This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Techniques – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Techniques Quiz 33 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the text types A) Opinion Piece. B) Letter to the Editor. C) Editorial. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. Media Literacy A) Being able to create a medium to communicate information or content. B) Being able to evaluate information that has been published to decide if it is reliable. C) Being able to analyze information or content. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 3. Inclusive language is- A) Any words that makes the reader feel included like we or us. B) Any words that makes the reader feel excluded like me or I. C) When a writer repeats a key word. D) When a writer uses statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any words that makes the reader feel included like we or us. 4. Ethos, pathos and logos help a speaker to ..... A) Appeal to the audience. B) Tell a story. C) Get a standing ovation. D) Avoid embarrassment when public speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to the audience. 5. Your crying is like rain. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 6. 'I couldn't believe it when I saw a driver zooming down the street, the driver was texting on his phone, holding a cup of coffee and steering with his knees'. A) Reason and Logic. B) Emotive. C) Personal anecdote. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal anecdote. 7. What is advertising? A) A short novel or long short story. B) Paid communication designed to inform or influence an audience, usually to promote a product, service, brand or event. C) A printed publication containing news, articles, advertisements, and correspondence. D) The recording, reproducing, or broadcasting of moving visual images. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paid communication designed to inform or influence an audience, usually to promote a product, service, brand or event. 8. When someone writes or says that same thing over and over and over and over again, it is called, is called, is called ..... A) Glittering generalities. B) Fallacious reasoning. C) Repetition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 9. This is used to appeal to your feelings of right and wrong. A) Pathos-Emotional Appeal. B) Ethos-Ethical Appeal. C) Bandwagon Appeal. D) Testimonials. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos-Ethical Appeal. 10. Which word fits this definition?Statement without detail or evidence/tells only a part of the truth.ex:Kroger has the most fresh and best produce! A) Endorsement/testimonial. B) Bandwagon. C) Card-stacking or glittering generalities. D) Transfer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Card-stacking or glittering generalities. 11. "I'm professional football player Marcus Brown, and I use Wash Out window cleaner." is an example of ..... A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Emotional Appeal. D) Plain Folks. E) Snob Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 12. "We really should try that recipe. Someone told me that it was good." Is this argument using ethos, pathos, or logos? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 13. What are some effective ways to use persuasive techniques in advertising? A) Use emotional appeals, create a sense of urgency, use social proof, highlight the benefits of the product or service, and use persuasive language and imagery. B) Create a sense of apathy. C) Highlight the drawbacks of the product or service. D) Use boring language and imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use emotional appeals, create a sense of urgency, use social proof, highlight the benefits of the product or service, and use persuasive language and imagery. 14. The power of the mind to think and form judgments logically; it is used to appeal to the rationality of an audience A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Attacks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 15. "Team Teen Tees-customize your own to show everyone what team you're on!" This is an example of which type of appeal A) Bandwagon. B) Authority. C) Loyalty. D) Snob. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loyalty. 16. What means Ethos strategie? A) An emotinal effect. B) An appeal to credibility or character. C) A dangerous action. D) A correct action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An appeal to credibility or character. 17. Which technique did Martin Luther King Jr. use in his "I Have a Dream" speech to connect emotionally with his audience? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 18. "The I can't believe I can get Honda quality at these low prices so I'd better hurry before it's too late event" is an example of A) Kairos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kairos. 19. Linking unrelated products or characters together in an attempt to transfer the image, feelings and trust to the other product. A) Name Calling. B) Bandwagon. C) Transfer. D) Card Stacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transfer. 20. The definition of Name-Calling is ..... A) Linking positive, general, and commonly accepted words with a person, group, or cause. B) Negative names are used for the "enemy" or opposition, so that the audience has an emotional response to them. C) Substituting words or phrases with softer, "nicer" ones to create a more positive response. D) Using well-known personalities to endorse a person, group, or cause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative names are used for the "enemy" or opposition, so that the audience has an emotional response to them. 21. Creating a desire to join a large group of satisfied participants (makes anyone not participating feel left out). A) Appeal to Emotions. B) Plain Folks. C) Bandwagon. D) Testimonials. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bandwagon. 22. Which persuasive technique is this?We are the poor, helpless children who are forced to do far too much homework every night. A) Hyperbole. B) Repetition. C) Expert opinion. D) Emotive Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotive Language. 23. What are "loaded words" intended to do? A) Provide objective information. B) Create a neutral tone. C) Evoke a strong emotional response. D) Simplify complex concepts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evoke a strong emotional response. 24. Synecdoche is ..... A) Is a figure of speech using a word that is a part to represent a whole, a whole to represent a part or a material to represent an object. B) Is the association or bringing together of two words or phrases having opposite meanings. C) Describing words, often used to make the reader feel a particular wayabout an issue. D) An appeal to logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is a figure of speech using a word that is a part to represent a whole, a whole to represent a part or a material to represent an object. 25. This is amazingly brilliant! A) Assumptive adverb opener. B) Adverb intensifier. C) Punch words. D) None of the above. 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