This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Language – Quiz 52 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Language Quiz 52 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How is connotation used in persuasive language? A) To give weight to an argument or belief. B) To create certain emotional responses in an audience. C) To create certain logical responses in an audience. D) To establish authority and reliability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To create certain emotional responses in an audience. 2. What tone is being used here?"If we allow this portrait to be taken down, what's next? Will all controversial artworks be censored?" A) Confident / Assertive. B) Caring / Supportive. C) Hopeful / Inspiring. D) Worried / Alarmed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Worried / Alarmed. 3. What is this an example of? ..... remember what is was like to be at school, remember how much work you had. A) Exaggeration. B) Repetition. C) EmotiveLanguage. D) Factsand Statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 4. Facts or information that show whether information is true or valid A) Adjectives. B) Alliteration. C) Exaggeration. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evidence. 5. Identify the persuasive technique used in the following sentence: "You must try this new ice cream; it's the best in the world!" A) Statistics. B) Anecdote. C) Exaggeration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exaggeration. 6. I have to practise my multiplication facts over and over and over again so I can learn them.This sentence is an example of ..... A) Exaggeration. B) Repetition. C) Fact. D) Statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 7. Which persuasive technique is this?To go over the top and make things sound better or worse than they are. A) Emotive language. B) Alliteration. C) Exaggeration. D) Personal pronouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exaggeration. 8. Using positive and "glittery" loaded words so that people feel good about their beliefs, purchases, and opinions. A) Glittering generalities. B) Jargon. C) Rhetorical question. D) Bandwagon approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glittering generalities. 9. What is the purpose of using rhetorical questions in persuasive language? A) To create certain emotional responses in an audience. B) To engage with an audience and create an emotional response. C) To provoke thought and challenge the audience. D) To establish authority and reliability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To provoke thought and challenge the audience. 10. Which of the following best describes the term "imagery" ? A) The use of symbols to represent ideas. B) The use of vivid and descriptive language to create pictures in the reader's mind. C) The repetition of consonant sounds. D) The use of informal language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The use of vivid and descriptive language to create pictures in the reader's mind. 11. Which evaluative adjective means wonderful and splendid? A) Delightful. B) Awful. C) Dreadful. D) Serene. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delightful. 12. The sun, the moon and the stars. A) Alliteration. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Rule of Three. D) Emotive Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rule of Three. 13. 'Fair dinkum', 'snag' and 'pluggers' are all examples of what? A) Alliteration. B) Groups of three. C) Colloquial language. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Colloquial language. 14. Repetition is used to ..... A) Emphasize a point. B) Make a point seem really important. C) Make a point very memorable. D) ALL of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ALL of the above. 15. Which language technique is used here:"80% of plastic is not recycled" A) Rhetorical question. B) Statistics. C) Emotive language. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Statistics. 16. America represents less than 5% of the world's population yet accounts for 25% of the worlds' prison population. In other words, one in four people around the world who are in prison, are in American prisons. A) This is both a statistic and an appeal to logos. B) This is a statistic. C) This is an appeal to logos. D) This is false. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This is both a statistic and an appeal to logos. 17. (a):the deliberate use of strong words to influence the audience's opinion. A) A. Emotive language. B) Figurative language. C) Euphemism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Emotive language. 18. Words that take the place of nouns, and are used to create a sense of unity with an audience or distance from a common enemy. A) Exaggeration. B) Pathos. C) Pronouns. D) Jargon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pronouns. 19. Which type of text engages the reader's emotions and imagination through vivid characters, evocative settings, and unexpected twists and turns? A) A comedy television script. B) A stand-up comedy routine. C) A novel. D) A news article. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A novel. 20. Ukraine is a strong, proud and independent nation who will stand up to the bullying Russia. A) Fact. B) Anecdote. C) Repetition. D) Rule of Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rule of Three. 21. 67% of players agree that the football canteen needs better food. This is an example of? A) Anecdote. B) Facts and Statistics. C) Quotation. D) Expert Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Facts and Statistics. 22. Lighting and colour are A) Used as visual design within the film to add atmosphere, tone and meaning. B) To repeat from a book, speech or movie as by way of authority, illustration, etc. C) Aims to persuade the reader or listeners to share the writer's or speakers point of view using language to stimulate emotional reaction. D) The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement or idea and terms of which it can be fully understood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used as visual design within the film to add atmosphere, tone and meaning. 23. Anecdotes from your own experience A) Fact. B) Statistic. C) Quote. D) Example. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Example. 24. Linking positive, general, and commonly accepted words ('love, ' 'family, ' 'democracy, ' etc.) with a person, group, or cause to make an audience approve without careful consideration. A) Euphemisms. B) Generalities. C) Oxymorons. D) Metaphors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generalities. 25. What's the tone here?Ladies and gentlemen, I want to assure you that ..... A) Gentle. B) Formal. C) Assuring. 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