Rhetorical Devices QUIZ

What is an allusion?

• A magic trip involving the audience

• A brief and indirect reference to a person, character, place, thing, or idea

• A way to differentiate between fact and fiction

• A short personal story

What device is this argument using?

I know you think that 16 is too young to vote, but many 16 year olds at my school already have a lot of responsibilities. They take care of siblings, hold jobs, and give money to their parents to help with bills. They are responsible enough for those things, and they are definitely responsible enough to vote.

• counterclaim / counterargument

• logos

• ethos

• anecdote

A short, entertaining account of something happening. Usually personal or biographical.

• call to action

• logos

• rhetorical question

• anecdote

When the writer or speaker targets the other person's argument and tries to disprove it or weaken it so the audience's mind is changed.

• allusion

• anecdote

• counterargument / counterclaim

• logos

____ is an argument where the speaker claims to be an expert or relies on information provided by experts. It involves the speaker's values, morals, and trustworthiness.

• ethos

• pathos

• rhetorical question

• rhetorical device

What kind of rhetorical device does this argument use?

I believe that we should eliminate zoos. When we put animals into cages, they cannot roam free and live a wild life with other animals. Because they are confined to cages, they eat less, get depressed, and die much earlier than animals in wild.

• pathos

• call to action

• counterargument

• rebuttal

What rhetorical device does this argument use?

Eating a vegan diet means that you will consume 65% less saturated fat, improve your cardiovascular fitness by 37%, and reduce your risk of diabetes by over 50%.

• appeal to an expert

• ethos

• rhetorical question

• logos

This is an example of what type of rhetorical device?

We all want to help our environment. We all want a better future. We all want to live healthier lives. We all want to make small impactful changes.

• repetition

• appeal to logic

• call to action

• emphatic argument

What is a rhetorical question?

• to ask a question that you want the audience to answer

• to ask a question of the audience to engage them without requiring an answer

• a device only used by professional speakers

• a device that allows people to connect to their emotions

Asking/encouraging the audience to do something as a result of your argument.

• counterclaim

• appeal to logic

• appeal to emotions

• call to action