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TEX3701 Exam pack 2024(Persuasive Texts)
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- Persuasive Texts
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- University Of South Africa
TEX3701 Exam pack 2024(Persuasive Texts)
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TEX3701 EXAM PACK2024
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TEX3701
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
June 2024
TEX3701
PERSUASIVE TEXTS
50 marks
Exam duration: 4 hours
Examiners:
First: Dr TR Rodrigues
Second: Prof. EO Saal
External: Prof. N Bosman (UP)
This (English) exam paper consists of 11 pages (Addendum A and B included).
Instructions:
(i) Scan or enter the QR-code (a2614b7c) before you start the exam. See page 2.
(ii) For those students who registered for the Afrikaans version of the module (Oorredende Tekste), the
Afrikaans exam paper follows the English exam paper (on page 12).
(iii) You are allowed to access your study material. You are however not allowed to copy verbatim from
your study material. You should provide answers in your own words. In the case of any cheating or
plagiarism no marks will be allocated.
(iv) Please answer ALL the questions.
(v) This paper includes an Addendum A with texts (Text 1, 2, and 3 from pages 7 to 10) which are referred
to in the questions.
(vi) The exam paper can be downloaded on Tuesday, 11 June 2024 from 07:45 and the answer file should
be uploaded by 12:00 on Tuesday, 11 June 2024. The exam duration is 4 hours. Should you
complete your exam before the exam session closes, please commence with the uploading of your
exam answer file; you do not have to wait for the session to conclude.
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Question 1
Multiple choice questions. There is only one correct option for each question. Just write down the question
number followed by the letter of the correct answer, e.g. 1.11 (a).
1.1 Complete the following statement:
The main goal of persuasive texts is to influence the reader’s …………….. and ultimately their
……………… .
[a] attitude; beliefs
[b] beliefs; values
[c] attitude; behaviour
1.2 Complete the following statement:
Persuasive texts can be defined as an intentional effort at influencing a …………… through
communication in a situation in which the ………..... has some measure of freedom.
[a] reader’s attitude; reader
[b] sender’s attitude; sender
[c] reader’s behaviour; reader
1.3 Complete the following statement:
Attitude change can be brought about by influencing the ……….. that underlie the attitude.
[a] values
[b] beliefs
[c] behavioural intentions
1.4 Which one of the following statements is not correct?
[a] Beliefs can be correct or incorrect.
[b] Cognitive beliefs can be tested against the facts in reality.
[c] Beliefs are only based on cognitive information.
1.5 Which one of the following statements is correct?
[a] Beliefs, values and attitudes are learned, not innate.
[b] Attitudes form the criteria for evaluating beliefs.
[c] Beliefs are universal: all cultures share the same set of beliefs.
1.6 Which one of the following is an example of a persuasive text which attempts to hide the sender’s
persuasive intention?
[a] Advertisements
[b] Advertorials
[c] Health campaign texts
1.7 5 000 000 Taylor Swift fans can’t be wrong.
This is an example of a
[a] consensus heuristic.
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