Persuasive Techniques Quiz

What is a slogan?

• A catchy phrase or statement that gets stuck in your head

• A question that doesn’t need an answer

• A real person telling about their own experience

• Only the best people use this product

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.5.5

Which persuasive technique suggests that everyone is doing something, so why aren’t you?

• Bandwagon

• Testimonial

• Emotional Appeal

• Expert Opinion

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

What is an example of a testimonial?

• Here’s how the product helped ME get in the best shape of my life!

• 90% of dentists recommend Crest toothpaste to their patients.

• Rihanna doing an ad for Covergirl.

• Coca-Cola: Open happiness.

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

Which technique involves a real person telling about their own experience?

• Testimonial

• Slogan

• Bandwagon

• Logical Appeal

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

What is an example of a celebrity endorsement?

• Rihanna doing an ad for Covergirl.

• Nike: just do it.

• Do you really want to be the reason that the air we breathe is filled with pollution?

• I should be able to get a puppy because I am a responsible student.

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.5.5

What does emotional appeal aim to do?

• Make the reader have strong feelings about something

• Provide reasons, facts, evidence, statistics

• Suggest that everyone is doing something

• Connect ideas that aren’t really related

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

Which technique uses reasons, facts, evidence, and statistics?

• Logical Appeal

• Emotional Appeal

• Bandwagon

• Faulty Reasoning

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.5.5

What is an example of expert opinion?

• 90% of dentists recommend Crest toothpaste to their patients.

• Nike: just do it.

• Rihanna doing an ad for Covergirl.

• Coca-Cola: Open happiness.

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

What is a rhetorical question?

• A question that doesn’t need an answer, but makes you think

• A catchy phrase or statement that gets stuck in your head

• A real person telling about their own experience

• Only the best people use this product

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

What is an example of faulty reasoning?

• Coca-Cola: Open happiness.

• Rihanna doing an ad for Covergirl.

• 90% of dentists recommend Crest toothpaste to their patients.

• Nike: just do it.

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.5.8