This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Language – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Language Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. (a):An overused expression that brings with it well known associations and connotations. A) A. Cliche. B) Hyperbole. C) Generalisation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Cliche. 2. What a writer uses to help support their argument-quotes, graphs, facts, figures A) Preserved. B) Evidence. C) Drawbacks. D) Disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evidence. 3. Similar to exaggeration but in extreme form. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Pun. D) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 4. What might be an effect of emotive language? A) It makes a text more difficult to understand. B) It makes the reader feel a certain way by making them imagine particular images or experiences. C) It makes the reader question their ideas. D) It could make someone want to read on. E) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It makes the reader feel a certain way by making them imagine particular images or experiences. 5. What is alliteration in persuasive language? A) Repeating a single word multiple times. B) Using many similar words in a short space. C) Repetition of the first sound in consecutive words. D) Using statistics to support an argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition of the first sound in consecutive words. 6. How can you undermine the opposition in an argument? A) By ignoring their points completely. B) By acknowledging their points and then providing stronger counterarguments. C) By agreeing with everything they say. D) By changing the subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By acknowledging their points and then providing stronger counterarguments. 7. Name this device-'The Castle is the absolute best Australian movie ever made.' A) Hyperbole. B) Logos. C) Modality. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modality. 8. The deliberate or accidental leaving out of information A) Omissions. B) Subtext. C) Appeal to common sense. D) Praise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Omissions. 9. What technique is being used here?'Reality TV is the museum of social decay.' A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Emotive language. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. What does an appeal to tradition argue? A) That something should continue because it has always been done that way. B) That something should change for progress. C) That everyone deserves equal access to resources. D) That complex ideas should be simplified. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That something should continue because it has always been done that way. 11. What technique is this:99% of 8E find the Star Wars jokes funny. A) Rhetorical question. B) Statistics. C) Alliteration. D) Quoting an expert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Statistics. 12. Used to create imagery and express things non-literally A) Anecdotes. B) Figurative Language. C) Assertion. D) Jargon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative Language. 13. Which of these is a good sentence starter when giving supporting details? A) For instance,. B) Surely . C) I am writing to . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For instance,. 14. ..... presents a narrow, fixed idea about all the members of a certain group. A) Support. B) Stereotype. C) Emotional appeal. D) Persuasive Technique. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stereotype. 15. True or False:The only writing with an argument is persuasive A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. What technique is this:English with 8E is light a light in the darkness of my day. A) Flattery. B) Emotive language. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 17. What is exaggeration in persuasive language? A) Describing a situation in forceful, overblown language. B) Using statistics to support an argument. C) Repeating a word multiple times. D) Using expert opinions to back a claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Describing a situation in forceful, overblown language. 18. Available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief is true or valid. A) Rhetorical Question. B) Evidence. C) Attacks. D) Adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evidence. 19. What technique is being used in the quotation below:"By 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish." A) Fact. B) Statistic. C) Emotive language. D) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fact. 20. An anaphora is ..... A) A figure of speech in which words repeat at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences. B) Writers often repeat words and phrases to emphasise particular ideas. Throughout a piece of writing, writers might also repeat ideas in the hope this will persuade the audience to agree with them. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A figure of speech in which words repeat at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences. 21. Whose slogan is Think Different? A) X-Box. B) Apple. C) Samsung. D) Microsoft. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apple. 22. What is meant by language? A) The time, place and circumstances in which a text is produced. B) The various forms of visual communication at work to convey arguments. C) The text genre or type, as well as the structure, shape or style of the text. D) The various forms of verbal, non-verbal and visual communication at work; the words, phrases, symbols, gestures, etc. used to convey arguments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The various forms of verbal, non-verbal and visual communication at work; the words, phrases, symbols, gestures, etc. used to convey arguments. 23. This persuasive technique uses something terrible we all want to avoid to convince you to buy the product or believe the idea. A) Loaded Words. B) Testimonial. C) Bandwagon. D) Fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fear. 24. What is the effect of appealing to family values? A) It provides statistical evidence. B) It makes the reader feel insecure. C) It appeals to those who respect or like their family. D) It uses logical arguments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It appeals to those who respect or like their family. 25. Many people prefer ..... businesses because they can work from the comfort of their own homes. A) Home-based. B) Low-paid. C) Well-known. D) Open-minded. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Home-based. 26. What is evidence in the context of writing? A) A random guess. B) Information or details that support a claim or argument. C) A fictional story. D) A rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Information or details that support a claim or argument. 27. "We need cleaner air, we need cleaner water, and we need a cleaner environment for our future."Which persuasive device is used in this statement? A) Alliteration. B) Modality. C) Hyperbole. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 28. Which technique does the following ad use?Do you want to take care of your family;s health?VITA-HEALTH VITAMINSSupplements for men, women and children A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 29. What does 'low-maintenance' imply? A) Requires a lot of care. B) High upkeep. C) Complicated to maintain. D) Easy to manage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Easy to manage. 30. Ismael wants to go on vacation with his friend's family.What's the best way he can persuade his parents to say yes? A) He can tell them that he will be sad and stay in bed if he can't go. B) He can explain that the vacation will be educational and safe. C) He can say that he'll hate his parents if they don't let him go. D) He can ask them for the money that he needs for the trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He can explain that the vacation will be educational and safe. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesPersuasive Language Quiz 1Persuasive Language Quiz 2Persuasive Language Quiz 3Persuasive Language Quiz 4Persuasive Language Quiz 5Persuasive Language Quiz 6Persuasive Language Quiz 7Persuasive Language Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books