This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Techniques – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Techniques Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. '67% of people don't even read the statistics anyway'-What persuasive technique has been used here? A) Alliteration. B) Exaggeration. C) Attack. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evidence. 2. "Do you want to grow old with your loved ones?" Is an example of what? A) Metaphor. B) Inclusive Language. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Emotive Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Question. 3. Which type of persuasive technique is being used?Blair wants to try out for hockey but most of the kids in her class are trying out for basketball. Blair decides that she should also try out for basketball. A) Generalization. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Bandwagon. D) Statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bandwagon. 4. There are only 50 of this species left in the entire world A) Rhetorical question. B) Statistics. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Statistics. 5. Which of these persuasive strategies applies the use of letting people know that all others are doing it too? E.g. Everybody uses our product! A) Testimonial. B) Name calling. C) Bandwagon. D) Appeal to authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bandwagon. 6. 'There are literally a million reasons to support the proposal'-What persuasive technique has been used here? A) Exaggeration. B) Rhetorical question. C) Logic and reason. D) Praise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exaggeration. 7. When a speaker/writer addresses an opposing view or speaker and attacks their argument or character A) Logos. B) Attacks. C) Assertion. D) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attacks. 8. Which appeal says the same things over and over again A) Loaded Words. B) Fear Mongering. C) Bandwagon. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 9. This technique is used to make a writer's position seem more credible or convincing. They may quote the opinions of experts, facts or statistics. A) Personal pronouns. B) Repetition. C) Rhetorical question. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evidence. 10. Which persuasive technique involves presenting an idea as a fact without full explanation or evidence to assert authority? A) Exaggeration. B) Bias. C) Assertion. D) Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assertion. 11. "This SUV has more seats than the Astrodome and could hold a 2, 000 pound cheeseburger." A) Stereotyping. B) Ad Hominem. C) Exaggeration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exaggeration. 12. "her perplexing approach." 'Perplexing' is A) A verb. B) A noun. C) An adjective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An adjective. 13. ..... references to people who are experts on a subject. A) Name calling. B) Support. C) Endorsement. D) Appeals to Authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeals to Authority. 14. Inclusive use of language such as 'we', 'our' and 'us' can persuade the reader by A) Insulting him. B) Ignoring him. C) Excluding him. D) Including him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Including him. 15. 'One glass of Florida orange juice contains 75% of your daily Vitamin C needs'. This is an example of which persuasive technique in advertising? A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Silos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 16. How might a writer balance ethos, pathos, and logos in their work? A) A writer focuses solely on emotional appeal without considering logic. B) A writer relies exclusively on statistics and data without any emotional connection. C) A writer avoids using any credible sources to maintain originality. D) A writer balances ethos, pathos, and logos by integrating credibility, emotional appeal, and logical reasoning in their work. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A writer balances ethos, pathos, and logos by integrating credibility, emotional appeal, and logical reasoning in their work. 17. "The people of this country deserve a leader they can trust, a leader they can respect, a leader they can count on ..... " is an example of: A) Alliteration. B) Jargon. C) Connotations. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 18. "You are clearly just too young to understand this issue!" A) Stereotyping. B) Ad Hominem. C) Exaggeration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ad Hominem. 19. Writer/speaker gets emotion going, pulls on the heart strings, makes emotional connection to persuade (feel patriotic, scared, hopeful, nostalgic). A) Pathos. B) Prontos. C) Ergos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 20. In the exam, do you need to explain the technique or just identify it? A) Explain the technique. B) Just identify the technique. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Just identify the technique. 21. The following sentence uses which of the three persuasive methods? I have interviewed over 100 doctors on this topic, and all of my research helps to prove my point. A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 22. 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. 23. This persuasive technique tries to convince you that you are the only one NOT doing something. You want to join, too. A) Testimonial. B) Glittering Generalities. C) Bandwagon. D) Name Calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bandwagon. 24. Identify the persuasive technique:"I've walked a million miles to get here!" A) Rhetorical question. B) Statistics. C) Hyperbole/exaggeration. D) Fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole/exaggeration. 25. Logos appeals to the audience's sense of what? A) Humor. B) Duty. C) Logic. D) Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logic. 26. Match the definition to the persuasive technique.Using questions that don't need an answer to get the audience to think. A) Alliteration. B) Exaggeration. C) Groups of three. D) Rhetorical questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical questions. 27. 'We need to fight this now, fight this later and fight this forever!'-What persuasive technique has been used here? A) Repetition. B) Rhetorical question. C) Evidence. D) Reason and logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 28. True or Fales:Bias is the misrepresentation or selective choosing of facts to create an unfair impression. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. Repeating the consonant sounds at the beginning of words to make them stand out. A) Alliteration. B) Exaggeration. C) Repetition. D) Clusters of three. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 30. Which persuasive technique means 'relying on the backing of a satisfied customer'? A) Bandwagon. B) Snob appeal. C) Name calling. D) Testiomonial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Testiomonial. ← 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