This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Techniques – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Techniques Quiz 22 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When a seller said that you can get a glamorous lifestyle, Which is the type of persuasive strategie of the last example? A) Bribery. B) Patriotism. C) Plain folks. D) Snob Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Snob Appeal. 2. A sequence of interesting vocab choices A) Opinion. B) Alliteration. C) Power of 3. D) Stats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Power of 3. 3. 'You really, really, really need to stop doing this!'-What persuasive technique has been used here? A) Reason and logic. B) Evidence. C) Inclusive language. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 4. How would you feel if you were kept in a cage? Is an example of what persuasive technique. A) Emotive Language. B) Modality. C) Repitition. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical Question. 5. A widely held but oversimplified image or idea is called (a) A) A. stereotype. B) Transfer. C) Appeal to values/ethics. D) Plain folks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. stereotype. 6. A short narrative/story used to make a point or create a feeling in the audience A) Anaphora. B) Anecdote. C) Antidote. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdote. 7. ..... makes people feel as if their safety, security, or health is in danger. A) Appeal to fear. B) Snob Appeal. C) Persuasive Technique. D) Logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to fear. 8. Do you not want to succeed in life? A) Rhetorical question. B) Loaded question. C) Bias. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 9. What effect does parallelism have on a sentence? A) Parallelism has no impact on sentence structure. B) Parallelism makes sentences longer and more complex. C) Parallelism is only useful in poetry, not in prose. D) Parallelism improves clarity and rhythm in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism improves clarity and rhythm in a sentence. 10. Which list below is written with correct parallel structure? A) To run, jump, and throw. B) To run, jumping, and throwing. C) To run, jumped, and throwing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To run, jump, and throw. 11. This persuasive technique uses a famous person to endorse the product (even though they are not an expert). A) Plain Folks. B) Testimonial. C) Bandwagon. D) Cardstacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 12. This type of persuasive technique attempts to make a person feel something specifically and uses that feeling to sell a product or convince the audience of something. A) Emotional appeal. B) Inclusive language. C) Expert opinion. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotional appeal. 13. Pathos appeals to the audience's what? A) Logical reasoning. B) Ethical standards. C) Emotional sensibilities. D) Financial interests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emotional sensibilities. 14. What rhetorical technique is it called when you repeat words? A) Appeal to pity. B) Bandwagon. C) Repetition. D) Statistics/logical appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 15. A type of persuasive technique that suggests you should agree with something because other people do too. A) Bandwagon. B) Glittering Generalities. C) Plain Folks. D) Emotional Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bandwagon. 16. If an advertisement attempts to persuade viewers by using ethics, speaker credibility, or telling you to "trust the recommendation", the technique is ..... A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 17. Choose the word the best matches this definition:Uses insulting suggestions to turn people against something or someone; verbal attacks to discredit (creates a negative attitude by using negative connotations) A) Namecalling or innuendo. B) Beautiful people. C) Transfer. D) Plain folk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Namecalling or innuendo. 18. An appeal to emotion A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 19. This is an example of "Weasel Words": A) A dish soap leaves dishes virtually spotless. B) A pharmaceutical manufacturer describes a special coating that makes their pain reliever less irritating to the stomach than a competitor's. C) Buy a burger; get free fries. D) You do not want to be the only person without it!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A dish soap leaves dishes virtually spotless. 20. This advertisement will provide 'straight facts' about the product. What type of persuasive technique is used here? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Silos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logos. 21. What is the primary purpose of persuasive writing? A) Inform readers about a topic. B) Explain how to do something. C) Convince readers to agree with you. D) Provide a valid argument using facts and data. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convince readers to agree with you. 22. '67% of people don't even read the statistics anyway'-What persuasive technique has been used here? A) Alliteration. B) Exaggeration. C) Attack. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evidence. 23. "Do you want to grow old with your loved ones?" Is an example of what? A) Inclusive Language. B) Emotive Language. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Question. 24. Which type of persuasive technique is being used?Blair wants to try out for hockey but most of the kids in her class are trying out for basketball. Blair decides that she should also try out for basketball. A) Generalization. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Bandwagon. D) Statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bandwagon. 25. There are only 50 of this species left in the entire world A) Rhetorical question. B) Statistics. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Statistics. ← 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