This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Techniques – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Techniques Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the "Rule of Three" in persuasive writing? A) Using three adjectives in a sentence. B) Repeating an idea different ways. C) Opinion of the writer. D) Writing three paragraphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using three adjectives in a sentence. 2. We are writing our argumentative letters to Mike Bost because he ..... A) Is the governor of Illinois. B) Is a Senator from Illinois. C) Represents the 12th District of Illinois in the House of Representatives. D) Is a fictional person. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Represents the 12th District of Illinois in the House of Representatives. 3. The commercial or ad uses "everyday people" to appeal to audiences. These people are "just like you." A) Emotional Appeal. B) Card Stacking. C) Plain Folk. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plain Folk. 4. What is this an example of? "Do it. You won't regret it." A) Imperative or command. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Exaggeration. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperative or command. 5. A commercial about abandoned animals needing a shelter of a forever home. They ask for a small donation to help these struggling animals. A) Bandwagon Appeal. B) Emotional Appeal. C) Testimonial. D) Celebrity Endorsement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotional Appeal. 6. An example of Ethos in an ad is the use of ..... A) Fear. B) Factual information. C) Anger. D) Expert opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expert opinion. 7. When listing, keeping the listed items in the same structure or form. A) Simile. B) Tricolon. C) Parallelism. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 8. You are a cheetah A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. Why is it important for a writer to establish ethos? A) Establishing ethos is only necessary for fiction writers. B) A writer should focus solely on logos and pathos. C) Ethos is irrelevant in technical writing. D) It is important for a writer to establish ethos to build credibility and trust with the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is important for a writer to establish ethos to build credibility and trust with the audience. 10. "My friend, who has a degree in nutritional science, says that we should eat fewer carbohydrates, " is an example of which persuasive technique? A) Authority. B) Logic. C) Emotion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Authority. 11. "He's starving. We're not." A) Repetition. B) Card stacking. C) Slogan. D) Emotional appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotional appeal. 12. A speech is an informal address or discourse delivered to an audience. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. Advertisers ask questions so that consumers will associate certain emotions with the product and buy it because of their emotional answer or response to the question A) Numbers, facts, and statistics. B) Bandwagon. C) Plain folks. D) Rhetorical claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical claim. 14. What technique is described here?Imitation or mimicking of a person or issue using exaggeration to create humour. A) Hyperbole. B) Parody. C) Ridicule. D) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parody. 15. What is the term for the use of emotional appeal to engage an audience and create an emotional response? A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 16. What means the Pathos strategie? A) An appeal to emotion. B) An overact action. C) To give an awesome present. D) A good advertisement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An appeal to emotion. 17. Argues an individual must accept or reject an argument because "everyone else" is ..... it is similar to peer pressure. A) Jargon. B) Juxtaposition. C) Bandwagon Technique. D) Glittering Generality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bandwagon Technique. 18. What is the definition for Bandwagon Appeal? A) Uses strong feelings rather than facts to persuade. B) Relies on endorsements from well-known people or satisfied customers. C) Uses words with strongly positive or negative connotations. D) Suggests that a person should believe or do something because "everyone else" does it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suggests that a person should believe or do something because "everyone else" does it. 19. Emotional appeal ..... A) Catchy phrase or song used to sell product. B) Name of product or slogan is repeated several times. C) The person is made to have strong feelings-pulls at the heart. D) Trash talking or "mudslinging" . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The person is made to have strong feelings-pulls at the heart. 20. An attack on the character of a person, rather than on his arguments or opinions. A) Stereotyping. B) Ad Hominem. C) Exaggeration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ad Hominem. 21. In persuasive writing, which technique involves using a credible source to support an argument? A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Card Stacking. D) Glittering Generalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 22. Statistics are always accurate and provide facts about a topic.True or false? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. An emotive argument that persuades the reader by creating strong feelings. Is a definition of ..... A) Anecdote. B) Rule of three. C) Appeal to emotion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal to emotion. 24. Transfer A) The use of regular, everyday people with whom the viewer can identify. B) Using misleading information about the product to impress the buyer.This is often done by leaving out important facts or by comparing evidence in an unfair manner. C) Linking an unrelated person, character, image, or idea to a product in an attempt to transfer the feelings and/or trust from one to the other. D) The use of a celebrity or expert to influence the buyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linking an unrelated person, character, image, or idea to a product in an attempt to transfer the feelings and/or trust from one to the other. 25. Hyperbole is a rhetorical device used to create what kind of effect? A) Understated. B) Confusing. C) Exaggerated. D) Literal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exaggerated. 26. In what scenario would persuasive writing be the best choice? A) Writing to ask your teacher to allow you to change your assigned seat?. B) Writing to express how you feel. C) Writing to show what you learned about a topic. D) Writing a research paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Writing to ask your teacher to allow you to change your assigned seat?. 27. What is used that relies on the backing of a celebrity, expert, or satisfied customer? A) Appeal to fear. B) Appeal to pity. C) Testimonial. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Testimonial. 28. Which persuasive technique involves using statistics and facts to appeal to logic? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Snob Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 29. Imagine a world where clean water is a luxury. How would you feel if your daily supply of water was just a gallon? (Identify the main technique) A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 30. Which of the following is the persuasive technique that uses flattery (compliments) to win people over? A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Appeal to Fear. D) Appeal to Vanity. 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