This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Strategies – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt. (Replacing a harsh word with a softer word) A) Loaded Language. B) Euphemism. C) Anecdote. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 2. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."-George Orwell A) Paradox. B) Pun. C) Malapropism. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 3. Repeating the same word or phrase in the same paragraph A) Logos. B) Repetition. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 4. Giving human characteristics to something that is not human. A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 5. Using ideological assumptions to hypothesize motivations or actions. A) Anaphora. B) Euphemism. C) Cultural logic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cultural logic. 6. Which of the following best describes a testimonial in advertising? A) A certificate of authenticity. B) An authoritative statement. C) A recommendation from a satisfied customer. D) A legal disclaimer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A recommendation from a satisfied customer. 7. When Aristotle says, "All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal, '' he is using ..... A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 8. Which strategy involves persuading the audience to follow the example of a famous person or expert in a particular field? A) Testimonial. B) Slogan. C) Bribery. D) Transfer technique. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Testimonial. 9. What are the examples? "Drivers in Saipan are not careful enough. I once saw a woman eating a hotdog while driving, as well as a man using his phone while going 60 miles per hour." A) Drivers in Saipan. B) A woman eating a hot dog while driving. C) I once saw. D) Corgis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A woman eating a hot dog while driving. 10. Groups are more immoral than individuals. For example, when an individual segregationist learns that their beliefs are wrong, they might change their ways. However, if they are in a big group of segregationists, they are more likely to listen to each other than another person telling them they are wrong. A) Problem/solution. B) Compare/contrast. C) Description. D) Exemplification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exemplification. 11. A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity A) Attitude. B) Simile. C) Ethos. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 12. A construction company advertises that they have built single family and multi family homes for fifty years. A) LOGOS. B) PATHOS. C) ETHOS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ETHOS. 13. It is my right as a U.S. citizen to life, liberty, and the pursuit of endless pretzel dogs in the mall food court. A) Ethos. B) Logos(common place). C) Pathos. D) No rhetorical appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos(common place). 14. The author's attitude toward the subject matter is called ..... A) Mood. B) Tone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 15. Examples in rhetoric can be from A) This class only. B) Books only. C) Pretty much anything that is relevant to the point. D) Mainstream media. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pretty much anything that is relevant to the point. 16. Often required to as ethical strategies or rhetorical appeals, are devices in rhetoric that classify the speakers appeal to the audience A) Logos. B) Allegory. C) Ethos. D) Modes of Persuasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Modes of Persuasion. 17. When MLK Jr. says, "we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check, " he is using ..... A) Anaphora. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 18. An occurrence, feeling, or object that forewarns of an event and that is only fully understood in hindsight A) Foil. B) Flashback. C) First-Person. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 19. "Shakespeare explained it best when he told us that, 'Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.' '' A) Hyperbole. B) Expression. C) Allusion. D) Quote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quote. 20. Cool as a cucumber. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Analogy. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 21. When an advertisement appeals to a sense of belonging and connectivity to persuade the audience, it is using: A) Snob appeal. B) Avant-garde. C) Plain folks. D) Bribery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plain folks. 22. An argument with a hidden premise or conclusion:an implicit statement that is omitted. A) Cognitive bias. B) Enthymeme. C) Memes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enthymeme. 23. Comparing two things to further explain A) Analogy. B) Hyperbole. C) Statistics. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 24. Read the following statement: "If you care about your children's future, you will support this initiative." Which rhetorical appeal is being used? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Mythos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 25. "The proof of her innocence was obvious:she was 3, 000 miles away at the time of the crime" is an example of A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Repetition. D) Ethos. 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