WorksheetsPersuasion and Rhetoric Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What did David Hume argue in his publication in 1751?
You can change someone's mind with reasoning and logic.
Emotions have no role in human decision-making.
Reasoning alone can change someone's mind.
You can never change someone's mind with just reasoning and logic.
What are humans primarily motivated and influenced by?
Facts and evidence
Emotions and intuition
Rational arguments
Ethical principles
What does this quote mean? "Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them."
Reason should dominate our emotions.
Emotions should be disregarded in decision-making.
Reason should never be used in persuasion.
Reason should serve and obey our emotions.
What is human reasoning a servant to? Choose more than one answer.
Logic
Emotion
Experience
Intuition
In the Rider/Elephant analogy, which represents conscious reasoning?
The Rider
The Elephant
Both the Rider and the Elephant
Neither the Rider nor the Elephant
Why doesn’t reason alone convince others to change their minds?
People are inherently logical.
Reason is the most persuasive tool.
People are convinced by emotions and intuition.
Reason is always objective.
What are the Rhetorical tools?
Logos, ethos, and mythos
Pathos, mythos, and kairos
Ethos, pathos, and logos
Mythos, ethos, and kairos
Who coined the rhetorical tools?
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Pythagoras
What does "ethos" refer to in persuasion?
Logical reasoning
Emotional appeal
Argument by character
Proof and evidence
Which rhetorical appeal did Aristotle believe was most important and why?
Logos, because it appeals to emotion.
Pathos, because it establishes credibility.
Ethos, because a person's character persuades better than their words.
Mythos, because it creates a compelling narrative.
What is the most persuasive pathos appeal, according to the notes?
Sense of identity
Self-interest
Contrast
Humor
What is the most important logos trick, and why?
Storytelling, because it entertains the audience.
Concession, because it validates the other person's thoughts.
Emotional manipulation, because it elicits strong reactions.
Repetition, because it reinforces the message.
What do you need to use to get people to both like and trust you, according to the notes?
Logical reasoning
Credibility and experience
All of the means of rhetorical persuasion
Humor and emotion
What is the difference between arguments and fights, according to the notes?
Arguments are based on logic, fights are based on emotions.
Arguments seek to win over an audience, fights seek to win at any cost.
Arguments are always civil, fights are always confrontational.
Arguments are unproductive, fights are productive.
Why do fights happen, according to the notes? Choose 2 answers.
Because people enjoy confrontation.
Because people haven't done persuasive groundwork.
Because arguments are ineffective.
Because people lack communication skills.
