This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Rhetorical Techniques – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetorical Techniques Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ANALOGY is when a writer compares a rather complicated issue to something similar yet simpler. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. When an author acknowledges or states arguments that are against their position they are using A) Rebuttals. B) Refutations. C) Counter-arguments. D) Concessions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concessions. 3. It is a perspective based on emotion A) Objective. B) Subjective. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subjective. 4. What term refers to a comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification? A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Invective. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analogy. 5. Which principle from Forbes.com suggests that effective persuasion involves identifying the right audience? A) Always target the largest possible audience. B) Use the same approach for every audience. C) Focus your energy on people who are currently persuadable to your point of view. D) Convince people to act against their own interests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Focus your energy on people who are currently persuadable to your point of view. 6. "My three decades of experience in public service, my tireless commitment to the people of this community, and my willingness to reach across the aisle and cooperate with the opposition, make me the ideal candidate for your mayor."The above excerpt is an example of which appeal? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 7. An appeal to ethics or credibility is called A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Manos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 8. What is the EFFECT of anaphora? A) To emphasize a point and make it more memorable. B) To convey feeling and evoke an emotional response. C) To establish credibility, authority, and/or trustworthiness. D) To connect the speaker to the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To emphasize a point and make it more memorable. 9. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ..... ""The greatest drink to quench your thirst-none are as good as 100Plus!"The persuasive device used here is ..... A) Pronouns. B) Logos. C) Superlative. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Superlative. 10. Which rhetorical technique involves the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses? A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Antithesis. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 11. You ain't nothin' but a hound dogQuit snoopin' 'round my doorYou can wag your tailBut I ain't gonna feed you no more ..... The above is an example of: A) Personification. B) Logos. C) Parallelism. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 12. What term refers to the informal language used in everyday conversation? A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Colloquial Language. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Colloquial Language. 13. The ideas or feelings that a certain word invokes, used to create certain emotional responses in an audience. A) Loaded Words. B) Connotation. C) Reason. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 14. Which is an example of descriptive language/imagery? A) The government are not doing a good enough job. B) Act now, or regret it later. C) Packed together like sardines, they felt as if their lungs would burst. D) They are left to slave away in the scorching sun, day after day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Packed together like sardines, they felt as if their lungs would burst. 15. Repeating grammatical structure or an arrangement of words to create rhythm and momentum A) Pararellism. B) Restatement. C) Repetition. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pararellism. 16. It is dangerous to drive on icy streets, and the streets are icy now, so it would be dangerous for me to drive on the streets today. A) Inductive(specific points > general conclusion). B) Deductive(general points > specific conclusion). C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deductive(general points > specific conclusion). 17. Extreme exaggeration using metaphorical language A) Personal pronouns. B) Metaphor. C) Anadiplosis. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 18. This technique is when the speaker asks a question where the answer is already implied. A) Jargon. B) Bias. C) Assertion. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical Question. 19. What is testimonial? A) Using statistics or data to support an argument. B) Persuading people to do something by letting them know others are all doing it as well. C) Using words of an expert or a famous person to persuade others. D) Acknowledging the opponent's main idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using words of an expert or a famous person to persuade others. 20. Used to create imagery and express things non-literally; can make an idea more emotive, vivid, and convincing. A) Bias. B) Alliteration. C) Figurative Language. D) Adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative Language. 21. When a writer raises a question, and then immediately provides an answer to that question A) Emotive language. B) Epistrophe. C) Anaphora. D) Hypophora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypophora. 22. Identify the sentence that uses antithesis. A) It is what it is. B) Hope for the best, expect the worst. C) He likes cooking his family and his pets. D) She sings beautifully and dances gracefully.TagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hope for the best, expect the worst. 23. If you brush and floss your teeth daily then you will have fewer cavities. Marie brushes and flosses her teeth daily. Thus, she will have fewer cavities. A) Inductive Reasoning. B) Deductive Reasoning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deductive Reasoning. 24. A deliberate choice of words to influence or to elicit emotion A) Emotive language. B) Epistrophe. C) Anaphora. D) Hypophora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotive language. 25. A comparison of something unfamiliar to something perhaps similar and more familiar in a text is called A) An allusion. B) A debate. C) An anecdote. D) An analogy. 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