Rhetoric Quiz

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence: 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.'?

• Asyndeton

• Antithesis

• Irony

• Chiasmus

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence: 'I came; I saw; I conquered.'?

• Antithesis

• Irony

• Chiasmus

• Asyndeton

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence: 'In his face Divine compassion visibly appeerd Love without end, and without measure Grace'?

• Asyndeton

• Antithesis

• Chiasmus

• Irony

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence: 'Go ask his name: if he be married. My grave is like to be my wedding bed.'?

• Antithesis

• Asyndeton

• Chiasmus

• Irony

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence: 'The pen is mightier than the sword.'?

• Irony

• Chiasmus

• Antithesis

• Asyndeton

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence: 'To be or not to be-that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?'

• Irony

• Chiasmus

• Asyndeton

• Antithesis

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence: 'I had not intended to love him; the reader knows I had wrought hard to extirpate from my soul the germs of love there detected; and now, at the first renewed view of him, they spontaneously arrived, green and strong! He made me love him without looking at me.'?

• Irony

• Chiasmus

• Asyndeton

• Antithesis

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence: 'Miss Bolo…went home in a flood of tears and a sedan chair.'?

• Chiasmus

• Asyndeton

• Antithesis

• Zeugma

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence: 'A text written to encourage support for the protection of the Florida panther features an interview with a renowned biologist who is an expert on endangered species.'?

• Kairos

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence: 'A text written to evoke haste in responding to the declining Florida panther population discusses the implication of panther mortality rates.'?

• Pathos

• Logos

• Kairos

• Ethos