This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Techniques – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Techniques Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is name calling? A) Acknowledging the opposition's main idea. B) Persuading people to do something by let them know others are all doing it as well. C) Describing poor aspects of a competitor's argument/ product. D) Using statistics or data to support an argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Describing poor aspects of a competitor's argument/ product. 2. What is an indirect reference to another well-known piece of literature (or idea)? A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Adjectives. D) Assertion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 3. A charity organization shows images of suffering animals to encourage donations. Which rhetorical technique is this? A) Appeal to Logic. B) Glittering Generalization. C) Appeal to Emotion. D) Appeal by Association. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal to Emotion. 4. When an author demonstrates why opposing views are not as valid as the arguments they are presenting they are making A) A rebuttal. B) A concession. C) A persuasive appeal. D) A rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A rebuttal. 5. Which are types of figurative language that can be used as rhetorical techniques? A) Alliteration, Simile, Metaphor. B) Adjectives, Loaded Words. C) Rhetorical Questions, Pronouns. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration, Simile, Metaphor. 6. How can figurative language be used as a rhetorical appeal? A) Using the figurative language to be convincing in some way. B) Imagery, similes, and metaphors are always rhetorical. C) It can't be. D) Using the figurative language to sound beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using the figurative language to be convincing in some way. 7. How does a simile function in formal prose? A) By comparing two identical things. B) By comparing an unfamiliar thing to a familiar one. C) By stating that one thing is another. D) By exaggerating for effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By comparing an unfamiliar thing to a familiar one. 8. The establishment of authority and reliability, used to gain the confidence and trust of theaudience. A) Credibility (Ethos). B) Emotion (Pathos). C) Reason (Logos). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Credibility (Ethos). 9. Fill in the blank: ..... will usually affect how you evaluate something. A) Your point of view. B) Your mood. C) Your self confidence. D) Your friends and family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your point of view. 10. What is the best definition of imagery? A) When you use a picture to make a point. B) Descriptive language that appeals to the senses. C) Asking a question to make a point, not get an answer. D) Repeating what has already been said or written. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Descriptive language that appeals to the senses. 11. Expressing the same idea in different words to clarify and stress key points A) Parallelism. B) Analogy. C) Restatement. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Restatement. 12. Rhetoric that appeals to emotion is called A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Manos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 13. When an author cites information from recognized experts on a subject they are making A) An appeal to authority. B) A warrant. C) An appeal to emotion. D) A fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An appeal to authority. 14. Which of the following best describes 'pathos' as a persuasive technique? A) Using facts and statistics to support claims. B) Establishing the speaker's expertise and authority. C) Creating logical connections between ideas. D) Appealing to the audience's emotions and sense of identity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appealing to the audience's emotions and sense of identity. 15. Using the same words frequently to reinforce concepts A) Analogy. B) Repetition. C) Parallelism. D) Restatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 16. Feelings accentuated by experiencing love, hate, fear, etc. A) Credibility (Ethos). B) Emotion (Pathos). C) Reason (Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotion (Pathos). 17. Identify the sentence that uses asyndeton. A) Reduce, reuse, recycle. B) I wish I was a little bit taller, and I wish I was a baller. C) Don't ever use the word "don't". D) I was so bored and tired and lonely and afraid in English class.TagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reduce, reuse, recycle. 18. What technique is the company using? A McDonalds commercial shows a family enjoying a meal, smiling and sharing french fries. The end of the commercial reads, "I'm Lovin' It." A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 19. Which technique is being used in the following example?"Growing up, I considered myself pretty lucky. Even though my parents didn't have a lot of money, they never went to college themselves, they had an unwavering belief in the power of education. So they always pushed me and my brother to do whatever it took to succeed in school." Michelle Obama A) Emotive Language. B) Generalization. C) Inclusive Language. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anecdote. 20. Which of the following is an example of hyperbaton? A) Plan ahead:it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark. B) I love her eyes, her hair, her nose, her cheeks, her lips. C) She had a personality indescribable. D) There are a thousand reasons why more research is needed on solar energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had a personality indescribable. 21. Justice is blind. Her heart skipped a beat. The sun smiled down on them. The stars winked. These are all examples of: A) Metaphor. B) Ethos. C) Personification. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 22. What technique is the company using? "[Our products are] Gluten Free. We remove all the wheat, rye, and barley grains from the Cheerios' oat supply." A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 23. Which sentence uses epanalepsis? A) The king is dead, long live the king. B) Believe me when I say believing is not enough. C) She left the note right beside her. D) I only love one man, and that man is me. TagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The king is dead, long live the king. 24. Cause and effect ..... A) Explains a real story that happened to someone. B) Shows the similarities and differences between things. C) Repeats what has already been said or written. D) Shows where one event makes another happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shows where one event makes another happen. 25. "Yesterday, December 7th, 1941-a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan ..... "-Franklin Delano Roosevelt to CongressWhich persuasive techniques are used in the above statement? A) Emotive language. B) Evidence and credibility. C) Antithesis. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotive language. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesRhetorical Techniques Quiz 1Rhetorical Techniques Quiz 2Rhetorical Techniques Quiz 3Rhetorical Techniques Quiz 5Rhetorical Techniques Quiz 6Rhetorical Techniques Quiz 7Rhetorical Techniques Quiz 8Rhetorical Techniques Quiz 9Rhetorical Techniques Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books