This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Techniques – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Techniques Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why is it important for a speaker to establish credibility and trustworthiness? A) To create a sense of distrust and skepticism in the audience. B) To make the audience question the speaker's intentions. C) To gain the audience's confidence and belief in the speaker's message. D) To confuse the audience and make them doubt the speaker's message. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To gain the audience's confidence and belief in the speaker's message. 2. 'We want our kids to be safe on the street'. This is an example of: A) Appeal to vanity. B) Appeal to hip pocket. C) Appeal to safety. D) Appeal to being modern and up to date. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal to safety. 3. What are the benefits of using parallelism in writing? A) Reduced writing time. B) Increased word count. C) Benefits of using parallelism in writing include improved clarity, enhanced rhythm, emphasis on connections between ideas, and increased persuasive power. D) Simplified sentence structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benefits of using parallelism in writing include improved clarity, enhanced rhythm, emphasis on connections between ideas, and increased persuasive power. 4. Charts and Graphs A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 5. Which persuasive technique involves using celebrity endorsements? A) Bandwagon. B) Emotional appeal. C) Plain folks. D) Testimonial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Testimonial. 6. What are replacement synonyms? A) Using synonyms (sometimes sayings or descriptions) instead of the original noun. B) Persuading using emotion (humour, happiness, guilt, anxiety). C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using synonyms (sometimes sayings or descriptions) instead of the original noun. 7. This is the best thing that you can have today! A) Assumptive adverb opener. B) Adverb intensifier. C) Punch words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punch words. 8. Imperatives A) Command words that tell the reader how they should act. B) Speaking directly to an individual or group using 'you' or 'we. C) 'I', 'you', 'we'. D) Hidden hints about what will happen later in the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Command words that tell the reader how they should act. 9. The government is Blatantly pulling money from tax payers' wallets with these ridiculous taxes. A) Attack. B) Appeal to the hip pocket. C) Appeal to fairness. D) Vulnerable group. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeal to the hip pocket. 10. What is another name for exaggeration? A) Rhetorical Question. B) Facts. C) Hyperbole. D) Emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 11. Why is repetition effective in persuasive communication? A) It confuses the audience. B) It reinforces the message and makes it memorable. C) It appeals to the audience's emotions directly. D) It relies on logical reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It reinforces the message and makes it memorable. 12. True or false:Pathos is only an appeal to emotions like sadness or fear A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. FOMO stands for? A) Fear of mighty orphans. B) Fear of missing out. C) Fear of masculine ogres. D) Fear of missing orthodontists. E) Fear of miscellaneous orangutans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fear of missing out. 14. Glittering Generalities A) Putting down another brand, product, or candidate. Also known as "negative advertising" or "attack ads" . B) This technique uses words that sound good but have little real meaning and/or no evidence to support them. C) Making buyers feel that use of the product will make them popular, one of the crowd, and "fit in.". D) The use of regular, everyday people with whom the viewer can identify. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This technique uses words that sound good but have little real meaning and/or no evidence to support them. 15. Which of the following is the persuasive technique that uses words with strong negative or positive feelings attached? A) Loaded Language. B) Testimonial. C) Appeal to Fear. D) Appeal to Vanity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loaded Language. 16. "My name is Benedict Cumberbatch (Dr. Strange) and this is the only place I shop." A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Emotional Appeal. D) Plain Folks. E) Snob Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 17. TRUE or FALSE:Appeals by association are techniques that persuade by playing on the audience's desire to fit in, using celebrities and giving the best facts. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. 'Would u like me to turn the car around and we go home?' Which technique is being used here? A) Emotive language. B) Hyperbole. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Appeal to family values. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Question. 19. Identify the persuasive technique used in the following sentences."Better men than us have fought and died to preserve this great nation. Now is our turn to return the favor. For God and country, gentlemen!" A) Appeal to emotion. B) Appeal to authority. C) Appeal to reason. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to emotion. 20. This persuasive technique uses a famous person, expert, or person who uses the product to recommend it. A) Bandwagon. B) Name Calling/Innuendo. C) Testimonials. D) Glittering Generalities/ Card Stacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Testimonials. 21. 'an image of people enjoying themselves while drinking Pepsi' is an example of A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 22. "My dentist recommended that Colgate was the best toothpaste on the shelves." What persuasive technique is this ad using? A) Expert Opinion. B) Bandwagon. C) Emotional Appeal. D) Persuasive Words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expert Opinion. 23. Logical appeal; convince audience by reason or logic by citing stats or facts, using analogies, and having a reasonable argument A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Personal Pronouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 24. An anecdote in persuasive writing is a short what? A) Descriptive story. B) Factual report. C) Personal story. D) Scientific explanation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal story. 25. Specifically targeting an individual using 'you' A) Emotive language. B) Inclusive pronouns. C) Imperatives. D) Direct address. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Direct address. 26. What is Transfer in persuasive techniques? A) Using positive words, images, and ideas to suggest that a product is also positive. B) A method of appealing to emotions through storytelling. C) A technique that involves using statistics to persuade the audience. D) A strategy that focuses on the credibility of the speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using positive words, images, and ideas to suggest that a product is also positive. 27. Making buyers feel that the use of the product will make them popular, one of the crowd, and "fit in." A) Plain Folks. B) Bandwagon. C) Card Stacking. D) Testimonial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bandwagon. 28. What is the term for a persuasive technique that uses emotional language to influence an audience's feelings? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Testimonial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 29. "Visit Family Associates-just like the doctors you grew up with!" This is an example of which type of appeal? A) Plain folks. B) Authority. C) Snob. D) Loyalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plain folks. 30. Inclusive language often employs which pronouns to create a sense of unity and to get the reader on their side? A) He, She, It. B) I, You, They. C) We, Us, Our. D) Them, Those, These. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We, Us, Our. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPersuasive Techniques Quiz 1Persuasive Techniques Quiz 2Persuasive Techniques Quiz 4Persuasive Techniques Quiz 5Persuasive Techniques Quiz 6Persuasive Techniques Quiz 7Persuasive Techniques Quiz 8Persuasive Techniques Quiz 9Persuasive Techniques Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books