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Persuasive techniques

Authored by Anna Wilde

English

7th - 9th Grade

24 Questions

CCSS covered

Used 291+ times

Persuasive techniques
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

A commercial about abandoned animals needing a shelter of a forever home. They ask for a small donation to help these struggling animals. 

Celebrity Endorsement
Emotional Appeal
Testimonial
Bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Michael Jordan promoting Nike Shoes while informing the viewer how they increase performance by making you jump higher. 

Celebrity Endorsement
Emotional Appeal
Testimonial
Humor

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

A commercial for snickers that jokes about people not being themselves because they just need a snickers bars.

Humor
Bandwagon
Testimonial
Emotional Appeal

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which persuasive technique is this?
Using words like ‘we’, ‘you’, ‘our’ and ‘us’ to make your audience think you are talking only to them.

Repetition
Alliteration
Exaggeration
Personal Pronouns

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which persuasive technique is this?
When you pick holes in your opposition’s argument so that your point of view sounds better.

Rhetorical questions
Criticise other points of view
Groups of three
Emotive language

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

6.

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
Exaggeration
Personal pronouns

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which persuasive technique is this?
When three adjectives or phrases are used together to make them stand out.

Rhetorical questions
Criticise others' ideas
Repetition
Groups of three

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

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