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Persuasive Techniques

Authored by LORI BAGWELL

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 100+ times

Persuasive Techniques
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

When something tries to remind you of a happy, past event, the author is appealing to your sense of ____________________.

understatement
overstatement
nostalgia

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A position of strong feeling for or against an issue may mean you have a ____.

evidence
bias
ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Something that someone thinks but cannot be proved is a/an

Plot
Dream
Fact
Opinion

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Statistics, expert opinion, research findings and anecdotes are all examples of

personal views
evidence
humor

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A counter argument is

what the writer believes
An argument against the claim
what the author is writing about
part of a poem

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

When writers use positive, vague words to convince readers of something, such as when a product is labeled "all natural," they are using ___________________  ____________________

nostalgia
ethos appeal
glittering generalities

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

False causality is _____.

something that sounds pragmatic (use a dictionary!) and always is
ideas that are repeated over and over
basing a claim on erroneous (use a dictionary!) statements like, "if I only eat two meals a day, I will not be overweight."

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

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