This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Techniques – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Techniques Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An example of Ethos in an ad is the use of ..... A) Anger. B) Expert opinion. C) Fear. D) Factual information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expert opinion. 2. When listing, keeping the listed items in the same structure or form. A) Simile. B) Tricolon. C) Parallelism. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 3. You are a cheetah A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. Persuasion is ..... A) A personal idea or preference. B) Using mostly emotion to convince someone of something. C) Using evidence and reasoning to convince someone of something. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using mostly emotion to convince someone of something. 5. Why is it important for a writer to establish ethos? A) Establishing ethos is only necessary for fiction writers. B) A writer should focus solely on logos and pathos. C) Ethos is irrelevant in technical writing. D) It is important for a writer to establish ethos to build credibility and trust with the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is important for a writer to establish ethos to build credibility and trust with the audience. 6. "My friend, who has a degree in nutritional science, says that we should eat fewer carbohydrates, " is an example of which persuasive technique? A) Authority. B) Logic. C) Emotion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Authority. 7. "He's starving. We're not." A) Repetition. B) Emotional appeal. C) Slogan. D) Card stacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotional appeal. 8. A speech is an informal address or discourse delivered to an audience. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. Advertisers ask questions so that consumers will associate certain emotions with the product and buy it because of their emotional answer or response to the question A) Numbers, facts, and statistics. B) Bandwagon. C) Plain folks. D) Rhetorical claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical claim. 10. What technique is described here?Imitation or mimicking of a person or issue using exaggeration to create humour. A) Ridicule. B) Hyperbole. C) Parody. D) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parody. 11. What is the term for the use of emotional appeal to engage an audience and create an emotional response? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 12. What means the Pathos strategie? A) An appeal to emotion. B) To give an awesome present. C) A good advertisement. D) An overact action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An appeal to emotion. 13. Argues an individual must accept or reject an argument because "everyone else" is ..... it is similar to peer pressure. A) Jargon. B) Juxtaposition. C) Bandwagon Technique. D) Glittering Generality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bandwagon Technique. 14. What is the definition for Bandwagon Appeal? A) Uses words with strongly positive or negative connotations. B) Suggests that a person should believe or do something because "everyone else" does it. C) Relies on endorsements from well-known people or satisfied customers. D) Uses strong feelings rather than facts to persuade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suggests that a person should believe or do something because "everyone else" does it. 15. Emotional appeal ..... A) Catchy phrase or song used to sell product. B) The person is made to have strong feelings-pulls at the heart. C) Trash talking or "mudslinging" . D) Name of product or slogan is repeated several times. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The person is made to have strong feelings-pulls at the heart. 16. An attack on the character of a person, rather than on his arguments or opinions. A) Stereotyping. B) Ad Hominem. C) Exaggeration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ad Hominem. 17. In persuasive writing, which technique involves using a credible source to support an argument? A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Card Stacking. D) Glittering Generalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 18. Statistics are always accurate and provide facts about a topic.True or false? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. An emotive argument that persuades the reader by creating strong feelings. Is a definition of ..... A) Anecdote. B) Rule of three. C) Appeal to emotion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal to emotion. 20. Hyperbole is a rhetorical device used to create what kind of effect? A) Literal. B) Exaggerated. C) Understated. D) Confusing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exaggerated. 21. In what scenario would persuasive writing be the best choice? A) Writing to ask your teacher to allow you to change your assigned seat?. B) Writing to express how you feel. C) Writing to show what you learned about a topic. D) Writing a research paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Writing to ask your teacher to allow you to change your assigned seat?. 22. What is used that relies on the backing of a celebrity, expert, or satisfied customer? A) Appeal to fear. B) Appeal to pity. C) Testimonial. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Testimonial. 23. Which persuasive technique involves using statistics and facts to appeal to logic? A) Pathos. B) Snob Appeal. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 24. Imagine a world where clean water is a luxury. How would you feel if your daily supply of water was just a gallon? (Identify the main technique) A) Ethos. B) Rhetorical question. C) Logos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos. 25. Which of the following is the persuasive technique that uses flattery (compliments) to win people over? A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Appeal to Fear. D) Appeal to Vanity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeal to Vanity. 26. The milk is very, very nutritious! A) Assumptive adverb opener. B) Adverb intensifier. C) Punch words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb intensifier. 27. "Using wind power to solve global warming is like putting a Band-Aid on a broken arm and expecting it to heal" . A) Appeal to the hip pocket. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Appealing to the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 28. What is this technique? This solution will change your life. Don't hesitate. Start today!" A) Direct address. B) Rhetorical question. C) Repetition. D) Emotive language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct address. 29. Smart business owners use persuasion to lead the audience toward not just buying a new product, another intention can be? A) To promote a product. B) To get a new idea. C) To get an old product. D) To get the idea of living a new lifestyle with a product or service. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To get the idea of living a new lifestyle with a product or service. 30. This persuasive technique is used to make you feel left out if you don't join the group. A) Prestige/Snob Appeal/Plain Folks. B) Testimonials. C) Bandwagon. D) Appeal to the Emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bandwagon. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesPersuasive Techniques Quiz 1Persuasive Techniques Quiz 2Persuasive Techniques Quiz 3Persuasive Techniques Quiz 4Persuasive Techniques Quiz 5Persuasive Techniques Quiz 6Persuasive Techniques Quiz 7Persuasive Techniques Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books