This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Techniques – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Techniques Quiz 20 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of persuasive technique is being used?Friends will never let you down, no matter what. A) Generalization. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Bandwagon. D) Statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generalization. 2. A type of persuasive technique that uses a celebrity or well-known person to make you interested in a product or idea. A) Endorsement. B) Plain Folks. C) Snob Appeal. D) Emotional Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endorsement. 3. Words or phrases that are designed to get a specific reaction/emotional response A) Alliteration. B) Emotive language. C) Repetition. D) Direct Address. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotive language. 4. What is the purpose of providing evidence in your persuasive essay? A) Giving evidence proves your point rather than just saying 'because I said so'. B) Giving evidence only relates to trials in court. C) Giving evidence helps you reach the word count minimum. D) Giving evidence makes means you're right. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Giving evidence proves your point rather than just saying 'because I said so'. 5. Language used to make the reader feel certain emotions. Usually strong words and imagery are used. A) Alliteration. B) Emotive Language. C) Exaggeration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotive Language. 6. Persuades a consumer by presenting information in fact form by using numbers and data A) Bribery. B) Testimonial. C) Plain folks. D) Numbers, facts, and statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Numbers, facts, and statistics. 7. The speaker or the company presents themselves as an average Joe or common person A) Bandwagon. B) Snob appeal. C) Plain folks. D) Bribery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plain folks. 8. Which type of persuasive technique is being used?80% of chewing gum is not disposed in the garbage. Please do your part and throw your gum away in the garbage can. A) Bandwagon. B) Statistics. C) Generalization. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Statistics. 9. With this technique, the writer aims to directly address the reader, either personally or as a member of a shared group. This involves using such words as us, we, you, our. A) Inclusive language (personal pronouns). B) Appeal. C) Emotive language. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inclusive language (personal pronouns). 10. Identify the persuasive technique used in the following sentences."There's no price that can be placed on peace of mind. Our advanced security systems will protect the well-being of your family so that you can sleep soundly at night." 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. 11. 'Tiger Woods endorses Nike' is an example of A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 12. Which persuasive technique is this?When I was younger, I used to play near the river behind my house. One day ..... A) Expert opinion. B) Statistics. C) Repetition. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anecdote. 13. "Walmart ..... Save money, live better." A) Testimonial. B) Expert opinion (true by association). C) Glittering generalities. D) Slogan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glittering generalities. 14. What is the effect of using an expert's opinion? A) To gain credibility. B) To show what people think. C) To expose expert's opinions. D) To prove them wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To gain credibility. 15. Convinces people that they should buy a product because it will support their country and/or show the love they have for their country A) Transfer. B) Bandwagon. C) Patriotism. D) Unique claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patriotism. 16. ..... aims to gain the reader's confidence and the speaker's credibility. A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 17. Which persuasive technique has been used in the following: "Discover the exciting world of outside. Subscribe today." A) Pathos. B) Figurative Language. C) Call to Action. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Call to Action. 18. Which persuasive technique in advertising involves using a famous person to endorse a product? A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Glittering Generalities. D) Plain Folks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 19. Choose the persuasive technique that fits this example:Attractive and fit Olympic athletes appear in a photo campaign ad for a new athletic wear company, encouraging folks to try it. A) Plain folks. B) Loaded language. C) Beautiful people. D) Glittering generalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beautiful people. 20. Which statement best defines the "Authoritative" persuasive technique? A) A statement made with authority and certainty. B) A statement made citing evidence. C) A statement that uses TEEL in a paragraph. D) A statement made with uncertainty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A statement made with authority and certainty. 21. Which type of persuasive technique is being used?Jeff went to the dealership looking to purchase a Chevy trucks but the salesman said that a lot of people have been purchasing Dodge because of its towing capabilities. Jeff the dealership driving in a Dodge. A) Generalization. B) Bandwagon. C) Statistics. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bandwagon. 22. This persuasive technique uses a spokesperson to appeal to the audience to influence you to want to copy their lifestyle. A) Testimonials. B) Appeal to the Emotions. C) Prestige/Snob Appeal/ Plain Folks. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prestige/Snob Appeal/ Plain Folks. 23. Which persuasive technique involves using a famous person to endorse a product or idea? A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Plain Folks. D) Snob Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 24. What is Bandwagon in persuasive techniques? A) A technique that encourages individual thought and decision-making. B) The suggestion that one should do something because everyone else is doing it. C) A method of persuasion that relies on expert opinions. D) A strategy that focuses on emotional appeals rather than logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The suggestion that one should do something because everyone else is doing it. 25. 'We see a lot of fights down on this street, therefore we think that something should be done to solve the problem'-What persuasive technique has been used here? A) Praise. B) Emotional appeal. C) Alliteration. D) Reason and logic. 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