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Persuasive Devices

Authored by Joanna Marletta

English

7th - 10th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 30+ times

Persuasive Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

What is this an example of?
95% of pupils feel that there is too much homework.

Exaggeration
Statistical Evidence
Emotive Language
Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

"When I was five years old, my grandfather lost his life fighting the disease. He passed away quietly in the hospital, surrounded by family and friends..."
Is an example of...

Emotive Language
Assonance
An Antidote
An Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which persuasive technique is this?
Using the same words or phrases over and over again so that they stick in the target audience’s mind.

Groups of three
Alliteration
Repetition
Emotive language

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which persuasive technique is this?
To go over the top and make things sound better or worse than they are.

Emotive language
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Personal pronouns

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"In taking all of this corruption into account, are you still going to give this organisation your hard-earned money?"
Is an example of...

Alliteration
A Rhetorical Question
Consonance
Appeal to Hip-pocket 

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which persuasive technique is this?
Using words that make people feel sad, angry, upset, sympathetic or guilty.

Rhetorical questions
Emotive language
Personal pronouns
Exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

This makes people feel as if their safety, security, or health is in danger.

Appeal to fear
Appeal to pity
Bandwagon appeal
Ethical appeal

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