This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Devices – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Devices Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Analyze the following sentence and identify the rhetorical choice: "He lost his coat and his temper." A) Zeugma. B) Pun. C) Epithet. D) Invective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zeugma. 2. Division of an idea into three harmonious parts, usually of increasing power.In a larger sense, we cannot dedicate-we cannot consecrate-we cannot hallow this ground." (Abe Lincoln) A) Tricolon. B) Parallelism. C) Syntax. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tricolon. 3. ANTANAGOGE A) Makes a connection between two things. B) Pairs a criticism with a compliment to lessen the impact. C) Repeats words or phrases in reverse order. D) Using words that imitate the sounds they describe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pairs a criticism with a compliment to lessen the impact. 4. A trio of characters, events, any other information is more effective A) Anaphora. B) Rule of Three's. C) Anecdote. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rule of Three's. 5. Dozens of poor families come to my grandfather for financial help. All poor people depend on other people for their living. A) Parallelism. B) Logical Fallacy. C) Antithesis. D) Shift. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logical Fallacy. 6. Use of one word in two different sensesAeneas tulit dolorem et patrem Troia A) Pleonasm. B) Chiasmus. C) Zeugma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zeugma. 7. "The earth laughs beneath my heavy feetAt the blasphemy in my old jangly walk" A) Exaggeration. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 8. What do you call it when the same word is used at the starts of sentences / clauses? A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Anaphora. D) Being boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 9. Relying on the emotional passion of the crowd in making an argument; playing on a group's fear or prejudices A) Appeal to Tradition. B) Ad Hominem. C) Bandwagon. D) Loaded Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bandwagon. 10. When a sentence is written with similar grammatical constructions A) Rhetorical Question. B) Parallelism. C) Connotation. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 11. Questions that are not expected to have an answer; are usually asked to make the reader or listener think about something A) Rhetorical Question. B) Parallelism. C) Connotation. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Question. 12. The knowledge of an expert is referred to by the writer A) Facts and statistics. B) Personal opinion. C) Audience involvement. D) Expert opinion/quotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expert opinion/quotation. 13. How does ethos persuade the audience? A) By convincing of moral character. B) By providing logical reasoning. C) By appealing to emotions. D) By creating imaginary scenarios. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By convincing of moral character. 14. The omission of conjunctions A) Asyndeton. B) Polysyndeton. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asyndeton. 15. Match the rhetorical device to its definition:1. Loaded Language2. Rhetorical Question3. Direct Addressa. Uses positive or negative connotations to influence the reader b. Engages the reader by asking questions that don't require answers c. Includes the reader by using pronouns like "you" or "yourself" A) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c. B) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a. C) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c. 16. Using an authority to endorse your claim that has nothing to do with your claim, or the misuse, and authority A) Red Herring. B) Testimonial. C) False Dichotomy. D) Non-Sequitur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 17. The repetition of a word or phrase for emphasisnon feram, non sinam, non patiar A) Apostrophe. B) Anastrophe. C) Anaphora. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 18. Match the definition to the rhetorical device:encourages the reader to complete a point by suggesting that it is less significant than it obviously is. A) Aphorism. B) Understatement. C) Parallelism. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement. 19. "I have a dream, go back to, one hundred years later ~ MLK Jr's. speech"What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Anaphora. B) Parallelism. C) Description. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 20. Pathos is most effective when it: A) Relies solely on facts and figures. B) Engages the audience's emotions through stories or vivid imagery. C) Uses technical language that only experts understand. D) Avoids emotional language altogether. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Engages the audience's emotions through stories or vivid imagery. 21. To mention something in disclaiming the intention mentioning it ..... pretending to deny A) Apophasis. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Imagery. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apophasis. 22. I am so hungry, I could eat for days. A) Hyperbole. B) Not a hyperbole. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 23. Appealing to emotions is a rhetorical appeal known as A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 24. You have to be as busy as a bee to get good grades in school. A) Analogy. B) Anaphora. C) Antithesis. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 25. Gives objects a meaning different from their original meaning A) Symbolism. B) Allusion. C) Repetition. D) Parallelism. 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