, pity, fear of missing out, etc. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 12. Reasoning or argumentation through facts, evidence, and case studies. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 13. What is the primary purpose of rhetorical devices in writing and speaking? A) To confuse the audience. B) To entertain the audience. C) To persuade the audience to consider a topic from a different perspective. D) To provide detailed explanations of complex topics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To persuade the audience to consider a topic from a different perspective. 14. Same pattern words or ideas A) Description. B) Simile. C) Parallelism. D) Rule of Three's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 15. An account of an event that is happening that does not necessarily create an image A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Description. 16. "You've got a smile that takes me to another planet" A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoiea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 17. A phrase or sentence is repeated, but in reverse order A) Antithesis. B) Antimetabole. C) Hyperbole. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antimetabole. 18. Why might an environmental essayist juxtapose a landfill and a wilderness? A) To stress the need for reducing waste to save the wilderness. B) To demonstrate that wilderness is the best place to put landfills. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To stress the need for reducing waste to save the wilderness. 19. He acted like a bull in a china shop. A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 20. "Honey Boo Boo story ~ Jennifer Lawrence" What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Anecdote. B) Imagery. C) Description. D) Rule of Three's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 21. "Tick! Tock! On the clock but the party don't stop" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 22. Give an example of logos in a sentence. A) Studies show that 90% of people who floss daily have healthier gums. B) Flossing is a good habit because it feels nice. C) Many people believe that flossing is unnecessary. D) Flossing can be fun and entertaining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Studies show that 90% of people who floss daily have healthier gums. 23. What does ethos mean as a rhetorical device? A) Reason. B) Imagination. C) Emotion. D) Moral character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moral character. 24. A rhetorical question is supposed to be ..... A) Funny. B) Sad. C) Confusing. D) Obvious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Obvious. 25. "My heart's a stereo; it beats for you" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesRhetorical Devices Quiz 1Rhetorical Devices Quiz 2Rhetorical 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