This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Language – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Language Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does appealing to common sense work in persuasive writing? A) By telling a personal story. B) By referencing expert opinions. C) By using statistical data. D) By getting people to agree on things they already believe make sense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By getting people to agree on things they already believe make sense. 2. What does contention mean? A) How the author wants the audience to feel, think or act in response to what they're saying. B) Another word for point of view or opinion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Another word for point of view or opinion. 3. What is the effect of using cliches in writing? A) It makes the reader feel familiar and safe. B) It makes the writing unpredictable. C) It uses logical arguments. D) It provides statistical evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It makes the reader feel familiar and safe. 4. Which sentence best persuades someone to try the local food? A) The local dish contains potatoes and cheese. B) The meal costs £8. C) Treat your taste buds to the mouth-watering flavours of our famous pie!. D) The pie is served hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Treat your taste buds to the mouth-watering flavours of our famous pie!. 5. Which phrase demonstrates effective synthesis of arguments and citations? A) "Smith (2019) argues that ". B) "Some researchers believe ". C) "It is commonly known that ". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Smith (2019) argues that ". 6. What is the purpose of using bias in persuasive language? A) To establish authority and reliability. B) To emphasize certain points. C) To subjectively influence an audience by presenting only one side of an issue or viewpoint. D) To create certain emotional responses in an audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To subjectively influence an audience by presenting only one side of an issue or viewpoint. 7. Individual facts, figures, and other items of information A) Preserved. B) Reasoning. C) Era. D) Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Data. 8. What is this an example of?If I get one more homework task I am going to move to the moon! A) Metaphor. B) Formal Tone. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 9. Zoos protect animals; zoos help animals to breed; zoos are for the benefit of animals. A) Rhetorical question. B) Inclusive language. C) Repetition of words and phrases. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition of words and phrases. 10. Which appeal is designed to connect with the audience's emotions? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Fairness. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 11. Which persuasive technique involves repeating the same word or phrase to make an idea more memorable? A) Hyperbole. B) Emotive Language. C) Opinion. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 12. Tone? "As the head of this organisation, I believe ..... " A) Authoratative. B) Authoritative. C) Arrogant. D) Hopeful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Authoritative. 13. Which of the following must each body paragraph contain? A) Topic sentence. B) Conclusion paragraph. C) Introduction paragraph. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Topic sentence. 14. We are letting our environment down. A) Inclusive language. B) Triple. C) Rhetorical question. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inclusive language. 15. Tone? "I understand it's been tough for you but ..... " A) Mocking. B) Sympathetic. C) Enthusiastic. D) Tough. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic. 16. The placement of two concepts near each other in order for readers to make a comparison. A) Juxtaposition. B) Appeal to the hip-pocket nerve. C) Vocabulary choice. D) Emotional appeals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition. 17. Which of the following phrases shows confidence in your opinion? A) I think . B) It is certain . C) For example,. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is certain . 18. What is the focus of a critical tone? A) Importance. B) Challenge, Reconsider. C) Confident Persuasion. D) Questioning & Critical Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Challenge, Reconsider. 19. Tone? "This is so pathetic, it's hardly worth my while arguing against it." A) Cynical. B) Contemptuous. C) Pessimistic. D) Pathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contemptuous. 20. What does "Direct Address" mean in writing? A) Writing in the third person. B) Addressing a letter to someone. C) Using indirect speech. D) Speaking directly to the reader or audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaking directly to the reader or audience. 21. Complete the analytical sentence with the correct option:"Wearing pants as tight as a rubber band" is one of many examples of figurative language expressed by Newsome. In employing such colourful expression, he hopes to ..... A) Present himself as an expert on the issue. B) Identify with the audience as a member of the 'in group'. C) Maintain the audience's attention while injecting some humour. D) Make the situation appear worse than it is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maintain the audience's attention while injecting some humour. 22. Which of the following is an example of a statistic? A) "Climate change is a serious issue.". B) "We need to address climate change now.". C) "70% of people believe in climate change.". D) "Many people believe in climate change.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "70% of people believe in climate change.". 23. What is the main purpose of using emotive language in a text? A) To provide statistical data. B) To inform the reader. C) To describe a setting. D) To evoke an emotional response from the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To evoke an emotional response from the reader. 24. What is the tone here?This is the last straw. Enough is enough. A) Pleading. B) Angry. C) Repetition. D) Hopeful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Angry. 25. Do you think people spend too much time on their phones? A) Rhetorical question. B) Convincing words. C) Opinion words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 26. Is this supposed to be some kind of a joke? A) Alliteration. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Rule of Three. D) Emotive Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Question. 27. A sickness or ailment A) Identify. B) Disorder. C) Cows. D) Fragments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disorder. 28. "It was we who did the dispossessing." This quote uses: A) Negative Connotation. B) Antithesis. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative Connotation. 29. What was "Operation Royal Flush" ? A) It was a plan to flush the food coloring down the toilets of the Coral Queen. B) It was a plan to break into jail and help Dad escape. C) It was a plan to help Noah and Abbey sneak on to Dusty's boat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was a plan to flush the food coloring down the toilets of the Coral Queen. 30. Which of these should NOT help with persuasive writing? A) Facts. B) Opinion of Expert. C) Neutral Stance. D) Counter Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neutral Stance. 