This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Strategies – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A short and amusing or interesting story about an incident or person A) Rhetoric. B) Allusion. C) Anecdote. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anecdote. 2. Giving human-like qualities to an inanimate object/nonhuman or the representation of an abstract quality in human form A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Anaphora. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 3. An appeal based on the character/reputation/credibility of the speaker A) Anecdote. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 4. "Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory; let me become as naught; but if not, depart, depart, and leave me in darkness." This is an example of A) Paralipsis. B) Apostrophe. C) Euphony. D) Malapropism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. 5. What emotional response is bandwagon advertising most likely trying to evoke in consumers? A) Fear of missing out. B) Anxiety. C) Desire for uniqueness. D) Confidence in one's choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fear of missing out. 6. For a college application, the admissions officers A) Context. B) Purpose. C) Genre. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Audience. 7. A presidential inaugural address serves the purpose of: A) Introduce the president's vision to the nation and the world. B) Unify the country in a bipartisan manner. C) Declare his intentions for his term in office. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 8. The repeating of words, phrases, or clauses for emphasis ..... "I have a dream ..... " A) Parallelism. B) Anaphora. C) Alliteration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 9. Which type of rhetoric uses words/phrases/images that evoke strong emotions? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 10. Strategize how to analyze the effectiveness of an author's rhetoric in a text. A) Count the number of rhetorical devices used. B) Evaluate the impact of rhetorical devices on the audience. C) Identify the main idea. D) Summarize the textTagsGA.ELAGSE11-12RI6DOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evaluate the impact of rhetorical devices on the audience. 11. How does the author's use of pathos contribute to the power of a text? A) By providing logical arguments. B) By appealing to the reader's emotions. C) By presenting statistical data. D) By using complex vocabularyTagsGA.ELAGSE11-12RI6DOK Level 2:Skill/Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By appealing to the reader's emotions. 12. In what way does ethos contribute to the effectiveness of an argument? A) By making the audience feel happy or sad. B) By establishing the author's authority and trustworthiness. C) By simplifying the argument for the audience. D) By presenting a weak version of the opponent's argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By establishing the author's authority and trustworthiness. 13. A figure of speech in which the grammar of one phrase is inverted in the following phrase, such that two key concepts from the original phrase reappear in the second phrase in inverted order; "Fair is foul and foul is fair"-Shakespeare A) Chiasmus. B) Zeugma. C) Synecdoche. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chiasmus. 14. An individual shares their first-hand experience with poverty and food insecurity throughout their life. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 15. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. This is an example of A) Aporia. B) Aphorism. C) Epistle. D) Euphony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aphorism. 16. The appeal to logic is also known as? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 17. A politician says, "Our country was built on the values of hard work and honesty." Which rhetorical appeal is primarily being used? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 18. A figure of speech in which a speaker says one thing but means another. It comes in several forms and is used to bring humor to a situation, foreshadow events to come or introduce a sense of foreboding. A) Verbal Irony. B) High comedy. C) Parody. D) Malapropism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal Irony. 19. What role does ethos play in persuasive writing? A) It appeals to the audience's emotions. B) It establishes the author's credibility and trustworthiness. C) It simplifies complex ideas. D) It presents a weak version of the opponent's argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It establishes the author's credibility and trustworthiness. 20. Showing how one action cause another action A) Process analysis. B) Cause/effect. C) Narration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cause/effect. 21. Which rhetorical appeal involves the writer or speaker establishing his or her credibility? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 22. What is loaded language/diction? A) Emotionally charged wording intended to influence. B) Neutral language used in academic writing. C) Technical jargon used in scientific papers. D) Simple language used in children's books. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotionally charged wording intended to influence. 23. Which of the following is an example of abductive reasoning? A) Concluding that it rained because the ground is wet. B) Using a formula to solve a math problem. C) Memorizing historical dates. D) Writing a summary of a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concluding that it rained because the ground is wet. 24. True or False:The use of jargon can help establish credibility (appeal to ethos)? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. How is an author's PURPOSE best described? A) The topics the writer/speaker discusses. B) The goal the speaker wants to achieve through their text. C) The thesis statement of the text. D) The intended or targeted audience of the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The goal the speaker wants to achieve through their text. 26. Statistics and data used in writing are A) Not very reliable information. B) Complicated math problems. C) Facts and number related information. D) Any type of example. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Facts and number related information. 27. "We came, we saw, we conquered." A) Anaphora. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Synecdoche. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 28. What rhetorical strategy involves making the audience believe they will be left out if they don't follow the crowd? A) Bandwagon. B) Plain folks. C) Scare tactics. D) Glittering generalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bandwagon. 29. The use of words to affect the meaning other than the usual or literal meaning of those words A) Flashback. B) Falling Action. C) Figurative Language. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative Language. 30. Asking a question and then immediately answering it. A) Anaphora. B) Hypophora. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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