This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Speech – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Speech Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. People use persuasive speeches to ..... A) Teach someone how to do something. B) Convince someone to act or agree. C) Paint a picture with words. D) Encourage someone who's feeling down. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convince someone to act or agree. 2. Why is understanding bias important? A) It encourages discrimination. B) It allows for better decision-making and fairness. C) It helps in making unfair decisions. D) It has no real impact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It allows for better decision-making and fairness. 3. In a persuasive speech, tone should be: A) Angry and demanding. B) Polite, confident, and respectful. C) Funny and casual. D) Robotic and formal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polite, confident, and respectful. 4. Which of the following phrases from Gore's Nobel speech convey strong emotion? A) Two decades. B) Mild weather. C) Extraordinary threat. D) Quantities of coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extraordinary threat. 5. PART B:Arrange the parts (order of a persuasive speech) (11-18). Which part states what the speaker believes or wants the audience to agree with? A) Solution. B) Claim / Thesis. C) Evidence. D) Hook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claim / Thesis. 6. Jessica speaks loud, clear, and well articulated. A) Good practice. B) Ineffective Practice. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good practice. 7. What should Benjamin do in the conclusion of his speech? A) Provide a lengthy explanation. B) Introduce new arguments. C) Summarize key points and restate the thesis. D) Ask the audience questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Summarize key points and restate the thesis. 8. What is the main goal of a persuasive speech? A) To convince the audience to adopt the speaker's viewpoint or take a specific action. B) To bore the audience with technical details. C) To confuse the audience with conflicting information. D) To entertain the audience with jokes and stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To convince the audience to adopt the speaker's viewpoint or take a specific action. 9. "Watching clowns can be a terrifying experience for some children." This is an example of which persuasive technique? A) Emotive language. B) Statistical evidence. C) Colloquial language. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotive language. 10. JFK Inaugural #15 A) A. B) B. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 11. To avoid the audience losing interest in the presentation, the presenter must ..... and talk for enough amount of time. A) Give few details. B) Give a lot of details. C) Give enough details. D) Give too much details. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Give enough details. 12. Why is it crucial to use credible sources when crafting a persuasive argument? A) It confuses the audience with conflicting information. B) It adds credibility and reliability to the argument. C) It makes the argument less interesting. D) It allows for personal bias to dominate the argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It adds credibility and reliability to the argument. 13. Good persuasive speakers often ..... A) Use data points, logic and invoke authority figures. B) Give only their opinion using academic language. C) Speak forcefully. D) Persuade with only logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use data points, logic and invoke authority figures. 14. If you cannot deconstruct an advertisement, you are considered media literate. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Appeals to credibility or character ..... A) Fallacy. B) Ethos. C) Bribery. D) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 16. Immediate options for audience to do A) Action Step. B) Needs Step. C) Satisfaction Step. D) Visualization Step. E) Attention Step. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action Step. 17. How does the speaker get the audience's attention at the start? A) Tells a joke. B) By sharing a funny joke. C) Shares a personal story. D) By asking a questiod. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shares a personal story. 18. What are the three main components of persuasive speeches? A) Ethics, emotion, and reasoning. B) Rhetoric, emotion, and logic. C) Ethos, pathos, and logos. D) Ethics, passion, and logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos, pathos, and logos. 19. What should you do if you make a mistake while presenting? A) Keep going calmly and correct yourself if needed. B) Get upset and think that you shouldn't be making errors. C) Stop and start again from the beginning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keep going calmly and correct yourself if needed. 20. What is the final step in delivering a persuasive speech? A) Choosing a random topic. B) Crafting your speech. C) Knowing your audience. D) Voice projection, confidence, eye contact, and hand gestures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Voice projection, confidence, eye contact, and hand gestures. 21. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:'Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.' A) Chiasmus. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chiasmus. 22. What is the primary purpose of Emma Watson's "HeForShe" speech? A) To explain. B) To persuade. C) To entertain. D) To inform. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To persuade. 23. In paragraph 4 the speaker uses statistics, examples, and causal reasoning to show ..... the next step. A) Help the audience visualize the benefits of that plan of action. B) What the problem is. C) That action is required. D) A plan to satisfy the need. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That action is required. 24. Mom, can I have four cookies for dessert? Mom is the ..... A) Goal. B) Audience. C) Claim. D) Mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audience. 25. "We live in a great democracy. So donate now and support the troops who are protecting our freedom." A) Appeal to authority. B) Appeal to the emotions. C) Appeal to logic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeal to the emotions. 26. Which is NOT an example of logos? A) "I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me". B) "If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half measure?". C) "I could work as much and eat as much as a man". D) "Then they talk about this thing in the head intellect.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Then they talk about this thing in the head intellect.". 27. This man encouraged blacks to earn respect through whites by obtaining technical job skills-farming, cooking, machinery. A) Booker T. Washington. B) W.E.B DuBois. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Booker T. Washington. 28. ) "Don't be the last person on the block to have their lawn treated-you don't want to be the laughing stock of your community!" This person is using ..... to persuade. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 29. The sound bite of a speech, the part that's taken away and usually signifies some sort of moral suggestion. A) Anecdote. B) Parallelism. C) Aphorism. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aphorism. 30. ETHOS:When a speaker uses Ethos, what are they trying to appeal to? A) The audience's feelings and emotions. B) The audience's facts and data. C) The speaker's credibility and trustworthiness. D) The step-by-step process of solving a problem. 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