Persuasive Techniques Quiz

What technique is being used here?

Did anyone listen to the rubbish he was talking?

• emotive language

• rhetorical question

• repetition

• Modal verbs

What technique is being used here?

The city's 1.5 million households used over 500 billion litres of water.

• Expert evidence

• Hyperbole

• Inclusive language

• Statistics

What technique is being used here?

Dr Michael Brown states that the medication is of no risk to patients.

• Exaggeration

• Flattery

• Statistics

• Expert evidence

What techniques are being used here?

We cannot allow this to happen again. We cannot allow another victim to be forced to live with this. We cannot stand by and do nothing.

• Repetition

• Inclusive language

• Emotive language

• Short powerful statements

What technique is being used here?

Every weekend the city is overrun by drunken teenagers and beggars.

• Modal verbs

• Rhetorical question

• Hyperbole

• Direct address

What technique is being used here?

Together we can change it. All we need are some heroes.

• Short, powerful sentences

• Inclusive language

• Emotive language

• Sarcasm

What technique is being used here?

'I couldn't believe it. I looked out of my car window on the motorway as I hit 70mph and the driver next to me was texting on his mobile phone, holding a cup of coffee in his other hand and steering with his knees.'

• Anecdote

• Emotive language

• Rhetorical question

• Hyperbole

What literary technique is employed here?

'Cubby clash: council takes on carpenter dad over Dad's Christmas present.'

• Poetic language

• Hyperbole

• Emotive Language

• Alliteration

Which persuasive technique is this?

Using words that make people feel sad, angry, upset, sympathetic or guilty.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Emotive language

• Inclusive language

What persuasive technique is being used here?

If I get one more homework task I am going to move to the moon!

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Convincing language

• Anecdote