This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Techniques – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Techniques Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a Contention? A) The main line of argument in a text. B) A statement of the main idea being argued and debated. C) The writer's point of view on the issue. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. What is the difference between ethos and pathos? A) Ethos refers to the audience's perception; pathos refers to the speaker's authority. B) Ethos is about emotional appeal; pathos is about credibility. C) Ethos is about logical reasoning; pathos is about factual evidence. D) Ethos is about credibility; pathos is about emotional appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos is about credibility; pathos is about emotional appeal. 3. When famous people are used to endorse a product or idea A) Humour. B) Transfer. C) Hyperbole. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transfer. 4. Choose the best word for this definition:The words appeal to consumer's emotions rather than reason. Uses positive connotations like "fresh" or "natural"; uses negative connotations like "wimpy" or "greasy" to make a competing product seem less desirable. A) Loaded language. B) Bandwagon. C) Testimonial. D) Beautiful people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loaded language. 5. What is the term for a persuasive technique that aims to make the audience feel a certain emotion, such as fear or happiness, to influence their opinion? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Testimonial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 6. Deliberately arousing fear about a particular issue with little to no evidence. A) Bandwagon Technique. B) Card Stacking. C) Slippery Slope. D) Fear Mongering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fear Mongering. 7. Choose the word the best matches this definition:A kind of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people's actions. A) Personification. B) Periwinkle. C) Beautiful people. D) Persuasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persuasion. 8. Which technique is this:Do you really think that is acceptable? A) Alliteration. B) Rhetorical question. C) Opinion. D) Statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical question. 9. There should be tougher penalties for leaving children in cars on hot days A) Emotive language. B) Tone. C) Contention. D) Appeal to family values. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contention. 10. The reasons/evidence that helps to prove your claim is called ..... A) Viewpoint. B) Bandwagon. C) Support. D) Irrelevant examples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Support. 11. An appeal to emotions and feeling. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Kratos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 12. "That's right, eating a slice of bread can now KILL you" is an example of A) Connotation. B) Exaggeration. C) Alliteration. D) Attack. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exaggeration. 13. Identify the correct vocabulary word:proves a claim to be true. Can be a summary, paraphrased or a direct quote. This is a crucial part in body paragraphs and it is important to be discerningin the evidence chosen. A) Argument. B) Claim. C) Supporting evidence. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supporting evidence. 14. What is this technique? Recycling is crucial. Recycling is necessary. Recycling is our responsibility." A) Repetiton. B) Imperative. C) Emotive language. D) Modality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetiton. 15. "4 out of 5 dentist recommend to patients to chew sugarless gum to prevent cavities." This is what someone with experience in the subject thinks. A) Expert Opinion. B) Quotation. C) Claim. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expert Opinion. 16. I've spoken to people right across this country and they all agree on one thing:Mr Matthews is a legend. A) Repetition. B) Short sentence. C) Hyperbole. D) Opinions of others. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Opinions of others. 17. Which persuasive technique appeals to the audience's logic and reason? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 18. Emotive language A) 'I', 'You', 'We'. B) Vocabulary to make the reader feel a particular emotion. C) Three points to support an argument. D) Speaking directly to an individual using 'you' or 'we'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vocabulary to make the reader feel a particular emotion. 19. What is the definition for Testimonial? 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: B) Relies on endorsements from well-known people or satisfied customers. 20. The poor helpless koalas are under brutal attack. Is an example of ..... A) Emotive adjectives. B) Facts. C) Call to action. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotive adjectives. 21. An advertisement uses a famous athlete to promote a sports drink. This is an example of: A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 22. Which type of persuasive technique is being used? A) Generalization. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Statistics. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generalization. 23. Which persuasive technique involves using famous personalities to endorse a product, thereby transferring their qualities to the product? A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Plain Folks. D) Card Stacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 24. What technique is described here?Views held as credible but not necessarily proven or supported by fact. A) Opinion. B) Personal statement. C) Truth. D) The right way to see things. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opinion. 25. When an advertisement is aimed at a certain group of people they are known as the ..... A) Audience. B) Target Audience. C) Viewers. D) Spectators. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Target Audience. 26. "My basketball shoes helped me make the basketball team at my school" A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Emotional Appeal. D) Plain Folks. E) Snob Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plain Folks. 27. When the speaker/write portrays the opposing view as foolish, dangerous, uncaring, or deceitful, it's called ..... A) Evidence. B) Pathos. C) Personal attack. D) Cause/effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal attack. 28. "Blondes are less intelligent than people with other hair colors." A) Stereotyping. B) Ad Hominem. C) Exaggeration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stereotyping. 29. Threre are others specific persuasive strategies, Which is the one that use a product puts the user ahead of the times? A) Weasel words. B) The open mind. C) Spirituality. D) Avante Garde. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Avante Garde. 30. "As a construction worker, I often get headaches on the job. That's why I use PainAway asprin." A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Emotional Appeal. D) Plain Folks. E) Snob Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plain Folks. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPersuasive Techniques Quiz 1Persuasive Techniques Quiz 2Persuasive Techniques Quiz 3Persuasive Techniques Quiz 4Persuasive Techniques Quiz 5Persuasive Techniques Quiz 6Persuasive Techniques Quiz 7Persuasive Techniques Quiz 8Persuasive Techniques Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books