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Persuasive techniques

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A commercial about abandoned animals needing a shelter of a forever home. They ask for a small donation to help these struggling animals. 
a)
Celebrity Endorsement
b)
Emotional Appeal
c)
Testimonial
d)
Bandwagon
2.

Justin Bieber encouraging people to buy the newest iPhone that just reached the market with all its cool new gadgets.

a)
Testimonial
b)
Emotional Appeal
c)
Celebrity Endorsement
d)
Bandwagon
3.
Verizon advertising the newest Samsung Galaxy phone that they claim everyone else who has bought it loves the new product. 
a)
Humor
b)
Bandwagon
c)
Celebrity Endorsement
d)
Testimonial
4.
Appeals to credibility or character...
a)
Fallacy
b)
Ethos
c)
Bribery
d)
Exaggeration
5.
Appeals to logic or reason...
a)
Emotional Appeal
b)
Fallacy
c)
Pathos
d)
Logos
6.
Appeal to emotion...
a)
Ethos
b)
Bribery
c)
Pathos
d)
Patriotism
7.
a)

Snob Appeal

b)

Plain Folks

c)

Bribery

d)

Patriotism

8.

What type of persuasive technique does this sentence demonstrate?


"8 out of 10 teachers prefer Quizizz to Kahoot for test reviews!"

a)

Rhetorical question

b)

Plain Folks

c)

Pathos

d)

Logos

9.

What persuasive technique does this sentence demonstrate?


"According to mathematician Dr. Anna York, students should be doing more consumer math."

a)

Logos

b)

Ethos

c)

Pathos

d)

Plain Folks

10.

What persuasive technique is demonstrated by this image?

a)

Pathos

b)

Logos

c)

Repetition

d)

Plain Folks

11.

Read the following excerpt from a student's persuasive essay and identify the TWO types of persuasive techniques used.


"Violent video games influence the behavior of children...period. Psychologists, educators, and pediatricians all agree on this, and you should too."

a)

Bandwagon and ethos

b)

Logos and pathos

c)

Bandwagon and Plain Folks

d)

Repetition and Bandwagon

12.

What TWO types of persuasive techniques does this image demonstrate?

a)

Plain Folks and Bandwagon

b)

Pathos and Ethos

c)

Logos and Ethos

d)

Repetition and Rhetorical question

13.

What TWO types of persuasive techniques are used in this image?

a)

Bandwagon and logos

b)

Ethos and logos

c)

Repetition and bandwagon

d)

Plain folks and pathos

14.

What persuasive technique does this image demonstrate?

a)

Plain Folks

b)

Pathos

c)

Repetition

d)

Logos

15.
What propaganda TECHNIQUE is being used?
a)
Plain Folks
b)
Testimonial
c)
Ordinary People
d)
Transfer
16.

This technique uses vague words and phrases

a)

glittering generalities

b)

testimonial

c)

stereotyping

d)

appeal to fear

17.

What is this ad an example of?

a)

Testimonial

b)

Glittering Generality

c)

Ad Nausuem

d)

Red Herring

18.
The Logical Fallacy of attacking the person making the argument instead of their position:
a)
Red Herring
b)
Ad Hominem
c)
Sweeping Generalization
d)
Straw Man
19.
Distracting your audience from the original issue by introducing an irrelevant topic.
a)
Bandwagon
b)
Ad Hominem
c)
Straw Man
d)
Red Herring
20.

An argument based on a personal attack on someone's character.

a)

appeal to nature

b)

ad hominem

c)

non sequitur

d)

bandwagon fallacy

21.

Substituting a person's actual position with a misrepresented (and usually weaker) version of their argument.

a)

straw man argument

b)

appeal to nature

c)

non sequitur

d)

guilt by association

22.

An argument that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important issue.

a)

straw man argument

b)

false causation

c)

red herring

d)

hasty generalization

23.

"Yes, we have safety issues in our factory. But we work really hard to make a good product."

a)

straw man argument

b)

false causation

c)

red herring

d)

hasty generalization

24.

"The Senator must be wrong on the issue of taxes because he's such a jerk to the people who work for him."

a)

appeal to nature

b)

ad hominem

c)

non sequitur

d)

bandwagon fallacy

25.
a)
Plain Folks
b)
Transfer
c)
Name Calling
d)
Testimonial
26.
a)
Name Calling
b)
Transfer
c)
Glittering Generalities
d)
Testimonial
27.

Which Propaganda technique tries to change your mind by comparing a wealthy politician to the "average man". Vote for me, I'm just like you!

a)

Bandwagon

b)

Card Stacking

c)

Glittering Generalities

d)

Plain Folk

e)

Testimonial

28.

Which Propaganda technique tries to change your mind by offering unclear and vague statements.

a)

Bandwagon

b)

Card Stacking

c)

Glittering Generalities

d)

Plain Folk

e)

Testimonial

29.

Which Propaganda technique tries to change your mind by providing mis-leading, one-sided, or wrong statistics or information?

a)

Bandwagon

b)

Card Stacking

c)

Glittering Generalities

d)

Plain Folk

e)

Testimonial

30.

What type(s) of propaganda are used in this image?

a)

Bandwagon

b)

Glittering Generalities

c)

Testimonial

d)

Plain Folk

31.
What is the definition of pathos?
a)
Appeal to the credibility/trustworthiness of the speaker
b)
Something an author uses to make the subject interesting to the reader and to grab the reader’s attention
c)
Appeal to logic
d)
Appeal to the emotions of the audience
32.
What is the definition of logos?
a)
Appeal to the credibility/trustworthiness of the speaker
b)
Something an author uses to make the subject interesting to the reader and to grab the reader’s attention
c)
Appeal to Appeal to the emotions of the audience
d)
Appeal to logic
33.
What is the definition of ethos?
a)
Appeal to the credibility/trustworthiness of the speaker
b)
Something an author uses to make the subject interesting to the reader and to grab the reader’s attention
c)
Appeal to Appeal to the emotions of the audience
d)
Appeal to logic
34.
What is the definition of connotative?
a)
Using language effectively and persuasively in writing or speaking
b)
Literal meaning of a word or phrase (the dictionary definition)
c)
Questions that do not require an answer
d)
The emotions or feelings that a word or phrase creates
35.
"As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results." This is an example of...
a)
Pathos
b)
Logos
c)
Ethos
d)
Scare Tactics

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