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WorksheetsPersuasive Techniques and Rhetorical Fallacies
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Tom wants to visit his grandparents on the weekend because he has to work late at night. However, the rest of his family will be hosting a surprise party on Monday for his grandparents. Tom now thinks he should cancel his weekend trip to attend the surprise party.
Emotional appeal
Bandwagon
Loaded language
Ad Hominem
Sandra is not sure if she should attend the Beyonce concert. Currently, she is low on funds but all her friends will be attending the concert. Sandra decides to borrow the money from her parents to attend the concert.
Testimonial
Emotional appeal
Bandwagon
Ad Hominem
Can I still turn in my science project Mr. Thomas? I know it’s late but I was not feeling well.
Testimonial
Appeal to pity
Bandwagon
Loaded language
“You claim to be a vegetarian but you were gobbling down that stake at Frank’s last night.”
Testimonial
Emotional appeal
Ad Hominem
Loaded language
All teenage girls wear cosmetics such as lipstick and face powder.
Testimonial
Bribery
Stereotyping
Ad Hominem
Did you see the new dance step everyone is trying?
Testimonial
Appeal to fear
Bandwagon
Loaded language
If you help me with my homework I promise I will teach you how to play basketball
Bribery
Appeal to pity
Stereotyping
Loaded language
Buy one large ice-cream and get a second one half off.
Testimonial
Appeal to fear
Bribery
Stereotyping
“Don’t vote for Mr. Watts he talks about education but if you look at his high school scores he never made the honor roll not even once.”
Ad Hominem
Appeal to pity
Bandwagon
Stereotyping
Women in general likes grocery shopping.
Testimonial
Bribery
Stereotyping
Loaded laguage
A persuasive text ____.
Informs readers
attempts to convince readers to agree with a particular viewpoint
encourages readers to read more
Both A and B
What type of Persuasive Technique is being used in the sentence below:
“Hatred was spreading everywhere, blood was being spilled everywhere, wars were breaking out everywhere.”
Repetition
Rhetorical questions
Appeals to reason
Appeals to authority
What type of Persuasive Technique is being used:
"What is the meaning of life?"
Appeals to reason
Appeals to emotions
Rhetorical questions
Parallelism
Start your day with a Morning Glory refreshing natural juice.
What persuasive technique is this?
Loaded language
Repetition
Appeal to pity
Appeal to fear
What persuasive technique is used in this ad?
Testimonial
Bribery
Stereotyping
Appeal to pity
What type of persuasive technique is used in this ad?
Appeal to fear
Appeal to pity
Bribery
Testimonial
What persuasive technique is used in this ad?
Loaded langugae
Bribery
Testimonial
Ad Hominem
Bribery
Loaded language
Testimonial
Bandwagon
What type of persuasive technique is used in this ad?
Appeal to fear
Appeal to pity
Bandwagon
Testimonial
What type of persuasive technique is used?
Testimonial
Bandwagon
Appeal to pity
None
