This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Techniques – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Techniques Quiz 27 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Persuasive Technique:Testimony A) An attempt to persuade the reader by using a professional or famous person to endorse a product or idea. B) Tone or diction an author uses to significantly impact the emotions of the reader-extremely negative or positive words are used. C) An incorrect proposition that forms the basis of an argument. D) Occurs when perspective is one-sided. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An attempt to persuade the reader by using a professional or famous person to endorse a product or idea. 2. An appeal that carefully chooses words for emphasis or to get an emotional response is: A) Loaded Words. B) Expert Testimonial. C) Glittering Generalities. D) Facts and Statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loaded Words. 3. Which sentence contains direct address? A) "This book is a must-read for students.". B) "You need this book to succeed!". C) "Many people find this book helpful.". D) "Experts recommend this book.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "You need this book to succeed!". 4. Makes it seem like everyone is buying a product, so you should too A) Avant-garde. B) Bandwagon. C) Transfer. D) Rhetorical claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bandwagon. 5. What is an author's claim according to page 936? A) Writer's position on a problem or issue. B) Reason why the author might not like something. C) Trying to solve a problem. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Writer's position on a problem or issue. 6. This persuasive technique connects with your feelings like fear, love, pity, and justice. A) Appeals to the Emotions. B) Bandwagon. C) Testimonials. D) Prestige/Snob Appeal/ Plain Folks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeals to the Emotions. 7. 'You work very hard and you deserve to be treater better' is nothing but an attempt to A) Ridicule. B) Bilittle. C) Insult. D) Flatter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flatter. 8. Propaganda is used to: A) Inform. B) Entertain. C) Persuade. D) Worry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Persuade. 9. How does restatement contribute to the effectiveness of a speech? A) By confusing the audience and making the speech less clear. B) By reinforcing key points and enhancing audience understanding. C) By repeating irrelevant information and distracting the audience. D) By contradicting the main points and causing confusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By reinforcing key points and enhancing audience understanding. 10. We are all in this together; we will stand united. A) Pronouns. B) Alliteration. C) Jargon. D) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pronouns. 11. What is a Contention? A) The main line of argument in a text. B) A statement of the main idea being argued and debated. C) The writer's point of view on the issue. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. What is the difference between ethos and pathos? A) Ethos refers to the audience's perception; pathos refers to the speaker's authority. B) Ethos is about emotional appeal; pathos is about credibility. C) Ethos is about logical reasoning; pathos is about factual evidence. D) Ethos is about credibility; pathos is about emotional appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos is about credibility; pathos is about emotional appeal. 13. When famous people are used to endorse a product or idea A) Humour. B) Transfer. C) Hyperbole. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transfer. 14. Choose the best word for this definition:The words appeal to consumer's emotions rather than reason. Uses positive connotations like "fresh" or "natural"; uses negative connotations like "wimpy" or "greasy" to make a competing product seem less desirable. A) Loaded language. B) Bandwagon. C) Testimonial. D) Beautiful people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loaded language. 15. What is the term for a persuasive technique that aims to make the audience feel a certain emotion, such as fear or happiness, to influence their opinion? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Testimonial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 16. Deliberately arousing fear about a particular issue with little to no evidence. A) Bandwagon Technique. B) Card Stacking. C) Slippery Slope. D) Fear Mongering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fear Mongering. 17. Choose the word the best matches this definition:A kind of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people's actions. A) Personification. B) Periwinkle. C) Beautiful people. D) Persuasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persuasion. 18. Which technique is this:Do you really think that is acceptable? A) Alliteration. B) Rhetorical question. C) Opinion. D) Statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical question. 19. There should be tougher penalties for leaving children in cars on hot days A) Emotive language. B) Tone. C) Contention. D) Appeal to family values. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contention. 20. The reasons/evidence that helps to prove your claim is called ..... A) Viewpoint. B) Bandwagon. C) Support. D) Irrelevant examples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Support. 21. An appeal to emotions and feeling. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Kratos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 22. "That's right, eating a slice of bread can now KILL you" is an example of A) Connotation. B) Exaggeration. C) Alliteration. D) Attack. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exaggeration. 23. Identify the correct vocabulary word:proves a claim to be true. Can be a summary, paraphrased or a direct quote. This is a crucial part in body paragraphs and it is important to be discerningin the evidence chosen. A) Argument. B) Claim. C) Supporting evidence. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supporting evidence. 24. What is this technique? Recycling is crucial. Recycling is necessary. Recycling is our responsibility." A) Repetiton. B) Imperative. C) Emotive language. D) Modality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetiton. 25. "4 out of 5 dentist recommend to patients to chew sugarless gum to prevent cavities." This is what someone with experience in the subject thinks. A) Expert Opinion. B) Quotation. C) Claim. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expert Opinion. ← 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