This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Techniques – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Techniques Quiz 37 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following options is a characteristic of the category "pathos" ? A) Pathos will attempt to evoke an emotional response in the consumer. B) Pathos will give you the evidence and statistics you need to fully understand what the product does. C) Pathos will try to convince you. D) Pathos will try to persuade you to buy something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos will attempt to evoke an emotional response in the consumer. 2. An image of a starving child may be used to persuade persons to donate money to the cause. This is an example of which persuasive technique? A) Logos. B) Silos. C) Pathos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 3. Types of persuasive techniques include A) Logical, emotional, ethical. B) Logical, bandwagon, snob. C) Ethical, emotional, facts. D) Saying "because I said so". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logical, emotional, ethical. 4. When an ad only talks about good things and doesn't mention bad, it uses: A) Celebrity Endorsement. B) Expert Testimonial. C) Repetition. D) Glittering Generalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glittering Generalities. 5. What rhetorical appeal is primarily based on logic and reasoning? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 6. Did you know that eating a balanced breakfast every morning can improve your concentration and performance in school? I've just discovered the secret to unlocking your full academic potential-it starts with a nutritious breakfast! A) Storytelling. B) Rhetorical questions. C) Pathos. D) Hook. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hook. 7. The use of regular, everyday people with whom viewers can identify. A) Bandwagon. B) Plain Folks. C) Testimonial. D) Transfer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plain Folks. 8. Which persuasive technique involves using famous people to endorse a product or idea? A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Plain Folks. D) TransferTags7.3.a. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 9. The koalas are a special part of our country and we should protect them all. Is an example of ..... A) Rhetorical question. B) Hyperbole. C) Inclusive Language. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inclusive Language. 10. 'Terry is an idiot. Don't trust Terry'-What persuasive technique has been used here? A) Alliteration. B) Praise. C) Rhetorical question. D) Attacks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attacks. 11. Which sentence best demonstrates repetition? A) "This is the best deal on the market.". B) "This product is amazing! This product is affordable! This product is for you!". C) "Studies show this is effective.". D) "Experts recommend this treatment.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "This product is amazing! This product is affordable! This product is for you!". 12. What is the term for a persuasive technique that involves presenting only positive information about a product while omitting any negative aspects? A) Glittering Generalities. B) Card Stacking. C) Transfer. D) Name Calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Card Stacking. 13. Try to convince the reader to agree with or support the author's viewpoint. A) Explain. B) Persuade. C) Inform. D) Entertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persuade. 14. Glittering generalities are claims that are what? A) Specific and provide detailed evidence. B) Vague and provide facts or details. C) Vague and lack supporting facts or details. D) Clear and provide a logical argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vague and lack supporting facts or details. 15. These types of persuasive appeals often rely on a reader's sense of good and bad, and right and wrong. A) Parallel. B) Moral. C) Logical. D) Emotional. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moral. 16. Any material that serves to prove a claim. A) Support. B) Counter Argument. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Support. 17. What is an allusion in a speech? A) A technique used to create humor in a speech. B) A reference to a person, place, event, or work of literature in a speech. C) A form of repetition used to emphasize a point in a speech. D) A type of rhetorical device used to persuade the audience in a speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A reference to a person, place, event, or work of literature in a speech. 18. We, our, us, are examples of what persuasive technique? A) Inclusive language. B) Repetition. C) Modality. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inclusive language. 19. Why do author's use Experts in persuasive texts? A) To back up their support. B) To make their claim more believable. C) O get you to agree with the Expert. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To back up their support. 20. What is the technique here? "We must act now. We must stand together. We must make a difference." A) Imperative. B) Rhetorical question. C) Repetition. D) Emotive language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 21. What is the purpose of persuasion? A) To inform. B) To narrate. C) To convince. D) To describe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To convince. 22. Explaining a personal experience of a story that relates to the audience. A) Positive Support. B) Anecdote. C) Statistics. D) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdote. 23. ..... the reasons and evidence that help to prove the claim. A) Endorsement. B) Name calling. C) Stereotype. D) Support. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Support. 24. The reason for which something is done or created or for whichsomething exists.: "the purpose of the meeting is to appoint a trustee""the building is no longer needed for its original purpose" . A) Message. B) Purpose. C) Faulty reasoning. D) Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purpose. 25. "This is no ordinary car. This is the car for drivers who really know how to drive." This is an example of which type of appeal A) Bandwagon. B) Loyalty. C) Snob. D) Authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Snob. ← 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