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The purpose, audience, context and text type will influence the writer's language and arguments
True
False
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The CONTENTION in a persuasive paper is
the writer's position on an issue
using personal credibility to convince
the topic sentence
the support and examples
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The target audience of a persuasive text will influence
The writer's language choices
All of the above
The writer's purpose
The writer's contention and arguments
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A sad, lonely puppy is shivering in the cold. Which appeal technique is being used?
TARGET AUDIENCE
LOGOS
ETHOS
PATHOS
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The CONTEXT of a persuasive text is
The Issue
The text type
All of the above
The time and place a text is published
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PATHOS as a persuasive technique uses
logical appeal
emotional appeal
lots of data and statistics
expert opinions
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Using ETHOS in persuasion
is a waste of my time
uses a credible person, organization, or celebrity
uses lots of facts and statistics
uses emotional appeals
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Where would you find important information about the audience, purpose and context of an article?
The end of the article
None of the above
A box called 'background information'
You just have to guess
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COUNTERARGUMENT is
using emotional appeals to convince
trying to convince through manipulation of information
never admitting that there's another side to your topic
predicting what the "other side" will say and refuting it
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LOGOS as a persuasive technique
uses credible people or celebrities
uses logic and reasoning, statistics and data
uses emotional appeals
just makes me angry
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How is a persuasive speech different from written persuasion?
the speaker can't express emotions while speaking
you can't understand the tone as well in a speech
written persuasion is more exciting than a speech
you can use body language in a speech
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Including lots of numbers and researched data to back up my claim is using which technique?
ETHOS
LOGOS
PATHOS
COUNTER ATTACK
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Writers randomly chuck their arguments in any order
True
False
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What is the PURPOSE of persuasive writing, ads, or speeches?
to inform
to convince
to lull the reader to sleep
to entertain
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Only spoken persuasive texts (speeches) can carry tone
True
False
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Persuasion as a genre of reading and writing serves what purpose -
allows writers a way to entertains
allows writers a way to convince others of their position
gives factual information only
encourages people to fight with one another
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Using Taylor Swift in a Coca-Cola ad is an example of which persuasive technique?
LOGOS
ETHOS
PATHOS
CLAIM
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The publishing details of an article can give you information about who the audience might be
False
True
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A target audience is...
people not expected to buy a product
statistics, examples, and quotes
a group of people who get angry at commercials
the group of people toward which an argument is directed
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It is important to understand both sides of an argument because...
it can help to strengthen my own argument
It doesn't help to understand both sides
It can weaken my argument
I can manipulate people that way
