Persuasive Techniques Pretest

Read the letter to the editor above.

What is the contention (topic and viewpoint) of the letter?

• All local markets should be shut down

• All local markets should stay open

• Lancefield market should stay open

• Farmers can't milk their cows any more because of COVID-19

Which one of the following is not a persuasive technique?

• Anecdote

• Rhetorical question

• Point of view

• Statistics

Which persuasive technique uses 'we, us, our' to make the audience feel included?

• Alliteration

• Anecdote

• Exclusive language

• Inclusive language

Hyperbole is another word for

• education

• exaggeration

• evidence

• emotive language

Which persuasive technique is this?

Using questions that don’t need an answer but instead are making a point to the audience.

• Rhetorical question

• Appeal to fear

• Attack

• Evidence

Using words that make people feel sad, angry, upset, sympathetic or guilty is an example of

• repetition

• hyperbole

• expert opinion

• emotive language

An appeal to patriotism inclines you to feel devoted to your country.

True or false?

• True

• False

Statistics are always accurate and provide facts about a topic.

True or false?

• True

• False

An attack is designed to insult, dismiss, embarrass or undermine the other side.

True or false?

• True

• False

Which persuasive technique is this?

Why pay for Netflix when Youtube is free?

• Rhetorical question

• Inclusive language

• Hyperbole

• Facts