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Persuasive Techniques

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6th - 8th Grade

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Persuasive Techniques
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

When something tries to remind you of a happy, past event, the author is appealing to your sense of ____________________.

understatement
overstatement
nostalgia

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

When someone writes or says that same thing over and over and over and over again, it is called, is called, is called . . . 

glittering generalities
fallacious reasoning
repetition

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A counter argument is

what the writer believes
An argument against the claim
what the author is writing about
part of a poem

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

An advertisement that uses this will help you see the facts and help you understand why you need the product.

Pathos
ethos
logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

This term means an appeal to emotion.

pathos
logos
ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A statement that makes things seem less that they actually are _______________.

overstatement
nostalgia
understatement

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

When writers use positive, vague words to convince readers of something, such as when a product is labeled "all natural," they are using ___________________  ____________________

nostalgia
ethos appeal
glittering generalities

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

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