This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Techniques – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Techniques Quiz 45 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which persuasive technique involves using celebrities to endorse a product? A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Glittering Generalities. D) Card Stacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testimonial. 2. Which persuasive technique is used in the following example? "Studies by leading scientists confirm that this product is effective and safe." A) Bandwagon. B) Statistics. C) Expert opinion. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expert opinion. 3. What is this?Youtube is fun, interesting and educational. A) Rhetorical question. B) Alliteration. C) Rule of Three. D) Facts and statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rule of Three. 4. When you put together reasons for an argument in quick succession A) Repetition. B) Inclusive Language. C) Hyperbole. D) List of three. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) List of three. 5. Appeals to Reason and Logic A) Predicting undesirable effects or logical consequences. B) Emotional appeals to persuade the audience. C) Using anecdotes to illustrate a point. D) Relying on expert opinions without evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predicting undesirable effects or logical consequences. 6. Which literary device involves repeating a word or phrase at the start of successive clauses? A) Epiphora. B) Alliteration. C) Anaphora. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 7. In the acronym "AFOREST" , what do the "F" and "O" stand for? A) Facts and onomatopoeia. B) Figurative language and onomatopoeia. C) Figurative language and opinions. D) Facts and opinions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Facts and opinions. 8. What is the effect of using rhetorical questions in persuasive writing? A) They confuse the reader. B) They involve the reader and can lead them to a particular conclusion. C) They provide clear answers. D) They are used to summarize the argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They involve the reader and can lead them to a particular conclusion. 9. "Just do it" A) Metaphor. B) Slogan. C) Simile. D) Inclusive language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slogan. 10. Connotation is defined as: A) The ideas or feelings associated with a particular word, rather than the word's literal meaning. B) A trite, overused phrase. C) Words that can be used to create an image in the mind of a reader. D) Any words that have an emotional effect on an audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ideas or feelings associated with a particular word, rather than the word's literal meaning. 11. Which DARCFOREST strategy is being used:If not now, when? If not you, who? A) Alliteration. B) Rhetorical question. C) Counterclaim. D) Triplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical question. 12. Words such as 'undoubtedly', 'certainly', 'must' and 'definitely' are examples of which persuasive technique? A) Hyperbole or exaggeration. B) Rule of Three. C) Anecdote. D) High Modality Words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High Modality Words. 13. Statistics & Evidence A) Using personal opinions to support an argument. B) Using the results of expert research, government enquiries. C) Using anecdotal evidence from friends and family. D) Using emotional appeals to persuade the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using the results of expert research, government enquiries. 14. Which persuasive technique uses the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words? A) Alliteration. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Exaggeration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 15. What does the term 'undertone' refer to in a literary work? A) The most obvious emotion. B) A subtle or less apparent feeling. C) The main subject. D) An explicit comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A subtle or less apparent feeling. 16. In this advertising technique ..... vague words or phrases are used to evoke a good/positive feeling in customers. (Examples are Freedom, peace, and, home/family.) A) Plain Folk. B) Bandwagon. C) Transfer. D) Glittering Generalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glittering Generalities. 17. This technique stresses the positive qualities and ignores the negative, giving us only part of the picture. A) Bandwagon. B) Transfer. C) Card Stacking. D) Patriotic Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Card Stacking. 18. Do you really expect me to believe these students know what is best for them? A) Stereotype. B) Hyperbole. C) Rhetorical question. D) Short sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 19. Identify the technique in this example: "Our product will change your life forever!" A) Hyperbole. B) Repetition. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 20. Of teachers spend their lives collecting cereal packets whilst they drink tea. A) Statistics. B) Inclusive language. C) Personal experience. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Statistics. 21. E in AFOREST is for? A) Elephant. B) Emotive Language. C) Examples. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotive Language. 22. This is an indirect comparison of two unlike things by saying that one 'is' the other. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 23. You'll make the right decision because you have something that few people do:you have heart. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 24. Which DARCFOREST technique is being used:The city was a disaster area filled with death and disease A) Counterclaim. B) Repetition. C) Alliteration. D) Triplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 25. "What are you doing to help?" Is an example of ..... A) A metaphor. B) A repetition question. C) Emotive language. D) A rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A rhetorical question. ← 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