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ELAS 2 - Rhetoric Review Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

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1.

When you employ the ethos approach in rhetoric, you make an appeal to...

a)

logic

b)

credibility

c)

emotion

d)

urgency

2.

Which rhetorical approach makes an appeal to emotion?

(a)  

3.

Which appeal is dominant in the following example?

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery… We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut."

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

4.

Which appeal is dominant in the following example?

"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."

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

5.

Which appeal is dominant in the following example?

"They've worked against everything we've worked so hard to build, and they don't care who gets hurt in the process. Make no mistake, they're the enemy, and they won't stop until we're all destroyed."

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

6.

The sentence below is an example of which rhetorical device?

It rained on his lousy tombstone, and it rained on the grass on his stomach. It rained all over the place.

a)

anaphora

b)

auxesis

c)

antithesis

d)

periphrasis

7.

The sentence below is an example of which rhetorical device?

For no government is better than the men who compose it, and I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best.

a)

epistrophe

b)

concessio

c)

diazeugma

d)

tricolon

8.

Use of which of the following rhetorical devices runs the risk of employing a logical fallacy?

a)

argumentum ad populum

b)

syntheton

c)

comprobatio

d)

anaphora

9.

The sentence below is an example of which rhetorical device?

We shape our buildings, and afterward our buildings shape us.

a)

chiasmus

b)

antithesis

c)

hyperbole

d)

dialysis

10.

True or false? ‘Comprobatio’ is making a small concession in order to gain a more significant win.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The sentence below is an example of which rhetorical device?

The Romans destroyed Numantia, razed Carthage, obliterated Corinth, overthrew Fregellae.

a)

diazeugma

b)

auxesis

c)

dialysis

d)

syntheton

12.

Which of the following is an example of ‘periphrasis’?

a)

saying ‘passed away’ for ‘died'

b)

instead of ‘pay with credit cards’

c)

the expression ‘to wait an eternity’

d)

the quote “The pen is mightier than the sword.”

13.

The sentence below is an example of which rhetorical device?

This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.

a)

tricolon

b)

epistrophe

c)

hyperbole

d)

chiasmus

14.

Does the following sentence contain an example of metonymy or synecdoche?

The White House will be announcing the decision around noon today.

a)

metonymy

b)

synecdoche

15.

Does the following sentence contain an example of metonymy or synecdoche?

He has many mouths to feed.

a)

metonymy

b)

synecdoche