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WorksheetsRhetorical Triangle
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is Rhetoric?
a)
talking
b)
writing
c)
both of the answers
d)
neither of the answers
2.
True or False: The Rhetorical Triangle is a useful way of formulating your thoughts and presenting your position.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
True or False: Rhetoric is the ancient art of using language to persuade. If you use it well, your audience will easily understand what you're saying, and will be influenced by your message.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
The Greek philosopher who outlined the three concepts of rhetoric was named
a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Socrates
d)
Quintilian
5.
What are the three rhetorical appeals?
a)
essays, advertising, and treatises.
b)
logos, pathos, ethos.
c)
persuasion, communication, and the rhetorical triangle.
d)
logos, pathos, chronos.
6.
Pathos is...
a)
an appeal to emotions.
b)
an appeal regarding credibility.
c)
an appeal to reason/logic.
d)
a form of meditation.
7.
Ethos is...
a)
an appeal to emotions.
b)
an appeal to logic.
c)
an appeal to ether.
d)
an appeal regarding credibility.
8.
Logos is...
a)
an appeal regarding credibility.
b)
an appeal to reason.
c)
an appeal to emotions.
d)
a form of meditation.
9.
Which of the following statements is false?
a)
Hyperbole is a rhetoric device.
b)
Plato was concerned with the truth.
c)
Rhetoric can only be used in the written form.
d)
Some would define rhetoric as empty language.
10.
Which of the following is NOT an example of hyperbole?
a)
I'd fly to the moon for you.
b)
If he doesn't call soon, I think I'm going to die.
c)
What do you think, dear reader?
d)
I have a million things to do today.
11.
Which is an example of a metaphor?
a)
"Give me liberty, or give me death."
b)
"Time is money."
c)
Gail's goldfish grew giant gills.
d)
"the sound of silence"
12.
Which is NOT an example of a oxymoron?
a)
a little big
b)
Standing is more tiresome than walking
c)
act naturally
d)
pretty ugly
13.
Marcus Quintillianus felt that to achieve true rhetoric, a speaker must have which of the following attributes above all else?
a)
Be brave
b)
Be loud
c)
Be a good speaker
d)
Be ethical
14.
Who felt that rhetoric was a philosophy?
a)
Aristotle
b)
Plato
c)
Quinitillianus
d)
Socrates
15.
Who failed to see that rhetoric could be used by someone whose goal is to deceive?
a)
Aristotle
b)
Plato
c)
Quintillianus
d)
Socrates
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