This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Techniques – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Techniques Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A company's annual report that uses graphs, charts, and detailed analysis to showcase its financial health is primarily using which persuasive technique? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 2. Plain Folks A) This technique uses words that sound good but have little real meaning and/or no evidence to support them. B) The use of a celebrity or expert to influence the buyer. C) The use of regular, everyday people with whom the viewer can identify. D) 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The use of regular, everyday people with whom the viewer can identify. 3. -an exchange of diverging or opposite views. A) Claim. B) Hyperbole. C) Rhetorical. D) Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Argument. 4. When three adjectives or phrases are used together to make them stand out. A) Exaggeration. B) Group of Three. C) Repetition. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Group of Three. 5. Rhetorical questions are used to imply that the answer is so obvious that anybody who disagrees is A) Knowledgeable. B) Witty. C) Foolish. D) Creative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foolish. 6. Identify a sentence that uses parallelism. A) She enjoys to read, write, and jog. B) He likes swimming, biking, and to run. C) She likes reading, writing, and jogging. D) They love to dance, sing, and playing games. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She likes reading, writing, and jogging. 7. Humor, fear, guilt, happiness are all examples of which type of persuasive technique in advertising? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Silos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 8. How can expert opinion enhance a writer's credibility? A) Expert opinion enhances a writer's credibility by providing authoritative validation and depth to their content. B) Expert opinion is irrelevant to a writer's success. C) Expert opinions only confuse the reader. D) Expert opinion decreases a writer's authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expert opinion enhances a writer's credibility by providing authoritative validation and depth to their content. 9. Which of the following is a persuasive technique used in advertising? A) Magic Ingredients. B) Transferism. C) Magic words. D) Positive words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magic Ingredients. 10. Statements which are voiced as questions but are not expected to be answered A) Repetition. B) Anecdote. C) Phrases. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical Question. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. You are a cheetah A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 19. 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. 20. "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. 21. "He's starving. We're not." A) Repetition. B) Card stacking. C) Slogan. D) Emotional appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotional appeal. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. 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. 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