This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Techniques – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Techniques Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Every weekend the city is overrun by beggars. A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Figurative Language. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative Language. 2. Read the following line and choose the best answer that it represents: "Everyday people like us won't benefit from this decision." A) Logos. B) Inclusive/exclusive language. C) Cause/effect. D) Personal attack. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inclusive/exclusive language. 3. Can't you see how dangerous it would be to stay? A) Logos. B) Call to Action. C) Ethos. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical Question. 4. In the context of FDR's speech, how does the use of the phrase "Day of Infamy" serve as a persuasive technique? A) It provides a logical explanation for the events. B) It evokes a strong emotional response. C) It establishes the speaker's credibility. D) It offers a detailed analysis of the events. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It evokes a strong emotional response. 5. Omission of the conjunctions ("ands"/"or") that ordinarily joins a list (as in "I came, I saw, I conquered" ). A) Polysyndeton. B) Asyndeton. C) Anaphora. D) Polygon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asyndeton. 6. "Don't let your favourite artist down. It would be un-Australian to forget to vote during the Hottest 100 on January 26" . This is an appeal to A) Tradition. B) Hip-pocket. C) Patriotism. D) Sense of justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patriotism. 7. What is an assertion in persuasive writing? A) A question posed to the audience to provoke thought. B) A fact supported by detailed evidence and thorough explanation. C) A claim presented as a fact without full explanation or evidence. D) A personal opinion expressed by the writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A claim presented as a fact without full explanation or evidence. 8. What someone thinks or believes on the topic. A) Opinion. B) Bandwagon Appeal. C) Negative Support. D) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opinion. 9. This persuasive technique is used to convince buyers that the company is reliable, honest and credible. It often involves statistical data. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Silos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 10. Which sentence is written with correct parallel structure? A) Mr. Schwartz's cats names are Zelda, Bowser, and his kitten is Ziggy. B) Mr. Schwartz's cats names are Zelda, the boy is named Bowser, and Ziggy. C) Mr. Schwartz's cats names are Zelda, Bowser, and Ziggy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. Schwartz's cats names are Zelda, Bowser, and Ziggy. 11. Fallacies are flaws in reasoning because they ..... A) Often include name calling. B) They lack credible evidence to support a claim. C) They are a statement of fact. D) They strengthen an argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They lack credible evidence to support a claim. 12. R in AFOREST is for? A) Rhetorical Question. B) Rhyme. C) Rings. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Question. 13. What is the main objective of the technique called "Weasel Words" ? A) "Weasel words" are used to suggest that the product being sold is also positive. B) "Weasel words" are used to suggest a positive meaning without actually really making any guarantee. C) "Weasel words" are used to offers you something "extra.". D) "Weasel words" are used to puts the user ahead of the times. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Weasel words" are used to suggest a positive meaning without actually really making any guarantee. 14. Which persuasive technique matches this definition? Words with strongly positive or negative connotations to stir people's emotions. (a) A) A. Loaded Language. B) Testimonial. C) Bandwagon. D) Emotional Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Loaded Language. 15. Find an example of parallelism in a famous speech. A) "I have a dream" from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. B) To be or not to be from Shakespeare's Hamlet. C) We hold these truths to be self-evident from the Declaration of Independence. D) Ask not what your country can do for you from JFK's inaugural address. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "I have a dream" from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. 16. Which technique involves making an argument by appealing to the audience's sense of logic and reason? A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 17. False causality is ..... A) Something that sounds pragmatic (use a dictionary!) and always is. B) Ideas that are repeated over and over. C) Basing a claim on erroneous (use a dictionary!) statements like, "if I only eat two meals a day, I will not be overweight.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Basing a claim on erroneous (use a dictionary!) statements like, "if I only eat two meals a day, I will not be overweight.". 18. A counter argument is A) What the writer believes. B) An argument against the claim. C) What the author is writing about. D) Part of a poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An argument against the claim. 19. Which rhetorical device involves the use of similar grammatical structures or patterns? A) Antithesis. B) Hyperbole. C) Parallelism. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 20. Sterotype A) A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. B) Relating to or concerned with the art of rhetoric.: "repetition is a common rhetorical device. C) When the author uses language that leaves no doubt about a situation or event that exaggerates or overstates a case. D) -exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. 21. "Finger Lickin' Good" is an example of what? A) Command. B) Rule of three. C) Rhetorical question. D) Slogan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slogan. 22. Choose the word that best fits the definition:Uses the declarations of a famous person or an "expert" to give the product or idea credibility. A statement in support of a product, person, etc. A) Tortoise. B) Endorsement/testimonial. C) Bandwagon. D) Transfer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endorsement/testimonial. 23. A verbal, written, or recorded communication sent to or left for a recipient who cannot be contacted directly. A) Essay. B) Message. C) Faulty reasoning. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Message. 24. Technique that makes a product/service seem very exclusive and superior.If you own this product, it will make you better than other people. A) Bandwagon. B) Emotional appeal. C) Testimonial. D) Snob appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Snob appeal. 25. All of the following describe the technique of Statistics except- A) A. Numbers/Percentages. B) B. Deals with the collection, analysis and presentation of masses of numerical data. C) C. Can be one-sided or misleading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. Can be one-sided or misleading. ← 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 9Persuasive Techniques Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books