This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Language – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Language Quiz 38 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which technique is being used when a speaker says, "Do you want to live in a world of chaos?" ? A) Imperative command. B) Rhetorical question. C) Emotive language. D) Personal pronouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical question. 2. ..... are short personal stories used to connect with the audience. A) Generalization. B) Connotation. C) Jargon. D) Anecdotes. E) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anecdotes. 3. Which word in the following sentence is an example of persuasive language? A) 'must'. B) Should. C) Amazing. D) Product. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'must'. 4. Which persuasive device uses comparisons to highlight similarities or differences? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Analogy. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 5. Whose boat did Noah and Abbey take to get to the Coral Queen? A) Rado's. B) Dusty Muleman's. C) Their Dad's. D) Jasper Jr.'s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rado's. 6. Which type of media allows for images to be manipulated for a number of creative purposes? A) Social Media. B) Media Player. C) Artistic Media. D) Photo Editing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Artistic Media. 7. When a writer uses vivid descriptions and detailed imagery to bring a setting to life, this is often intended to: A) Persuade the reader to visit the place. B) Inform the reader about the geographical features. C) Entertain the reader with the beauty of the description. D) Instruct the reader on how to create similar descriptions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Entertain the reader with the beauty of the description. 8. Which evaluative adjective means perfect? A) Ideal. B) Sincere. C) Amiable. D) Impossible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ideal. 9. Mike made mellow music with his new microphone. A) Alliteration. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Rule of Three. D) Emotive Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 10. What is the main purpose of appealing to authority? A) To evoke emotions. B) To use colorful language. C) To provide a personal story. D) To reference someone with experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To reference someone with experience. 11. Which sentence contains a high modality word? A) You might want to read this book. B) You will read this book by tomorrow. C) You could read this book if you have time. D) You may read this book later. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You will read this book by tomorrow. 12. Quotes are A) To repeat from a book, speech or movie as by way of authority, illustration, etc. B) The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement or idea and terms of which it can be fully understood. C) The specific location at which the camera is placed to take a shot. D) The conscious movements and postures by which attitude and feelings are communicated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To repeat from a book, speech or movie as by way of authority, illustration, etc. 13. Words charged with an underling meaning or implication and are used to produce emotion in an audience A) Loaded words. B) Pronouns. C) Attack. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loaded words. 14. The 3-part structure of an argumentative essay: A) Claim-Reasons-Evidence. B) Reason-Evidence-Claims. C) Evidence-Claims-Reasons. D) Claim-Evidence-Reasons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claim-Reasons-Evidence. 15. Used to create imagery and express things non-literary; it can help to make an idea more emotive, vivid and convincing. A) Evidence. B) Generalization. C) Figurative Language. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative Language. 16. What did Gina Rinehart inherit from her father? A) An art gallery. B) A sports club. C) A mining company. D) A swimming team. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A mining company. 17. What is this an example of?95% of students feel that there is too much homework. A) Hyperbole. B) Statistical evidence. C) Rhetorical question. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Statistical evidence. 18. Which Persuasive technique is used in the following quotation?" many, many long months of struggle and of suffering '' A) Rhetorical question. B) Use of Pronouns. C) Alliteration. D) Loaded Words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 19. Presenting an idea as fact without explanation A) Alliteration. B) Assertion. C) Jargon. D) Groups of 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assertion. 20. Which persuasive technique can be identified in the sentence below?Using words that make people feel sad, angry, upset, sympathetic or guilty. A) Emotive Language. B) Sympathy. C) Emoticon. D) Emotional. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotive Language. 21. What is the purpose of using euphemisms in persuasive language? A) To directly challenge the audience's beliefs. B) To make harsh or blunt statements more palatable. C) To provide statistical evidence. D) To confuse the audience with vague language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make harsh or blunt statements more palatable. 22. Choose the persuasive technique 'facts and statistics' to the correct definition. A) Using words that make people feel sad, angry, upset, sympathetic, or guilty. B) When truthful information is given to back up a point. C) Using questions that don't need an answer to get the audience to think. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When truthful information is given to back up a point. 23. The thing that you are trying to convince the reader to do/ think. A) Claim. B) Counter argument. C) Supporting details. D) Rhetorical device. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claim. 24. Which one of these questions is rhetorical A) What time is it?. B) Where is the toilet?. C) What do you want to be when you grow up?. D) When will the government learn that its purpose is to serve the people?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When will the government learn that its purpose is to serve the people?. 25. Persuasive technique that focuses on fear mongering A) Appeal to logic. B) Appeal to self interest. C) Appeals to guilt. D) Appeal to fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeal to fear. ← 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