31. Short personal stories used to connect with the audience and add evidence or credibility to an argument. A) Figurative Language. B) Anecdote. C) Pronouns. D) Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdote. 32. What is persuasive language and why is it important? A) Persuasive language is a form of artistic expression that entertains audiences. B) Persuasive language is a technical jargon used in scientific writing. C) Persuasive language is a communication tool used to influence and convince an audience, and it is important for shaping opinions and motivating actions. D) Persuasive language is a style of writing that focuses on factual reporting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Persuasive language is a communication tool used to influence and convince an audience, and it is important for shaping opinions and motivating actions. 33. What is the purpose of saying "You should try this yummy ice cream!" ? A) To tell you the ice cream's price. B) To explain how ice cream is made. C) To describe the ice cream. D) To convince you to eat the ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To convince you to eat the ice cream. 34. Choose the sentence that uses informal laguage. A) May I please have a toasted cheese sandwich?. B) Hey buddy, wanna go to the dance?. C) We cordially invite you to the school dance. D) What are you going to do?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hey buddy, wanna go to the dance?. 35. An unbiased person considers all sides of an issue. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. What is the "Power of Three" in persuasive writing? A) Listing three points to strengthen an argument. B) Repeating a word or phrase three times for emphasis. C) Writing in three different languages. D) Using three different fonts in a document. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listing three points to strengthen an argument. 37. What is the persuasive technique being used below:"The victims were executed in cold blood." A) Cause and effect. B) Hyperbole. C) Expert evidence. D) Emotive language. E) Humour. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotive language. 38. To "Deviate" means to: A) Form a new association. B) Stay on a planned course. C) Follow a strict procedure. D) Move away from an expected course or behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Move away from an expected course or behavior. 39. Define Stereotyping A) Abusive language or insults. B) A particular attitude or way of considering a matter. C) Representation of people or groups of people by a few characteristics eg hoodies, blondes. D) An illusion created for movies and television by props, camerawork, computer graphics, etc . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Representation of people or groups of people by a few characteristics eg hoodies, blondes. 40. Comparing things with "like" or "as" is know as a ..... A) Pathos. B) Statistics. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 41. Which example best illustrates the use of Colloquial Language as a persuasive technique? A) In our society today there are people living without food or adequate shelter. B) Soon we will see civilians lying dead in our own streets if we do not act against terrorism. C) That's the sort of suggestion I'd expect from a nose-in-the-air toff like Turnbull. D) She's a top sheila that Jessica Rowe. Channel Nine are stark raving to give her the boot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She's a top sheila that Jessica Rowe. Channel Nine are stark raving to give her the boot. 42. Persuasive technique to make the audience feel bad or guilty Eg. If we sit back and do nothing, this building proposal will go ahead and the surrounding environment will be destroyed A) Appeal to guilt. B) Appeal to group loyalty. C) Hyperbole. D) Appeal to patriotism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to guilt. 43. Which Persuasive technique is used in the following quotation?" Come then, let us go forward together, together with our united strength '' A) Use of Pronouns. B) Rhetorical question. C) Loaded Words. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use of Pronouns. 44. "Must we continue to tolerate this injustice?" A) Triadic Structure. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Emotive Language. D) Personal Pronouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Question. 45. Which term refers to the use of charged words to provoke emotion in an audience? A) Assertion. B) Loaded Words. C) Bias. D) Anecdotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loaded Words. 46. Inclusive language is the use of phrases like 'we', 'us' or 'our' to prompt a person to feel ..... A) Understood and as though their feelings matter. B) So emotional that they feel confused. C) Included, special and/or responsible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Included, special and/or responsible. 47. Whose slogan is 'Just Do It'? A) Nike. B) Adidas. C) Reebok. D) North Face. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nike. 48. Creating fear in someone to convince them to believe in something they otherwise might not, or to convince them to buy a certain product. A) Fear mongering. B) Expert testimonial. C) Glittering generalities. D) Facts and statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fear mongering. 49. Which word is the synonym for the term reason? A) Cause. B) Agree. C) Arrangement. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cause. 50. When groups of 3 adjectives or phrases are used to make ideas memorable A) Connotation. B) Repetition. C) Loaded words. D) Rule of three. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rule of three. 51. What is over exaggeration also known as? A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 52. Which is the definition for the term support? A) A way of thinking about or looking at something. B) A cause or explanation for an action, opinion, or event. C) To provide proof or evidence for. D) To show to be true or correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To provide proof or evidence for. 53. Plain folk (definition) A) Plays on deep-seated fears; warns the audience that disaster will result if they do not follow a particular course of action. (definition). B) Using an expert or celebrity to sell or support (definition). C) Using ordinary people or trying to sound ordinary to sell something or persuade you to vote or support an idea (definition). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using ordinary people or trying to sound ordinary to sell something or persuade you to vote or support an idea (definition). 54. The weather outside was absolutely appalling!What type of language is being used here. A) Objective. B) Formal. C) Informal. D) Emotive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotive. 55. Which persuasive language technique involves using emotional appeal to influence the audience? A) Ethos. B) Kairos. C) Logos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos. 56. "We failed to ask 'How would I feel if this were done to me?'." This quote uses: A) Simile. B) Repetition. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Question. 57. Name the following device-'You know, when I was a kid, my dog was my best friend!' A) Pathos. B) Anecdote. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdote. 58. Which tone fits this example?"It is clear that some people only care about personal gain, not the cultural value of the artwork." A) Disappointed / Sad. B) Critical / Accusing. C) Hopeful / Inspiring. D) Caring / Supportive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Critical / Accusing. 59. What emotion does this sentence make the audience feel?"She is simply untrustworthy. She is a dishonest and sneaky businesswoman." A) Accepting. B) Suspicion. C) Bored. D) Happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suspicion. 60. The sentence below is an example of which persuasive language technique?How would you feel is you had 2 hours of homework every night? A) Emotive Language. B) Facts and Statistics. C) Anecdote. D) Rhetorical question. 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