This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Techniques – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Techniques Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which technique is this:Do you really think that is acceptable? A) Alliteration. B) Rhetorical question. C) Opinion. D) Statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical question. 2. There should be tougher penalties for leaving children in cars on hot days A) Appeal to family values. B) Tone. C) Contention. D) Emotive language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contention. 3. The reasons/evidence that helps to prove your claim is called ..... A) Viewpoint. B) Bandwagon. C) Support. D) Irrelevant examples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Support. 4. An appeal to emotions and feeling. A) Kratos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 5. "That's right, eating a slice of bread can now KILL you" is an example of A) Connotation. B) Exaggeration. C) Alliteration. D) Attack. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exaggeration. 6. Identify the correct vocabulary word:proves a claim to be true. Can be a summary, paraphrased or a direct quote. This is a crucial part in body paragraphs and it is important to be discerningin the evidence chosen. A) Supporting evidence. B) Argument. C) Claim. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supporting evidence. 7. What is this technique? Recycling is crucial. Recycling is necessary. Recycling is our responsibility." A) Repetiton. B) Imperative. C) Emotive language. D) Modality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetiton. 8. "4 out of 5 dentist recommend to patients to chew sugarless gum to prevent cavities." This is what someone with experience in the subject thinks. A) Anecdote. B) Expert Opinion. C) Claim. D) Quotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expert Opinion. 9. I've spoken to people right across this country and they all agree on one thing:Mr Matthews is a legend. A) Repetition. B) Short sentence. C) Hyperbole. D) Opinions of others. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Opinions of others. 10. Which persuasive technique appeals to the audience's logic and reason? A) Kairos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 11. Emotive language A) Speaking directly to an individual using 'you' or 'we'. B) 'I', 'You', 'We'. C) Three points to support an argument. D) Vocabulary to make the reader feel a particular emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vocabulary to make the reader feel a particular emotion. 12. What is the definition for Testimonial? A) Uses strong feelings rather than facts to persuade. B) Uses words with strongly positive or negative connotations. C) Relies on endorsements from well-known people or satisfied customers. D) Suggests that a person should believe or do something because "everyone else" does it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relies on endorsements from well-known people or satisfied customers. 13. The poor helpless koalas are under brutal attack. Is an example of ..... A) Emotive adjectives. B) Facts. C) Call to action. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotive adjectives. 14. An advertisement uses a famous athlete to promote a sports drink. This is an example of: A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 15. Which type of persuasive technique is being used? A) Generalization. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Statistics. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generalization. 16. Which persuasive technique involves using famous personalities to endorse a product, thereby transferring their qualities to the product? A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Plain Folks. D) Card Stacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 17. What technique is described here?Views held as credible but not necessarily proven or supported by fact. A) Personal statement. B) Truth. C) Opinion. D) The right way to see things. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opinion. 18. When an advertisement is aimed at a certain group of people they are known as the ..... A) Spectators. B) Viewers. C) Audience. D) Target Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Target Audience. 19. "My basketball shoes helped me make the basketball team at my school" A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Emotional Appeal. D) Plain Folks. E) Snob Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plain Folks. 20. When the speaker/write portrays the opposing view as foolish, dangerous, uncaring, or deceitful, it's called ..... A) Cause/effect. B) Pathos. C) Evidence. D) Personal attack. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personal attack. 21. "Blondes are less intelligent than people with other hair colors." A) Stereotyping. B) Ad Hominem. C) Exaggeration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stereotyping. 22. Threre are others specific persuasive strategies, Which is the one that use a product puts the user ahead of the times? A) Avante Garde. B) The open mind. C) Weasel words. D) Spirituality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Avante Garde. 23. "As a construction worker, I often get headaches on the job. That's why I use PainAway asprin." A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Emotional Appeal. D) Plain Folks. E) Snob Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plain Folks. 24. The reoccurrence of certain words or phrases and it is used to emphasize certain ideas, and make them more memorable A) Assertion. B) Repetition. C) Rhetorical Questions. D) Attacks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 25. Statements which are voiced as questions but are not expected to be answered; they are used to imply certain answers and draw audiences to certain conclusions A) Loaded Words. B) Rhetorical Questions. C) Jargon. D) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Questions. 26. What is audience? A) The people mentioned in the article. B) The person writing the article. C) The person reading the article. D) The pictures in the article. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The person reading the article. 27. A series of THREE parallel words, phrases, or clauses. It's a simple enough structure, yet potentially a powerful one. A) Anaphora. B) Repetition. C) Tricolon. D) Triangle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tricolon. 28. When you talk about facts, statistics or expert opinions A) Tone. B) Evidence. C) Jargon. D) Emotive Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evidence. 29. Presenting information to make a product appear better than it is ..... A) Emotional appeal. B) Glittering generalites. C) Testimonial. D) Card stacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Card stacking. 30. A claim that cannot be proved but leads the reader to infer that it is true for most people. A) Emotional Appeal. B) Testimonial. 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