This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Devices – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Devices Quiz 7 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which option best describes an "Anecdote" ? A) A long, formal explanation. B) A brief personal story used to support a point. C) A figure of speech using exaggeration. D) A type of persuasive evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A brief personal story used to support a point. 2. "I recognized the familiar stench of my roommate's cooking."What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Connotation. B) Imagery. C) Description. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 3. Repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses A) Anaphora. B) Asyndeton. C) Polysyndeton. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 4. A technique wherein the speaker inverts the order of a phrase in order to create a pretty and powerful sentence. Ex:Ask not what your country can do for you ..... ask what you can do for your country." A) Chiasmus. B) Anadiplosis. C) Humor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chiasmus. 5. A figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed byputting opposite words close together, such as "hatred stirs up strife, but love covers allsins" A) Analogy. B) Anaphora. C) Antithesis. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 6. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme ..... " A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoiea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. A statement that means the opposite of what its saying A) Red Herring. B) Understatement. C) Irony. D) Hypophoric Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 8. A motif in a story is: A) A recurring theme or element. B) The repetition of the same consonant sound. C) The credibility of the speaker. D) The structure of a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A recurring theme or element. 9. Which rhetorical device is used in the phrase 'The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain'? A) Amplification. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 10. Identify the device used in: "Safety is our priority. Safety for employees, safety for customers, safety for the environment." A) Analogy. B) Enumeration/Listing. C) Parallelism. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 11. Repeating the same pattern of words or phrases, usually to emphasize an idea or to show that the ideas have equal importance A) Repetition. B) Parallel structure. C) Diction. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallel structure. 12. Identify the rhetorical device: "She sells seashells by the seashore." A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 13. Identify the rhetorical choice in the following example: "To err is human; to forgive, divine." A) Alliteration. B) Chiasmus. C) Metaphor. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 14. Match the definition to the rhetorical device:a deliberate reversal of expectations in order to surprise a reader. A) Aphorism. B) Euphemism. C) Parallelism. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 15. Which sentence illustrates repetition as used in a memo to emphasize urgency? A) "Collect data, analyze results, summarize findings.". B) "Please submit your forms today, today, today.". C) "This training program will act as a roadmap.". D) "The project requires planning, designing, and implementing.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Please submit your forms today, today, today.". 16. Using morals to establish authority when speaking, or establishing your authority through titles and experience A) Imagery. B) Parallelism. C) Ethos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 17. Addressing a person who is not present A) Anastrophe. B) Apostrophe. C) Aposiopesis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. 18. Which rhetorical device relies on expert testimony to persuade an audience? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Motivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 19. "I got that boom, boom, boom. That future boom, boom, boom" A) Personification. B) Onomatopoiea. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoiea. 20. Enumeration/Listing in technical documents is best described as which of the following? A) Using analogies to simplify complex ideas. B) Repeating words to stress importance. C) Numbered or bulleted lists to organize ideas. D) Balancing clauses with similar grammatical forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Numbered or bulleted lists to organize ideas. 21. Omission of words A) Chiasmus. B) Apostrophe. C) Hyperbole. D) Ellipsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ellipsis. 22. Give an example of ethos in a sentence. A) As a doctor, I can assure you that this treatment is effective. B) I believe this treatment is effective based on my personal experience. C) This treatment has been proven effective by numerous studies. D) Many people think this treatment is effective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As a doctor, I can assure you that this treatment is effective. 23. Which of the following best describes the use of rhetorical questions in a passage about space travel? A) To provide detailed explanations. B) To challenge the reader's assumptions and engage them. C) To list facts and figures. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To challenge the reader's assumptions and engage them. 24. Using a style of language to try and reach a certain crowd-word choice A) Diction. B) Analogy-Figurative Language. C) Imagery. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 25. The a-b-b-a arrangement of words A) Chiasmus. B) Metaphor. C) Zeugma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chiasmus. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesRhetorical Devices Quiz 1Rhetorical Devices Quiz 2Rhetorical Devices Quiz 3Rhetorical Devices Quiz 4Rhetorical Devices Quiz 5Rhetorical Devices Quiz 6Rhetorical Devices Quiz 8Rhetorical Devices Quiz 9Rhetorical Devices Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books