Persuasive Techniques
Other Persuasive Techniques
Essays
Colours
True or False
100

Emotions are apart of what persuasive technique

Pathos 

100

Bribery is what? 

Offers you something "extra" EX. buy one get one

100

A good hook consists of what? 

A sentence that will engage the audience and make them want to know more
100

What is the most attention grabbing colour?

Red

100

PSA stands for public starter announcement 

False 

200

Facts/ statistics are apart of what persuasive technique

Logos 

200

Plain folks is what?

The suggestion that the product is a practical product of good value for "normal" people

200

What is the structure of a persuasive essay?

Introduction, argument 1, argument 2, argument 3, conclusion

200

Purple is most associated with what? 

Royalty 

200

The following statement is an example from Aristotle's persuasion lesson:

Associate success with your plan, use analogies and metaphors.


True 

300

Your dentist is trying to get you to buy toothpaste. What technique are they using?

Ethos

300

Weasel words is what? 

Are used to suggest a positive meaning without actually really making a specific guarantee. 

300

What is the most important part of a conclusion?

Restating the thesis statement. 

300

List the reasons why mcdonalds uses the colours red and yellow 

Red= makes you hungry, love for the product, attracts attention


Yellow= happy when you eat, cheap 

300

Logos has two meanings in advertising. Define both. 

True 

400

How many persuasive techniques are there? 

12

400

Magic ingredients is what? 

The suggestion that some miraculous discovery makes the product more effective. 

400

List 3 transition words

Therefore, secondly, lastly 

400

What colour is associated with being cheap?

Orange or yellow 

400

We examined photo ads, commercials, essays, persuasive speeches, and PSAs this unit. 

True

500

ACDC promoting a product is considered what? 

Ethos 

500

Transfer is what? 

Positive words, images, and ideas that are used to suggest that the product being sold is also positive

500

What ties together the essay

The thesis statement 
500
List 3 emotions that are often associated with the colour black. 
Death, luxury, evil
500

Calls to action are considered a PSA

False