Persuasive Techniques Test

Question 1

Adjective

Answer 1

A word used to describe something

Question 2

Adverb

Answer 2

A word that has an impact on the doing word

Question 3

Alliteration

Answer 3

Repetition of a certain word

Question 4

Appeals

Answer 4

Targeting a particular emotive response

Question 5

Anecdote

Answer 5

A short story to prove a point

Question 6

Cliche

Answer 6

A common saying

Question 7

Emotive Language

Answer 7

Using language to provoke emotion

Question 7

Colloquialism

Answer 7

A word or phrase common to a particular country

Question 7

Connotations

Answer 7

A word that has other feelings attached to it

Question 8

Direct Address

Answer 8

Addressing someone by name or title

Question 8

Ethos

Answer 8

Highlights Credibility

Question 9

Evidence

Answer 9

Using facts, research, or statistics to prove your point of view

Question 10

Hyperbole

Answer 10

Emphasizes the ideas by overstressing the main point

Question 11

Inclusive Language

Answer 11

Directly addressing the reader as a member of a group

Question 12

Imagery

Answer 12

Descriptive writing to create an image in the reader’s mind

Question 13

Metaphor

Answer 13

A subconscious comparison technique

Question 14

Pathos

Answer 14

Purposefully evoking emotions

Question 15

Power of Three

Answer 15

Talk about the other person three times as often as you talk about yourself

Question 16

Pun

Answer 16

A comedic play on words

Question 17

Rhetorical Question

Answer 17

A question that implies an answer

Question 18

Simile

Answer 18

A comparison where one thing is like another

Question 19

Statistics

Answer 19

Facts and figures

Question 20

Undermine

Answer 20

To put down the opponent or competition.