This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Techniques – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Techniques Quiz 28 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I've spoken to people right across this country and they all agree on one thing:Mr Matthews is a legend. A) Repetition. B) Short sentence. C) Hyperbole. D) Opinions of others. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Opinions of others. 2. Which persuasive technique appeals to the audience's logic and reason? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 3. Emotive language A) 'I', 'You', 'We'. B) Vocabulary to make the reader feel a particular emotion. C) Three points to support an argument. D) Speaking directly to an individual using 'you' or 'we'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vocabulary to make the reader feel a particular emotion. 4. What is the definition for Testimonial? 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: B) Relies on endorsements from well-known people or satisfied customers. 5. The poor helpless koalas are under brutal attack. Is an example of ..... A) Emotive adjectives. B) Facts. C) Call to action. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotive adjectives. 6. An advertisement uses a famous athlete to promote a sports drink. This is an example of: A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 7. Which type of persuasive technique is being used? A) Generalization. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Statistics. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generalization. 8. Which persuasive technique involves using famous personalities to endorse a product, thereby transferring their qualities to the product? A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Plain Folks. D) Card Stacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 9. What technique is described here?Views held as credible but not necessarily proven or supported by fact. A) Opinion. B) Personal statement. C) Truth. D) The right way to see things. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opinion. 10. When an advertisement is aimed at a certain group of people they are known as the ..... A) Audience. B) Target Audience. C) Viewers. D) Spectators. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Target Audience. 11. "My basketball shoes helped me make the basketball team at my school" A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Emotional Appeal. D) Plain Folks. E) Snob Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plain Folks. 12. When the speaker/write portrays the opposing view as foolish, dangerous, uncaring, or deceitful, it's called ..... A) Evidence. B) Pathos. C) Personal attack. D) Cause/effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal attack. 13. "Blondes are less intelligent than people with other hair colors." A) Stereotyping. B) Ad Hominem. C) Exaggeration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stereotyping. 14. Threre are others specific persuasive strategies, Which is the one that use a product puts the user ahead of the times? A) Weasel words. B) The open mind. C) Spirituality. D) Avante Garde. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Avante Garde. 15. "As a construction worker, I often get headaches on the job. That's why I use PainAway asprin." A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Emotional Appeal. D) Plain Folks. E) Snob Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plain Folks. 16. The reoccurrence of certain words or phrases and it is used to emphasize certain ideas, and make them more memorable A) Rhetorical Questions. B) Assertion. C) Attacks. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 17. Statements which are voiced as questions but are not expected to be answered; they are used to imply certain answers and draw audiences to certain conclusions A) Loaded Words. B) Rhetorical Questions. C) Jargon. D) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Questions. 18. What is audience? A) The person writing the article. B) The person reading the article. C) The people mentioned in the article. D) The pictures in the article. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The person reading the article. 19. A series of THREE parallel words, phrases, or clauses. It's a simple enough structure, yet potentially a powerful one. A) Anaphora. B) Repetition. C) Triangle. D) Tricolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tricolon. 20. When you talk about facts, statistics or expert opinions A) Jargon. B) Evidence. C) Tone. D) Emotive Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evidence. 21. Presenting information to make a product appear better than it is ..... A) Glittering generalites. B) Card stacking. C) Testimonial. D) Emotional appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Card stacking. 22. A claim that cannot be proved but leads the reader to infer that it is true for most people. A) Generalization. B) Testimonial. C) Faulty Reasoning. D) Emotional Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generalization. 23. Logos relies solely on the speaker's reputation to persuade the audience. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. "Pathos" can evoke emotional responses such as: A) Happiness and anger. B) Happiness and fear. C) Happiness and fatigue. D) Fear and anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Happiness and fear. 25. Jumping like jolly jellybeans is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Inclusive Language. C) Repetition. D) Hyperbole. 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