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Quiz 3 Rhetoric

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Rhetorical Appeal is used here?


"If you're still unsure, please consider that my advanced degree and awards for my work speak for themselves."

a)

Pathos

b)

Logos

c)

Ethos

2.

What Rhetorical Appeal is used here?


"98% of patients who take Medicine A reported no side effects and tested negative for the disease.

a)

Pathos

b)

Logos

c)

Ethos

3.

What Rhetorical Appeal is used here?


According to a study by CNN, 28% of teenagers report that they could manage without a TV.

a)

Pathos

b)

Logos

c)

Ethos

4.

"For the end of a theoretical science is truth, but the end of a practical science is performance."

- Aristotle

a)

Allusion

b)

Parallelism

c)

Repetition

d)

Metaphor

5.

Because I do not hope to turn again

Because I do not hope

Because I do not hope to turn…

- T.S. Elliot

a)

Alliteration

b)

Parallelism

c)

Anaphora

d)

Repetition

6.
Referring to well-known people, events, or stories in an effort to make a topic/subject more relatable/create parallels
a)
Antithesis
b)
Parallelism
c)
Allusion
d)
Repetition
7.
Clauses that may begin each phrase of a piece the same(ex: Alice ran into the room, into the garden, and into our hearts)
a)
Antithesis
b)
Parallelism
c)
Allusion
d)
Rhetorical question
8.
Two opposite ideas in the same sentence (ie "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...")
a)
Allusion
b)
Rhetorical Question
c)
Loaded language
d)
Antithesis
9.
A question used for effect rather than response (ex: Sure! Why not?)
a)
Rhetorical question
b)
Parallelism
c)
Antithesis
d)
Repetition
10.

Rhetorical devices and appeals are primarily used to...

a)

inform

b)

persuade

c)

entertain

11.

Identify the rhetorical device being used in this passage.


"We've also studied samples of blood and hair for people at the site that tested positive for sarin."

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

12.

Pick the best rhetorical device that is used in the passage.


"Five score years ago a great American in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation."

a)

Alliteration

b)

Nostalgia

c)

Allusion

d)

Analogy

13.

Pick the best rhetorical device that is used in the passage.


"No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream."

a)

Repetition

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

14.
"If his years as a Marine taught him anything, it's that caution is the best policy in this sort of situation."
a)
Ethos
b)
Pathos
c)
Logos
d)
None of these.
15.

Your words have power. The power to hurt, the power to help. Give power and use them wisely. A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds. Don't let your words be a cause.

a)

repetition and logos

b)

logos only

c)

pathos and repetition

d)

ethos and pathos

16.

What we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness; but love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another. - RFK

a)

anaphora

b)

allusion

c)

antithesis

d)

metaphor

17.

And we've come here from every crack, crease, and crevice of our country to our Capital to say that, for all those whose cares have been our concern, we're ready.

a)

parallelism

b)

repetition

c)

antithesis

d)

alliteration

18.

30 years later and teenagers are still addicted, but now to vaping and texting. 30 years later and parents are even less involved in teens' lives than they were. 30 years later and God has been taken out of the picture and replaced with materialism...

WHAT DEVICE and WHAT TONE?

a)

hopeful tone through ethos

b)

frustrated tone through anaphora

c)

annoyed tone through bias

d)

humorous tone through jokes