This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Language – Quiz 49 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Language Quiz 49 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the focus of a critical tone? A) Importance. B) Challenge, Reconsider. C) Confident Persuasion. D) Questioning & Critical Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Challenge, Reconsider. 2. Tone? "This is so pathetic, it's hardly worth my while arguing against it." A) Pathetic. B) Pessimistic. C) Cynical. D) Contemptuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contemptuous. 3. What does "Direct Address" mean in writing? A) Speaking directly to the reader or audience. B) Writing in the third person. C) Using indirect speech. D) Addressing a letter to someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaking directly to the reader or audience. 4. Complete the analytical sentence with the correct option:"Wearing pants as tight as a rubber band" is one of many examples of figurative language expressed by Newsome. In employing such colourful expression, he hopes to ..... A) Make the situation appear worse than it is. B) Maintain the audience's attention while injecting some humour. C) Identify with the audience as a member of the 'in group'. D) Present himself as an expert on the issue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maintain the audience's attention while injecting some humour. 5. Which of the following is an example of a statistic? A) "Many people believe in climate change.". B) "70% of people believe in climate change.". C) "Climate change is a serious issue.". D) "We need to address climate change now.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "70% of people believe in climate change.". 6. What is the main purpose of using emotive language in a text? A) To inform the reader. B) To evoke an emotional response from the reader. C) To provide statistical data. D) To describe a setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To evoke an emotional response from the reader. 7. What is the tone here?This is the last straw. Enough is enough. A) Hopeful. B) Angry. C) Repetition. D) Pleading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Angry. 8. Do you think people spend too much time on their phones? A) Rhetorical question. B) Convincing words. C) Opinion words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 9. Is this supposed to be some kind of a joke? A) Alliteration. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Rule of Three. D) Emotive Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Question. 10. A sickness or ailment A) Fragments. B) Identify. C) Cows. D) Disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disorder. 11. "It was we who did the dispossessing." This quote uses: A) Negative Connotation. B) Antithesis. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative Connotation. 12. What was "Operation Royal Flush" ? A) It was a plan to flush the food coloring down the toilets of the Coral Queen. B) It was a plan to break into jail and help Dad escape. C) It was a plan to help Noah and Abbey sneak on to Dusty's boat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was a plan to flush the food coloring down the toilets of the Coral Queen. 13. Which of these should NOT help with persuasive writing? A) Counter Argument. B) Neutral Stance. C) Facts. D) Opinion of Expert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neutral Stance. 14. Short personal stories used to connect with the audience and add evidence or credibility to an argument. A) Pronouns. B) Figurative Language. C) Generalization. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anecdote. 15. What is persuasive language and why is it important? A) Persuasive language is a form of artistic expression that entertains audiences. B) Persuasive language is a technical jargon used in scientific writing. C) Persuasive language is a communication tool used to influence and convince an audience, and it is important for shaping opinions and motivating actions. D) Persuasive language is a style of writing that focuses on factual reporting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Persuasive language is a communication tool used to influence and convince an audience, and it is important for shaping opinions and motivating actions. 16. What is the purpose of saying "You should try this yummy ice cream!" ? A) To describe the ice cream. B) To tell you the ice cream's price. C) To explain how ice cream is made. D) To convince you to eat the ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To convince you to eat the ice cream. 17. Choose the sentence that uses informal laguage. A) May I please have a toasted cheese sandwich?. B) Hey buddy, wanna go to the dance?. C) We cordially invite you to the school dance. D) What are you going to do?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hey buddy, wanna go to the dance?. 18. An unbiased person considers all sides of an issue. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. What is the "Power of Three" in persuasive writing? A) Using three different fonts in a document. B) Repeating a word or phrase three times for emphasis. C) Listing three points to strengthen an argument. D) Writing in three different languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Listing three points to strengthen an argument. 20. What is the persuasive technique being used below:"The victims were executed in cold blood." A) Cause and effect. B) Hyperbole. C) Expert evidence. D) Emotive language. E) Humour. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotive language. 21. To "Deviate" means to: A) Stay on a planned course. B) Follow a strict procedure. C) Move away from an expected course or behavior. D) Form a new association. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Move away from an expected course or behavior. 22. Define Stereotyping A) Abusive language or insults. B) A particular attitude or way of considering a matter. C) Representation of people or groups of people by a few characteristics eg hoodies, blondes. D) An illusion created for movies and television by props, camerawork, computer graphics, etc . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Representation of people or groups of people by a few characteristics eg hoodies, blondes. 23. Special words and expressions used by a profession or a certain group; it is used to signal expertise and establish credibility. A) Jargon. B) Assertion. C) Anaphora. D) Adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jargon. 24. Comparing things with "like" or "as" is know as a ..... A) Simile. B) Pathos. C) Statistics. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 25. Which example best illustrates the use of Colloquial Language as a persuasive technique? A) That's the sort of suggestion I'd expect from a nose-in-the-air toff like Turnbull. B) She's a top sheila that Jessica Rowe. Channel Nine are stark raving to give her the boot. C) Soon we will see civilians lying dead in our own streets if we do not act against terrorism. D) In our society today there are people living without food or adequate shelter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She's a top sheila that Jessica Rowe. Channel Nine are stark raving to give her the boot. ← 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