Persuasive Techniques Review

Which persuasive technique uses people's emotions to convince them to take action or buy something?

• Appeal to Authority

• Bandwagon

• Emotional Appeal

• Rhetorical Question

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

Which persuasive technique uses quotes from experts or important people to make people support an argument, take an action, or buy an item?

• Appeal to Authority

• Loaded Language

• Repetition

• Rhetorical Questions

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

This persuasive technique uses words with strong positive or negative connotations to make their arguments.

• Appeal to authority

• Emotional appeal

• Loaded Language

• Rhetorical Questions

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

This persuasive technique uses questions that don't need to be answered to get people thinking about something.

• Appeal to Authority

• Bandwagon

• Loaded Language

• Rhetorical Questions

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

This persuasive technique repeats a word, phrase, or idea over and over to make it stick in the audience's mind in order to convince them about something.

• Bandwagon

• Emotional Appeal

• Repetition

• Rhetorical Questions

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

This persuasive technique plays on the idea that if everybody's doing something, you should do it too!

• Appeal to Authority

• Bandwagon

• Loaded Language

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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• Bandwagon

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• Appeal to Authority

• Has this ever happened to you?

• Emotional Appeal

• Only the smartest people use Google.

• Loaded Language

• 4 out of 5 dentists agree that SuperGood Toothpaste is the best toothpaste brand!

• Rhetorical Questions

• "But, mom, all of my friends have the new iPhone 16; I'm going to be left out if I don't have it too!"

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5