This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Strategies – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Rhetorical strategies are A) Techniques used to inform the reader. B) Techniques used to persuade the reader or listener. C) Always figurative. D) Created by Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Techniques used to persuade the reader or listener. 2. The use of figurative language to paint a sensory picture for the reader A) Figurative Language. B) The Five Senses. C) Imagery. D) IDK. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 3. People who participate in scavenger hunts are basically "following the yellow brick road" is an example of A) Figurative language. B) Literary allusion. C) Anecdote. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary allusion. 4. "Gun violence has increased 200% in the last decade" is an appeal to A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 5. What is the purpose of using an allusion as a rhetorical strategy? A) To help the audience see a broader picture. B) To add credibility to writing. C) To evoke a negative or positive feeling. D) To emphasize the speaker's argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To add credibility to writing. 6. Parents of two sets of twins under the age of 3, write a blog about creating healthy schedules and routines for babies and toddlers. A) LOGOS. B) PATHOS. C) ETHOS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ETHOS. 7. An advertisement that makes the audience laugh is employing the rhetorical strategy of: A) Humor. B) Scare tactics. C) Bribery. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humor. 8. A perception of expertise based on a person's writing or speaking style. A) Invented ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Cognitive bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invented ethos. 9. What does Spring symbolize? A) Birth, rebirth, new beginnings, new life. B) Death, end of life, an ending. C) Love, attachment. D) Hope, longing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birth, rebirth, new beginnings, new life. 10. "The breath coming out the nostrils was so faint it stirred only the farthest fringes of life, a small leaf, a black feather, a single fiber of hair." Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 A) Asyndeton. B) Polysyndeton. C) Zeugma. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asyndeton. 11. Speaking of a nonhuman thing as if it has human feelings or actions (Ex. The wind moaned.) A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 12. A charity organization uses images of suffering animals in their advertisements. What is the primary rhetorical strategy, and what is its intended effect? A) Logos; to provide logical reasons for donating. B) Ethos; to show the organization's credibility. C) Pathos; to evoke sympathy and encourage donations. D) Logos; to present factual information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos; to evoke sympathy and encourage donations. 13. Using a metaphor is an example of ..... A) Emotion. B) Logic. C) Credibility. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotion. 14. What is a common characteristic of glittering generalities in media advertising? A) Concrete and specific claims. B) Logical reasoning and arguments. C) Detailed evidence and statistics. D) Emotional and vague language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotional and vague language. 15. Descriptive language that appeals to the senses A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Appeal to Fear. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 16. This president had the shortest inaugural address at 135 words. A) George Bush senior. B) George Washington. C) Henry Harrison. D) Donald Trump. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) George Washington. 17. You leave me home alone by myself all the time, and I never do anything wrong. I've had an iPad for a year and nothing bad has ever happened to it. That's why I'm responsible enough to get a new cellphone. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 18. Citing sources is an example of ..... A) Emotion. B) Logic. C) Credibility. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Credibility. 19. A reference to our "founding fathers" would be considered A) Literary allusion. B) Parallel structure. C) Figurative language. D) Historical allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Historical allusion. 20. Whether that dream is to invent something, start something, build something, or create something, it all starts with the basic skills and confidence that only a good education can provide. This is an example of A) Epistrophe. B) Aporia. C) Metonymy. D) Paralipsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epistrophe. 21. Which statement uses logos to persuade? A) "You can trust me because I have always been honest.". B) "If we reduce waste by 20%, we can save $ 10, 000 annually.". C) "Think about how sad it would be to lose your home.". D) "Everyone else is doing it, so you should too.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "If we reduce waste by 20%, we can save $ 10, 000 annually.". 22. "see ominous clouds of inferiority beginning to form in her little mental sky" A) Problem/solution. B) Compare/contrast. C) Description. D) Exemplification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Description. 23. Identify the rhetorical strategy used in the following sentence:'She's a real-life Cinderella.' A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 24. The part of the novel that introduces the protagonist and any information needed to comprehend what follows A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Climax. D) Denoument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 25. The appeal to emotion is also know as ..... A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Hyperbole. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesRhetorical Strategies Quiz 2Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 3Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 4Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 5Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 6Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 7Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 8Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 9Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books