This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Techniques – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Techniques Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which persuasive technique is this?When I was younger, I used to play near the river behind my house. One day ..... A) Expert opinion. B) Repetition. C) Statistics. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anecdote. 2. "Walmart ..... Save money, live better." A) Slogan. B) Expert opinion (true by association). C) Testimonial. D) Glittering generalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glittering generalities. 3. What is the effect of using an expert's opinion? A) To show what people think. B) To gain credibility. C) To expose expert's opinions. D) To prove them wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To gain credibility. 4. Convinces people that they should buy a product because it will support their country and/or show the love they have for their country A) Transfer. B) Bandwagon. C) Patriotism. D) Unique claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patriotism. 5. ..... aims to gain the reader's confidence and the speaker's credibility. A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 6. Which persuasive technique has been used in the following: "Discover the exciting world of outside. Subscribe today." A) Pathos. B) Figurative Language. C) Call to Action. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Call to Action. 7. Which persuasive technique in advertising involves using a famous person to endorse a product? A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Glittering Generalities. D) Plain Folks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 8. Choose the persuasive technique that fits this example:Attractive and fit Olympic athletes appear in a photo campaign ad for a new athletic wear company, encouraging folks to try it. A) Glittering generalities. B) Beautiful people. C) Loaded language. D) Plain folks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beautiful people. 9. Which statement best defines the "Authoritative" persuasive technique? A) A statement made with authority and certainty. B) A statement made citing evidence. C) A statement that uses TEEL in a paragraph. D) A statement made with uncertainty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A statement made with authority and certainty. 10. Which type of persuasive technique is being used?Jeff went to the dealership looking to purchase a Chevy trucks but the salesman said that a lot of people have been purchasing Dodge because of its towing capabilities. Jeff the dealership driving in a Dodge. A) Generalization. B) Bandwagon. C) Statistics. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bandwagon. 11. This persuasive technique uses a spokesperson to appeal to the audience to influence you to want to copy their lifestyle. A) Testimonials. B) Appeal to the Emotions. C) Prestige/Snob Appeal/ Plain Folks. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prestige/Snob Appeal/ Plain Folks. 12. Which persuasive technique involves using a famous person to endorse a product or idea? A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Plain Folks. D) Snob Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 13. What is Bandwagon in persuasive techniques? A) A technique that encourages individual thought and decision-making. B) The suggestion that one should do something because everyone else is doing it. C) A method of persuasion that relies on expert opinions. D) A strategy that focuses on emotional appeals rather than logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The suggestion that one should do something because everyone else is doing it. 14. 'We see a lot of fights down on this street, therefore we think that something should be done to solve the problem'-What persuasive technique has been used here? A) Praise. B) Emotional appeal. C) Alliteration. D) Reason and logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reason and logic. 15. Which term describes the presentation of only one side of an issue to subjectively influence an audience? A) Anecdotes. B) Bias. C) Generalization. D) Assertion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bias. 16. The suggestion that purchasing this product shows your love of your country. A) Transfer. B) Magic Ingredients. C) Avante Garde. D) Patriotism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Patriotism. 17. What is the effect of using irony in writing? A) To create humor and emphasize an implied meaning. B) To confuse the reader. C) To provide factual information. D) To bore the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To create humor and emphasize an implied meaning. 18. 'We need to do something to address this issue!'-What persuasive technique has been used here? A) Inclusive language. B) Evidence. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inclusive language. 19. Relax and enjoy the music while eating. A) Clusters of three. B) Imperatives. C) Generalization. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imperatives. 20. With this technique, a writer may describe a situation in forceful, overblown language in order to make the issue seem more important or urgent than it may otherwise be. Also known as hyperbole! A) Rule of 3. B) Evidence. C) Exaggeration. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exaggeration. 21. 'If I don't get my free burger, I will literally explode!'-What persuasive technique has been used here? A) Alliteration. B) Attack. C) Logic and reason. D) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exaggeration. 22. What is the definition for Appeal to Pity, Fear, or Vanity? A) Uses words with strongly positive or negative connotations. B) Relies on endorsements from well-known people or satisfied customers. C) Suggests that a person should believe or do something because "everyone else" does it. D) Uses strong feelings rather than facts to persuade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uses strong feelings rather than facts to persuade. 23. We all like to eat pizza, don't we? Is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Anecdote. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Question. 24. "If you don't purchase this life insurance, and something happens to you, how will your family survive?" Is this argument using ethos, pathos, or logos? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 25. "Be where the action is. Shop at hangout mall!" A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Emotional Appeal. D) Plain Folks. E) Snob Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bandwagon. 26. What is the primary purpose of FDR's "Day of Infamy" speech? A) To entertain the audience with a dramatic retelling of events. B) To persuade Congress to declare war on Japan. C) To inform the public about the details of the attack on Pearl Harbor. D) To apologize for the lack of preparedness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To persuade Congress to declare war on Japan. 27. Loaded language are words with strong bad or good associations (think inexpensive vs. cheap). What is the effect of using loaded language in a text? A) To trigger the reader's feelings about a subject. B) To encourage logical thinking. C) To simplify complex concepts. D) To make the text more official. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To trigger the reader's feelings about a subject. 28. Identify the persuasive technique:"2 out of 3 English students pass their exams with a grade 5 or above!" A) Emotive language. B) Rule of three. C) Statistics. D) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Statistics. 29. "What would you do if all your things were lost in a fire? Get the Save-All fireproof safe to protect your valuables." A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Emotional Appeal. D) Plain Folks. E) Snob Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emotional Appeal. 30. The purpose of "position the reader" is: A) Giving objects human characters. B) What the writer wants the reader to think or feel about the article that is given. C) Feeling sympathy for one another. D) Where the reader is sitting when they read the article. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What the writer wants the reader to think or feel about the article that is given. ← 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