This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Strategies – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Name the strategy that presents the opposition as having negative characteristics or using negative labels. A) Snob appeal. B) Name calling. C) Testimonial. D) Slogan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Name calling. 2. A smoke detector is endorsed by the National Firefighters Association. A) LOGOS. B) PATHOS. C) ETHOS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ETHOS. 3. What is exigence? A) The specific occasion that prompted the message to be created. B) Why the speaker is conveying the message. C) Who the writer is speaking to. D) The circumstances surrounding the situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The specific occasion that prompted the message to be created. 4. When this person says, '' As a three-time Olympic gold medalist, I can assure you that this energy drink will improve your fitness and stamina, '' they are using ..... A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Lies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 5. What strategy involves attacking a person or group instead of focusing on the actual argument? A) Humor. B) Card stacking. C) Name calling. D) Glittering generalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Name calling. 6. I'm not saying you should study, but it might help you to answer these correctly. A) Apophasis. B) Hypophora. C) Hypophora. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apophasis. 7. What is ethos and how does Douglass use it? A) Douglass uses ethos by appealing to the audience's emotions and making them feel sorry for him. B) Douglass uses ethos by establishing his own credibility as a former slave and an educated man, which lends authority to his words. C) Douglass uses ethos by using complex vocabulary and confusing the audience. D) Douglass uses ethos by telling jokes and anecdotes to make the audience laugh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Douglass uses ethos by establishing his own credibility as a former slave and an educated man, which lends authority to his words. 8. Which technique involves using words that have strong emotional appeal but do not provide factual information? A) Loaded words. B) Bribery. C) Scare tactics. D) Humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loaded words. 9. A student gives a goofy answer in class and the teacher responds, "that's an interesting point of view." A) A metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) A euphemism. D) An idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A euphemism. 10. Rhetorical context is A) The audience. B) The purpose. C) The author's role. D) The background. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The author's role. 11. What is the main goal of the transfer technique in media advertising? A) To confuse consumers about the product. B) To educate consumers on the product features. C) To associate positive feelings with the product. D) To emphasize the affordability of the product. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To associate positive feelings with the product. 12. A non-profit group wants to raise money to help save unwanted pets so they create a social media campaign that shows dogs alone in shelter kennels. A) LOGOS. B) PATHOS. C) ETHOS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PATHOS. 13. An exaggeration used to emphasize a point. It is used to make a point strongly, to draw the reader's attention back to the writer or to demonstrate the difference between two things. A) Hyperbole. B) Understatement. C) Figurative Language. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 14. "Fork over the French fries, Phillip!" shouted his younger sibling. A) Syntax. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 15. "Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You." This is an example of A) Metonymy. B) Synecdoche. C) Euphony. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chiasmus. 16. A study reports that 78% of teens say they do not get enough sleep to feel rested at school. A) LOGOS. B) PATHOS. C) ETHOS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) LOGOS. 17. "It probably would've been close to time for me to break fast. He would have come to pick me up, and we would have went to go get something to eat. And then we would have smoked some weed after, right? And then I would have had to have been home around 7, 8 o'clock, right?" (Adnan Syed). What is the repetition of the same words at the BEGINNING of sentences and clauses called? A) Epistrophe. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaphora. 18. What is the rhetorical strategy that involves making an argument at the most opportune moment? A) Anaphora. B) Kairos. C) Pathos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kairos. 19. If you fail, retake it. If you fail again, study. If you fail again, try it all over. A) Loaded Words. B) Repetition. C) Ethos. D) Words of Emphasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 20. This can be defined as a statement, sentence, or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 21. The feeling created in the reader by the writer is called ..... A) Mood. B) Tone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 22. A statement that is universally accepted or known to be true. Usually it is utilized by the writer/speaker to create a point of commonality, create interest/shock, or to appeal to the audience's logic. A) Fact. B) Opinion. C) Falshoods. D) Factoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fact. 23. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.This is an example of what strategy? A) Allusion. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 24. "Imagine someone were looking at college athletes 200 years in the future. They would call this the Age of Hypocrisy." A) Facts and statistics. B) Anecdote. C) Juxtaposition. D) Scenario. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scenario. 25. We have tried negotiating with the shop owners, but they will not listen. We stopped protesting, but they kept their racist signs up. The only solution is to go back to protesting. A) Problem/solution. B) Compare/contrast. C) Description. D) Exemplification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Problem/solution. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesRhetorical Strategies Quiz 1Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 2Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 3Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 4Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 5Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 6Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 7Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 8Rhetorical Strategies Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books