Persuasive Techniques Quiz 18 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which DARCFOREST technique is being used:Only 31% of women know that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Now, you're one of them.
2. Which of the following is an example of a persuasive device?
3. Which persuasive technique is a means of convincing an audience of the reliable character or credibility of the speaker/writer, or the credibility of the argument.
4. "The new policies are destructive, detrimental and depressing for young people. " is an example of .....
5. F in AFOREST is for?
6. Which term describes the way an author expresses their feelings about the subject or audience?
7. What is the definition of a commonplace assertion?
8. What is the function of metaphors in persuasive writing?
9. PATHOS as a persuasive technique uses
10. If you utilize these forms of persuasion into your writing; you will be more likely to influence your audience's thinking about your subject.
11. The answer to how to deal with these teachers who think they're funny is to tie them up in plastic bags full of bricks and throw them in the sea.
12. Which philosopher created the persuasive techniques of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos?
13. 'That remaining CO2 budget will be entirely gone within less than 8 and a half years'
14. When you use words which make an audience feel that they are part of a situation.
15. The repetition of initial consonant sounds of adjacent or closely related words:Example: " ..... ask of us the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we have asked of you" (JFK).
16. The Ministry of Health has confirmed 26 new COVID19 cases in March of 2020 and is tracking the pattern of spread across the island.
17. A Cliche is defined as:
18. Which of the following is an example of a 'bandwagon' persuasive technique?
19. Appealing to the audience through everyday people with everyday ideas and problems.
20. What is the target audience in advertising?
21. Which DARCFOREST strategy is being used:Gamers are often more strategic, creative, and mindful than an average non-gamer.
22. T in AFOREST is for?
23. When you say key ideas more than once to suggest their importance.
24. LOGOS as a persuasive technique
25. Speakers appeal to this to demonstrate that they are knowledgeable, credible, and trustworthy to speak on a given topic. It is established by both who you are and what you say.
26. What does "patriotic appeal" aim to invoke?
27. A way to appeal to PATHOS is .....
28. Which DARCFOREST technique is being used:The time to for you take action is now, not later, before it is too late!
29. Which persuasive technique involves using celebrities to endorse a product?
30. Which persuasive technique is used in the following example? "Studies by leading scientists confirm that this product is effective and safe."
31. What is this?Youtube is fun, interesting and educational.
32. When you put together reasons for an argument in quick succession
33. Appeals to Reason and Logic
34. Which literary device involves repeating a word or phrase at the start of successive clauses?
35. In the acronym "AFOREST" , what do the "F" and "O" stand for?
36. What is the effect of using rhetorical questions in persuasive writing?
37. Connotation is defined as:
38. Which DARCFOREST strategy is being used:If not now, when? If not you, who?
39. Words such as 'undoubtedly', 'certainly', 'must' and 'definitely' are examples of which persuasive technique?
40. Statistics & Evidence
41. Which persuasive technique uses the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words?
42. What is 'logos'?
43. What does the term 'undertone' refer to in a literary work?
44. In this advertising technique ..... vague words or phrases are used to evoke a good/positive feeling in customers. (Examples are Freedom, peace, and, home/family.)
45. This technique stresses the positive qualities and ignores the negative, giving us only part of the picture.
46. Do you really expect me to believe these students know what is best for them?
47. Identify the technique in this example: "Our product will change your life forever!"
48. Of teachers spend their lives collecting cereal packets whilst they drink tea.
49. E in AFOREST is for?
50. This is an indirect comparison of two unlike things by saying that one 'is' the other.
51. You'll make the right decision because you have something that few people do:you have heart.
52. Which DARCFOREST technique is being used:The city was a disaster area filled with death and disease
53. "What are you doing to help?" Is an example of .....
54. Appeal to the 'hip pocket' $ $
55. How many persuasive techniques are identified as enhancing any piece of text?
56. Lush, green valleys and hills become permanently transformed into empty spaces of scarred wasteland.
57. It is a brief, serious, amusing and interesting story.
58. "He was a difficult and dangerous character who destroyed everything he touched." Is an example of .....
59. Which technique suggests that everyone is using a product, so you should too?
60. Deliberate exaggeration or making an overstatement is an example of what device?