WorksheetsPersuasive Techniques
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A question asked for effect (get reader thinking)
a)
Ethos
b)
Rhetorical Question
c)
Logos
d)
Logical Fallacy
2.
The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive sentences or paragraphs
a)
Epistrophe
b)
Asyndeton
c)
Anaphora
d)
Polysorbate
3.
The repetition of word or phrase at End of sentences or paragraphs.
a)
Apostrophe
b)
Ethos
c)
Alliterative Couplet
d)
Epistrophe
4.
Two OPPOSITE ideas are put together in a sentence for achieving a CONTRASTING effect.
a)
Antithesis
b)
Pathos
c)
Asyndeton
d)
Metaphor
5.
Omission of the conjunctions ("ands"/"or") that ordinarily joins a list (as in “I came, I saw, I conquered”).
a)
Polysyndeton
b)
Asyndeton
c)
Anaphora
d)
Polygon
6.
The repetition of conjunctions ("and" "or") in close succession for rhetorical effect (Bring you notebook and your pen and your binder and your markers and your text.)
a)
Polysyndeton
b)
Asyndeton
c)
Anaphora
d)
Rhetorical Question
7.
A series of THREE parallel words, phrases, or clauses. It's a simple enough structure, yet potentially a powerful one.
a)
Anaphora
b)
Repetition
c)
Triangle
d)
Tricolon
8.
A short narrative/story used to make a point or create a feeling in the audience
a)
Anaphora
b)
Anecdote
c)
Antidote
d)
Asyndeton
9.
When listing, keeping the listed items in the same structure or form.
a)
Simile
b)
Tricolon
c)
Parallelism
d)
Anaphora
10.
Writer/speaker establishes credibility, authority, moral character to help persuade.
a)
Ethos
b)
Logos
c)
Pathos
d)
Orthos
11.
Writer/speaker gets emotion going, pulls on the heart strings, makes emotional connection to persuade (feel patriotic, scared, hopeful, nostalgic).
a)
Prontos
b)
Pathos
c)
Logos
d)
Ergos
12.
Writer/speaker uses logic, facts, statistics to persuade.
a)
Pathos
b)
Ethos
c)
Ithos
d)
Logos
13.
The day after Pearl Harbor, my grandfather signed up for duty, joined Patton's army, marched across
Europe. This sentence includes the following
Europe. This sentence includes the following
a)
Polysyndeton, Metaphor
b)
Anaphora, Tricolon, Simile
c)
Asyndeton, Tricolon, Parallelism
d)
Rhetorical Questions, Allusion
14.
"I am a student, a leader, an athlete, a friend." This sentence includes a:
a)
Polysyndeton
b)
Aysndeton
c)
Anaphora
d)
Tricolon
15.
The philosopher who first noted the elements of rhetoric
a)
Pluto
b)
Moses
c)
Aristotle
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