Persuasive Techniques

1. 1. What is the purpose of persuasive writing?

• To inform

• To tell a story

• To entertain

• To convince

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   2. 2. Which of the following uses persuasive skills?

• A set of rules

• A trailer of a movie

• A novel

• A birthday card

3. 3. All of the following are examples of persuasive techniques except?

• Repetition

• Emotive Language

• Bribery

• Authoritative Evidence

4. 4. Which technique in persuasive writing uses pieces of information that are proven to be true as evidences to your argument?

• Direct address

• Emotive language

• Rhetorical question

• Facts

5. 5.

   5. What technique is used here? “Almost nothing was more annoying than having our wasted time wasted on something not worth wasting it on.”

• Opinion

• Fact

• Repetition

• Emotive language

6. 6. What is the purpose of providing evidence in your persuasive essay?

• Giving evidence proves your point rather than just saying 'because I said so'.

• Giving evidence only relates to trials in court.

• Giving evidence helps you reach the word count minimum.

• Giving evidence makes means you're right.

7. 7. What is this an example of?

8. Think of Muhammad Ali’s famous line about how he “floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee”.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

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

• Exaggeration

• Emotive Language

• Facts and Statistics

• Expert Opinion

9. 9. A speech is an informal address or discourse delivered to an audience.

• True

• False

10. ______________ is more than a feeling; it is actionable steps that show you care.

• Sympathy

• Empathy