Persuasive Techniques ESL

Persuasive Techniques ESL

7th - 12th Grade

14 Qs

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Persuasive Techniques ESL

Persuasive Techniques ESL

Assessment

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English

7th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
RI.8.8, RI.11-12.5, RL.2.4

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Margaret Anderson

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 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.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 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.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 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.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which persuasive technique is this?
Repeating words or phrases so that they stick in your audience’s mind.

Groups of three
Alliteration
Repetition
Emotive language

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which persuasive technique is this?
Repeating the consonant sounds at the beginning of words to make them stand out.

Alliteration
Exaggeration
Groups of three
Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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