This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Techniques – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Techniques Quiz 9 (13 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred." Identify the figurative language and it's type. A) Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst-simile. B) Drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred-simile. C) Drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred-metaphor. D) Thirst for freedom-allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred-metaphor. 2. What distinguishes 'extrinsic ethos' from 'intrinsic ethos'? A) Extrinsic ethos relates to the speaker's character and experience, while intrinsic ethos relates to how they communicate. B) Extrinsic ethos uses emotions, while intrinsic ethos uses logic. C) There is no meaningful difference between the two. D) Extrinsic ethos is more important than intrinsic ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extrinsic ethos relates to the speaker's character and experience, while intrinsic ethos relates to how they communicate. 3. Which uses emotive language? A) You won't find a better deal. B) Act now, before it's too late. C) The time is now. The time is right. Don't miss this time to act. D) Desperately, they cling on to the thin hope that someone will help them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desperately, they cling on to the thin hope that someone will help them. 4. Which rhetorical technique is used to appeal to the audience's emotions? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 5. In Martin Luther King, Jr's speech "I have a Dream, " he states, "One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity." What type of rhetorical technique is this? A) Facts. B) Allusion. C) Diction. D) Extended metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extended metaphor. 6. When an idea is presented as fact without full explanation or evidence; used to make claims sound factual. A) Bias. B) Assertion. C) Exaggeration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assertion. 7. When an author uses facts and statistics in a text to support their argument, they are using an appeal to A) Ethics. B) Emotion. C) Logic. D) Examples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logic. 8. The repetition of initial letter sounds in order to emphasize certain words and make them more memorable. A) Anaphora. B) Alliteration. C) Adjectives. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 9. ..... is using reputation or experts to persuade A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 10. What is the aim of inclusive language? A) To use slang in a sarcastic manner. B) To mock an argument. C) To directly address the reader as an individual or as a part of a shared group. D) To reinforce a writer's overall tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To directly address the reader as an individual or as a part of a shared group. 11. A magazine advertisement which reads:"Buy one pair of jeans, get the second pair 50% off!" A) Incentive. B) Emotional appeal. C) Bandwagon. D) Plain folks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incentive. 12. When speaker is talking directly to an individual or group A) Direct address. B) Metaphor. C) Anadiplosis. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct address. 13. When a speaker/writer addresses an opposing view or or speaker and attacks their argument or character. A) Anecdote. B) Attacks. C) Bias. D) Jargon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attacks. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesRhetorical Techniques Quiz 1Rhetorical Techniques Quiz 2Rhetorical Techniques Quiz 3Rhetorical Techniques Quiz 4Rhetorical Techniques Quiz 5Rhetorical Techniques Quiz 6Rhetorical Techniques Quiz 7Rhetorical Techniques Quiz 8Clarity And Coherence QuizClarity In Writing QuizConcision In Writing QuizCreating Emphasis In Writing QuizDesign And Usage QuizDialogue Usage QuizDistinguishing Rhetoric QuizEffective Written Communication QuizFigurative Language QuizFigures Of Speech QuizGender And Language QuizHedging In Writing QuizHedging Language QuizHypophora Vs. Rhetorical Questions QuizLoaded Language QuizParallel Structure QuizParallelism For Rhetoric QuizParallelism In Grammar QuizPersuasive Language QuizPersuasive Speech QuizPersuasive Techniques QuizPrinciples Of Design Emphasis QuizRhetorical Analysis QuizRhetorical Appeals QuizRhetorical Devices QuizRhetorical Persuasive Techniques QuizRhetorical Strategies QuizStance Markers QuizSyntactic Parallelism Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books