This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Techniques – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Techniques Quiz 28 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I'm professional football player Marcus Brown, and I use Wash Out window cleaner." is an example of ..... A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Emotional Appeal. D) Plain Folks. E) Snob Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 2. "We really should try that recipe. Someone told me that it was good." Is this argument using ethos, pathos, or logos? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 3. What are some effective ways to use persuasive techniques in advertising? A) Use emotional appeals, create a sense of urgency, use social proof, highlight the benefits of the product or service, and use persuasive language and imagery. B) Create a sense of apathy. C) Highlight the drawbacks of the product or service. D) Use boring language and imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use emotional appeals, create a sense of urgency, use social proof, highlight the benefits of the product or service, and use persuasive language and imagery. 4. The power of the mind to think and form judgments logically; it is used to appeal to the rationality of an audience A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Attacks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 5. "Team Teen Tees-customize your own to show everyone what team you're on!" This is an example of which type of appeal A) Bandwagon. B) Authority. C) Loyalty. D) Snob. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loyalty. 6. What means Ethos strategie? A) An emotinal effect. B) An appeal to credibility or character. C) A dangerous action. D) A correct action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An appeal to credibility or character. 7. Which technique did Martin Luther King Jr. use in his "I Have a Dream" speech to connect emotionally with his audience? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 8. "The I can't believe I can get Honda quality at these low prices so I'd better hurry before it's too late event" is an example of A) Kairos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kairos. 9. Linking unrelated products or characters together in an attempt to transfer the image, feelings and trust to the other product. A) Name Calling. B) Bandwagon. C) Transfer. D) Card Stacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transfer. 10. The definition of Name-Calling is ..... A) Linking positive, general, and commonly accepted words with a person, group, or cause. B) Negative names are used for the "enemy" or opposition, so that the audience has an emotional response to them. C) Substituting words or phrases with softer, "nicer" ones to create a more positive response. D) Using well-known personalities to endorse a person, group, or cause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative names are used for the "enemy" or opposition, so that the audience has an emotional response to them. 11. Creating a desire to join a large group of satisfied participants (makes anyone not participating feel left out). A) Appeal to Emotions. B) Plain Folks. C) Bandwagon. D) Testimonials. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bandwagon. 12. Which persuasive technique is this?We are the poor, helpless children who are forced to do far too much homework every night. A) Hyperbole. B) Repetition. C) Expert opinion. D) Emotive Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotive Language. 13. What are "loaded words" intended to do? A) Provide objective information. B) Create a neutral tone. C) Evoke a strong emotional response. D) Simplify complex concepts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evoke a strong emotional response. 14. Synecdoche is ..... A) Is a figure of speech using a word that is a part to represent a whole, a whole to represent a part or a material to represent an object. B) Is the association or bringing together of two words or phrases having opposite meanings. C) Describing words, often used to make the reader feel a particular wayabout an issue. D) An appeal to logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is a figure of speech using a word that is a part to represent a whole, a whole to represent a part or a material to represent an object. 15. This is amazingly brilliant! A) Assumptive adverb opener. B) Adverb intensifier. C) Punch words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb intensifier. 16. Which persuasive technique is this?95% of pupils feel that there is too much homework. A) Hyperbole. B) Statistics. C) Emotive Language. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Statistics. 17. What does CHIP stand for? A) Children Health Insurance Program. B) Computer Heads' Interesting Procedures. C) Nothing bro, just have it with salsa y'all!. D) Computations Have Insured Provisions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Children Health Insurance Program. 18. Every coin earned through hard labor shines brighter than one found easily. Doesn't this tell us something about the value of hard work? (Identify the technique used in the question) A) A) Ethos. B) B) Pathos. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) Pathos. 19. A type of persuasive technique that asks the viewer a question where the viewer already knows the answer. A) Rhetorical Question. B) Repetition. C) Emotional Appeal. D) Endorsement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Question. 20. Which of these is another word for happy? A) Gloomy. B) Exhausted. C) Delighted. D) Desperate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Delighted. 21. The use of celebrities, satisfied customers and respected people to endorse a product or service. A) Name Calling. B) Testimonials. C) Transfer. D) Glittering Generalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonials. 22. What is direct address in persuasive writing? A) Speaking directly to the reader using words like "you" and "your". B) Addressing a historical event. C) Using complex vocabulary. D) Writing in the third person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaking directly to the reader using words like "you" and "your". 23. A way of saying something so that it seems better than it actually is. A) Stereotyping. B) Ad Hominem. C) Exaggeration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exaggeration. 24. Based on the excerpt, what is the purpose of Susan B. Anthony's speech? A) To convince women to study the Constitution more closely. B) To argue that the Constitution justifies women's suffrage. C) To criticize the framers of the Constitution for not including women. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To argue that the Constitution justifies women's suffrage. 25. When authors provide evidence that contradicts itself, they are using this type of persuasive technique: A) Misleading statement. B) Exaggerated statement. C) Parallel statement. D) Contradictory statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contradictory statement. 26. A persuasive technique were words, phrases or ideas are repeated A) Emotive language. B) Evidence. C) Inclusive language. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 27. After a long day, our refreshing lemonade is like a taste of heaven. A) Figurative language. B) Evidence. C) Connotation. D) Assertion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. 28. An over the top statement that isn't necessarily true. Is a definition of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Appeal to logic. C) Statistics and numbers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 29. The technique where you are directly attacking or insulting views which oppose your own can weaken them and make them seem less than yours. A) Juxtaposition. B) Comparison. C) Irony. D) Attack. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attack. 30. What does the term "connotation" refer to in the context of word choice by authors? A) The dictionary definition of a word. B) The emotional meaning associated with a word. C) The grammatical usage of a word. D) The historical origin of a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The emotional meaning associated with a word. ← 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