This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Language – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Language Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which appeal emphasizes issues of fairness, equality, or morality? A) Appeal to Social Responsibility. B) Appeal to Justice or Fairness. C) Appeal to Patriotism. D) Appeal to Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeal to Justice or Fairness. 2. To share an opinion with someone else. A) Agree. B) Convince. C) Point of view. D) Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agree. 3. How are loaded words used in persuasive language? A) To create certain emotional responses in an audience. B) To establish authority and reliability. C) To emphasize certain points. D) To provoke thought and challenge the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To create certain emotional responses in an audience. 4. When Noah finishes telling his family his story about Operation Royal Flush, what does Grandpa Bobby give him? A) A 400-year-old coin that once belonged to the Queen of Spain. B) A big hug. C) A long lecture about the dangers of meeting with "low lifes" like Dusty Muleman. D) An emerald. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A 400-year-old coin that once belonged to the Queen of Spain. 5. Which of the following sentences uses persuasive language to encourage someone to visit a place? A) The city has a population of 500, 000 people. B) You simply must experience the breathtaking views from the top of the hill!. C) The hill is 300 metres high. D) The city was founded in 1850. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You simply must experience the breathtaking views from the top of the hill!. 6. Which tone is associated with confident persuasion? A) Assertive. B) Sceptical. C) Critical. D) Dismissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assertive. 7. Which of the following is an example of repetition in persuasive language? A) "We must act now, we must act decisively, we must act together.". B) "The sky is blue, the grass is green, the sun is bright.". C) "Do you want to succeed? Do you want to be happy? Do you want to be fulfilled?". D) "According to the data, 70% of people agree.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "We must act now, we must act decisively, we must act together.". 8. Identify the technique:"Do we really want Australia to become a place where dishonesty is encouraged?" A) Rhetorical Question. B) Metaphor. C) Direct Address. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Question. 9. Which persuasive technique is in the sentence below?To go over the top and make things sound better or worse than they are. A) Pun. B) Metaphor. C) Expert Opinion. D) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exaggeration. 10. This term is the repetition of the same beginning consonant sound. A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 11. An example of a rhetorical question is: A) 95% of pupils feel that there is too much homework. B) People who believe that students should wear a uniform are just plain wrong!. C) We are the poor, helpless children who are forced to do hours and hours of homework every night. D) We need to make sure that the cafeteria is only serving healthy food so that we can stay healthy!. E) How would you feel is you had 2 hours of homework every night?. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) How would you feel is you had 2 hours of homework every night?. 12. Which of the following sentences best illustrates the use of repetition in persuasion? A) "You should do this because I say so.". B) "We must act now, we must act together, we must act decisively.". C) "The facts are clear and undeniable.". D) "How can we ignore such an important issue?". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "We must act now, we must act together, we must act decisively.". 13. My mom's ..... about video games is different from mine; she thinks that playing too many video games is bad for you, but I think it's harmless. A) Point of view. B) Reason. C) For instance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point of view. 14. (a):An overused expression that brings with it well known associations and connotations. A) A. Cliche. B) Hyperbole. C) Generalisation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Cliche. 15. What a writer uses to help support their argument-quotes, graphs, facts, figures A) Drawbacks. B) Preserved. C) Evidence. D) Disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evidence. 16. Similar to exaggeration but in extreme form. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Exaggeration. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 17. What might be an effect of emotive language? A) It makes a text more difficult to understand. B) It makes the reader feel a certain way by making them imagine particular images or experiences. C) It makes the reader question their ideas. D) It could make someone want to read on. E) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It makes the reader feel a certain way by making them imagine particular images or experiences. 18. What is alliteration in persuasive language? A) Repeating a single word multiple times. B) Using many similar words in a short space. C) Repetition of the first sound in consecutive words. D) Using statistics to support an argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition of the first sound in consecutive words. 19. How can you undermine the opposition in an argument? A) By ignoring their points completely. B) By acknowledging their points and then providing stronger counterarguments. C) By agreeing with everything they say. D) By changing the subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By acknowledging their points and then providing stronger counterarguments. 20. Name this device-'The Castle is the absolute best Australian movie ever made.' A) Modality. B) Hyperbole. C) Logos. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modality. 21. The deliberate or accidental leaving out of information A) Subtext. B) Appeal to common sense. C) Omissions. D) Praise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omissions. 22. What technique is being used here?'Reality TV is the museum of social decay.' A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Emotive language. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 23. What does an appeal to tradition argue? A) That something should change for progress. B) That something should continue because it has always been done that way. C) That everyone deserves equal access to resources. D) That complex ideas should be simplified. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That something should continue because it has always been done that way. 24. What technique is this:99% of 8E find the Star Wars jokes funny. A) Rhetorical question. B) Statistics. C) Alliteration. D) Quoting an expert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Statistics. 25. Used to create imagery and express things non-literally A) Figurative Language. B) Jargon. C) Assertion. D) Anecdotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative Language. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPersuasive Language Quiz 1Persuasive Language Quiz 2Persuasive Language Quiz 3Persuasive Language Quiz 4Persuasive Language Quiz 5Persuasive Language Quiz 6Persuasive Language Quiz 7Persuasive Language Quiz 8Persuasive Language Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books