This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Techniques – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Techniques Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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?. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeal to Vanity. 16. The milk is very, very nutritious! A) Assumptive adverb opener. B) Adverb intensifier. C) Punch words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb intensifier. 17. "Using wind power to solve global warming is like putting a Band-Aid on a broken arm and expecting it to heal" . A) Appeal to the hip pocket. B) Appealing to the environment. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 18. What is this technique? This solution will change your life. Don't hesitate. Start today!" A) Emotive language. B) Repetition. C) Rhetorical question. D) Direct address. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Direct address. 19. Smart business owners use persuasion to lead the audience toward not just buying a new product, another intention can be? A) To get a new idea. B) To get an old product. C) To get the idea of living a new lifestyle with a product or service. D) To promote a product. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To get the idea of living a new lifestyle with a product or service. 20. This persuasive technique is used to make you feel left out if you don't join the group. A) Prestige/Snob Appeal/Plain Folks. B) Testimonials. C) Bandwagon. D) Appeal to the Emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bandwagon. 21. Prepare to be blown away. A) Assumptive adverb opener. B) Adverb intensifier. C) Punch words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punch words. 22. Testimonial A) Putting down another brand, product, or candidate. Also known as "negative advertising" or "attack ads" . 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) Making buyers feel that use of the product will make them popular, one of the crowd, and "fit in.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The use of a celebrity or expert to influence the buyer. 23. The easiest way to earn millions! A) Assumptive adverb opener. B) Adverb intensifier. C) Punch words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punch words. 24. Identify a sentence that demonstrates pathos. A) "As she held the tattered photograph of her late mother, tears streamed down her face, reminding her of the love and warmth that was now forever lost.". B) The cat sat quietly on the windowsill, watching the birds outside. C) He quickly finished his homework before dinner. D) The sun set beautifully over the horizon, painting the sky in vibrant colors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "As she held the tattered photograph of her late mother, tears streamed down her face, reminding her of the love and warmth that was now forever lost.". 25. How does the use of ethos strengthen an argument? A) The use of ethos strengthens an argument by enhancing the speaker's credibility, which increases the audience's trust and acceptance of the argument. B) It relies solely on emotional appeal to persuade the audience. C) It focuses on the logical structure of the argument without considering credibility. D) It uses statistics and data to support the argument without personal trust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of ethos strengthens an argument by enhancing the speaker's credibility, which increases the audience's trust and acceptance of the argument. ← 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