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Persuasive Techniques Super Quiz
Persuasive Techniques Super Quiz
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Persuasive Devices Quiz. Helpful for English Teachers!
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Which word describes when a writer is trying to play on the desires of the audience?
Rhetorical Question
Influence
Appeal
Desire
2
A rhetorical question:
is always a yes or no answer
Is asked in a weird tone
Asks a question but does not require an answer
needs no question mark
3
If an article describes the author as "A University Lecturer" on the issue, the author has
authority on the issue
buck teeth and thick glasses
got to loosen up
A stable income
4
A cartoon will likely have which tone:
disgusted and horrified
satirical and mocking
measured and assertive
aggressive and authoritative
5
If a writer says something is the BEST or the WORST, they are using a
superlative
metaphor
mixtape
measured tone
6
Which word can not be used to describe tone:
defensive
fridge
assertive
authoritative
7
Which technique? "Gillard's view was lefty, Communist hog's wash!"
Appeal to Family Values
Alliteration
Teasing
Attack
8
A broadsheet newspaper (The Age, The Australian) has a target audience of:
sports and gossip fans
working-class readers
children and parents
well-educated, informed readers
9
Which technique? "The weather girl's slip-up was a blunder of epic proportions!"
hyperbole
Rhetorical Question
truth serum
Case study
10
"Appeal to patriotism" appeals to:
Paternity
Love for one's country
Partiarchy
Family Values
11
Two opposites, put side by side, in order to highlight the contrast is:
a mistake
opposite highlight
differentiation
juxtapostion
12
If a writer includes a quote from a doctor or professor, they are using:
Expert Opinion
them for their money
Inclusive Language
Quotient
13
Which technique? "90% of all workers disliked Abbott as preferred PM"
Statistics
Western Slang
Facts and Logic
Emotive Language
14
When writing the title of the article, I need to use:
Juxtaposition
Quotation Marks
Emotive Language
Quotation Marks and Underline
15
Which tone would suit a Tabloid newspaper article more?
sincere, assertive, measured
crazy, fun-loving
passionate, outraged
passive, sheepish
16
Using the words "us" and "we" is an example of:
Inclusive Language
Emotive Language
Tone
Togetherness
17
Using the same consonant sound in a sentence is:
alliteration
onomatopoeia
metaphor
boring
18
Using 'slang' is referred to as:
impolite language
colloquial language
'bums and bull' talk
Aussie-speak
19
Instead of saying "this shows", you could say:
all of the answers are correct
This highlights
This identifies
This alienates
20
Which technique is this: "He flew like a cannonball"
direct address
lying
simile
juxtapostion