This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Devices – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Devices Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What rhetorical device or strategy is NOT present here:As god-fearing Christians, we are called to extend compassion and understanding to all, just as Christ demonstrated in his life, embracing those who are often marginalized and offering hope to the weary. A) Ethical appeal:audience values. B) Using diction to create a desire to help. C) Euphemism for those who are in need of help. D) Conditional premise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conditional premise. 2. "Yesterday, I wore a grey shirt with a coffee stain on the left side of the collar from the spill that I made that morning ..... "What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Metaphor. B) Description. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 3. "To err is human, to forgive, divine" (Alexander Pope) A) Tricolon. B) Anadiplosis. C) Antithesis. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 4. Syllogism is ..... A) An argument based on 2 minor premises and a conclusion. B) An argument based on a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. C) An argument based on 2 premises with no concrete conclusion. D) An argument based on 2 major premises and a conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An argument based on a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. 5. A brief reference to a historical or literary figure, event or object A) Allusion. B) Illusion. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 6. "You change your mind like a girl changes clothes" A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 7. A figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other A) Antithesis. B) Antimetabole. C) Asyndeton. D) Polysyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antithesis. 8. Identify the rhetorical device in the following sentence: "Sending humans to Mars is a giant leap for mankind." A) Loaded Language. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Direct Address. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loaded Language. 9. The following passage is an example of what rhetorical device: "The barn was very large. It was very old. It smelled of hay and it smelled of manure. It smelled of the perspiration of tired horses and the wonderful sweet breath of patient cows. It often had a sort of peaceful smell as though nothing bad could happen ever again in the world." -Charlotte's Web by E.B. White A) Humor. B) Imagery. C) Alliteration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 10. "Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both."What Rhetorical Device is shown? A) Rhetorical Question. B) Hypophoric Question. C) Metonymy. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypophoric Question. 11. "Donate in order to protect these endangered species."What Rhetorical Strategy is shown? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 12. I'm Juliet to your Romeo. A) Anecdote. B) Allegory. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 13. The organization of information in a text (chronological order, order of importance ..... ) A) Chapters. B) Paragraphs. C) Epigraph. D) Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Structure. 14. "Life is but a walking shadow; a poor player that struts and frets and then is heard no more" This is an example of a ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Anecdote. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. What is the term for using personal experience or an isolated example instead of a sound argument or compelling evidence? A) Anecdote. B) Stereotypes. C) Loaded Language. D) Bandwagon Appeals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 16. Breaking off in the middle of a sentence A) Anastrophe. B) Apostrophe. C) Aposiopesis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aposiopesis. 17. Establishing credibility through tone and style A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 18. "Loving him was like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street" A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 19. Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of vowel sounds? A) Amplification. B) Assonance. C) Antimetabole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 20. Which rhetorical device is the following an example of?If you cared about the environment, you would adopt a penguin today. Just .50 a day can save a penguin. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Intrinsic Motivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 21. Which of the following best defines anaphora? 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 of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. 22. This statement is an example of which logical fallacy? A) Anecdote. B) Loaded Language. C) Bandwagon Approval. D) Circular Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circular Reasoning. 23. The focus is shifted to a side issue or something irrelevant A) Non-Sequitur. B) Red Herring. C) Slippery Slope. D) Testimonial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red Herring. 24. What is an "Analogy" used for? A) A direct statement of fact. B) A comparison to show similarity between two complex ideas. C) The main argument of a text. D) The use of sarcasm to criticize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A comparison to show similarity between two complex ideas. 25. A part is made to represent the whole A) Metaphor. B) Synecdoche. C) Anaphora. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synecdoche. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books