Persuasive Text
Authored by Dane Lucas
English
6th - 8th Grade
CCSS covered
Used 50+ times
AI Actions
Add similar questions
Adjust reading levels
Convert to real-world scenario
Translate activity
More...
Content View
Student View
10 questions
Show all answers
1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the purpose of a persuasive text?
To entertain the reader.
To explain how something works.
To convince readers to think, do or buy something.
To give the reader a good time.
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If you are trying to persuade someone, you are making a _______________ for / against something.
Assessment
Argument
Augmentation
Aragram
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A persuasive text could... (check all that apply)
Try to get people to support your cause.
Urge people to action.
Get people to make a change.
Prove something wrong.
Answer explanation
Yes...all of them. Persuasive text can convince people to do many things!
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.7.8
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What would be a good way to "hook" the reader in a persuasive text?
Ask them a rhetorical question.
Yell at them.
Start talking immediately about your opinion.
Ignore the audience and just say whatever.
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.7.8
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is an "anecdote"?
Stuff you take when you get bitten by a snake.
A sort of cow.
A tropical storm.
A short story to illustrate a point.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Bias is ...
A washing machine.
Facts.
The point of view someone has for something, vs. something else.
Tacos.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.6
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Writers support their opinions with... (check all that apply).
Facts
Statistics
Anecdotes
Tacos
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.7.8
Access all questions and much more by creating a free account
Create resources
Host any resource
Get auto-graded reports
Continue with Google
Continue with Email
Continue with Classlink
Continue with Clever
or continue with
Microsoft
%20(1).png)
Apple
Others
Already have an account?
Similar Resources on Wayground
10 questions
Past Tense (Regular Verb)
Quiz
•
3rd - 6th Grade
10 questions
review Unit 1,2,3 G6
Quiz
•
6th Grade
10 questions
Reported Speech
Quiz
•
7th - 8th Grade
15 questions
IPA - Session 6 - Review /b/ /p/ ; /s/ /z/ /ʃ/
Quiz
•
KG - Professional Dev...
7 questions
Outsiders Ch.2
Quiz
•
8th Grade
13 questions
Subject Pronoun V.S. Object Pronoun
Quiz
•
7th - 9th Grade
10 questions
daily activities
Quiz
•
5th - 6th Grade
10 questions
Either-Neither
Quiz
•
6th - 12th Grade
Popular Resources on Wayground
15 questions
Fractions on a Number Line
Quiz
•
3rd Grade
20 questions
Equivalent Fractions
Quiz
•
3rd Grade
25 questions
Multiplication Facts
Quiz
•
5th Grade
54 questions
Analyzing Line Graphs & Tables
Quiz
•
4th Grade
22 questions
fractions
Quiz
•
3rd Grade
20 questions
Main Idea and Details
Quiz
•
5th Grade
20 questions
Context Clues
Quiz
•
6th Grade
15 questions
Equivalent Fractions
Quiz
•
4th Grade
Discover more resources for English
20 questions
Context Clues
Quiz
•
6th Grade
20 questions
Figurative Language Review
Quiz
•
6th Grade
15 questions
Making Inferences
Quiz
•
7th - 12th Grade
20 questions
Main Idea and Supporting Details
Quiz
•
7th Grade
15 questions
Main Idea and Supporting Details.
Quiz
•
4th - 11th Grade
24 questions
7th grade STAAR Reading Review
Quiz
•
7th Grade
15 questions
6th Context Clues
Quiz
•
6th Grade
20 questions
Figurative Language Review
Quiz
•
8th Grade