This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Speech – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Speech Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When Obama stated, "many of these plans will cost money, which is why I've laid out how I'll pay for every dime:by closing corporate loopholes and tax havens that don't help America grow ..... " which appeal was he using? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 2. A rebuttal argument is when we ..... A) Point out why people who disagree with us are right. B) Point out why people who disagree with us are wrong. C) Concede that there are good arguments on both sides. D) Give another perspective that contradicts our own. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point out why people who disagree with us are wrong. 3. What is the best way to engage the audience during a demonstrative speech? A) By speaking in a monotone voice to maintain focus. B) By reading the entire speech without looking up. C) By asking the audience to participate in the demonstration. D) By using complex jargon that only experts understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By asking the audience to participate in the demonstration. 4. "Isn't it time we do something about this issue?" (Identify the technique) A) Pathos. B) Rhetorical question. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical question. 5. "He's not a great athlete; he's a fraud, a cheat and a liar. That's why not everybody is happy for Lance." A) Ad Hominem. B) Hasty Generalization. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ad Hominem. 6. Which of these examples uses Pathos most effectively? A) "Many children my age dream of joining this team.". B) "Experts say sports teach discipline.". C) "I've never missed a single homework deadline.". D) "You should let me join because my friend is joining too.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Many children my age dream of joining this team.". 7. Restate and idea or phrase into different words multiple times to reach the audience A) Repetition. B) Parallelsim. C) Restatement. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Restatement. 8. What's missing in this argument?"Plastic is harmful to the environment. That's why we need to take action." A) Emotional appeal. B) Specific examples or evidence. C) A counterargument. D) A rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Specific examples or evidence. 9. An argument made to address opposing viewpoints. A) Evidence. B) Prosperity. C) Counterargument. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Counterargument. 10. When you need to seek incremental changes to influence your audience with your points, your audience most likely is A) In Favour. B) Opposed. C) Impartial. D) Apathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opposed. 11. The goal of persuasive speech is to make people believe that your idea is the best of all. A) Maybe. B) Let me Google first!. C) False. D) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) False. 12. "Don't text and drive-someone's waiting for you." What persuasive strategy is used here? A) Emotional appeal. B) Humor. C) Testimonial. D) Appeal to logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotional appeal. 13. How would you evaluate the effectiveness of an argument in a persuasive speech? A) Analyze the audience's reaction. B) Assess the speaker's appearance. C) Focus solely on the length of the speech. D) Consider the clarity of the message, credibility of the speaker, use of evidence and logic, emotional appeal, and addressing counterarguments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consider the clarity of the message, credibility of the speaker, use of evidence and logic, emotional appeal, and addressing counterarguments. 14. Someone's behaviour, the way they come across A) Demeanor. B) Demeanour. C) Demeenor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Demeanor. 15. Convincing, compelling, forceful. A) Persuasive. B) Hard. C) Strong. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persuasive. 16. "The ARMY or BTS fans are all toxic." A) Red Herring. B) Hasty Generalization. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hasty Generalization. 17. What is the biggest mistake people make with Monroe's Motivated Sequence? A) Not using visualization. B) Using too many steps. C) Thinking the 5 steps are the 5 points of the speech. D) Not gaining attention in the introduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thinking the 5 steps are the 5 points of the speech. 18. The art of swaying others' opinions, beliefs, or actions A) Persuasion. B) Argument. C) Rebuttal. D) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persuasion. 19. "You act like Romeo around her" is an example of ..... A) Allusion. B) Satire. C) Anecdote. D) Aphorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 20. How does Gore appeal to reason in his Nobel speech? A) He compares his opinion to public opinion. B) He supports his ideas with celebrity statements. C) He presents logical arguments supported by facts. D) He uses words that convey very strong emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He presents logical arguments supported by facts. 21. Which type of persuasive speech tries to prove something is true or false? A) Policy. B) Value. C) Factual. D) Emotional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Factual. 22. This technique (aka hyperbole) is often dramatic and therefore can be used to grab the attention of the listener/reader. It is also extremely persuasive as it emphasizes certain important points. A) Exaggeration. B) Imagery. C) Metaphor. D) Jargon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exaggeration. 23. In "Words Do Not Pay, " what does Chief Joseph most clearly indicate about the human condition at birth? A) All human beings are born to be free. B) All human beings are born to be faithful. C) All human beings are born to suffer harm. D) All human beings are born to want greatness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All human beings are born to be free. 24. Persuasive speeches are designed to: A) Influence the audience's beliefs, feelings, or actions. B) Amuse the audience. C) Impose authority. D) Give pure information without emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Influence the audience's beliefs, feelings, or actions. 25. Value persuasive speech is a speech about whether or not something is ..... or ..... It questions the ..... or ..... aspect of an issue. A) Important, trivial, significant, insignificant. B) Good, bad, moral, ethical. C) Legal, illegal, lawful, unlawful. D) True, false, factual, fictional. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Good, bad, moral, ethical. 26. What is one of the key aspects of questions of policy? A) Seeking massive change. B) Urging audience to do something. C) Avoiding practical solutions. D) Ignoring audience needs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urging audience to do something. 27. Have a solution to the problem ready to argue. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. Can you prove that capital punishment is moral or immoral? This is an example of? A) Value Persuasive Speech. B) Valuable Persuasive Speech. C) Factual Persuasive Speech. D) Policy Persuasive Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Value Persuasive Speech. 29. When a speaker decides to dress professionally and use good tone of voice, he or she is trying to show that she is attractive A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. What is a persuasive speech A) A story to tell the audience. B) Just a normal speech about a trendy topic. C) An argument between 2 groups. D) A Speech to convince the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A Speech to convince the audience. 31. How can rhetorical questions be used effectively in a persuasive speech? A) To engage the audience and encourage critical thinking. B) To provide direct answers and solutions. C) To confuse the audience with complex language. D) To bore the audience with irrelevant questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To engage the audience and encourage critical thinking. 32. Bob wants to buy a new car, Marge thinks their old car is just fine. Marge tells Bob that he cannot make the decision since he does not make as much money as she does and that he is a free-loader A) Ad Hominem. B) Equivication. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ad Hominem. 33. In Monroe's Motivated Sequence, this step is where you give your solution to the problem A) The need step. B) The visualization step. C) The satisfaction step. D) The attention step. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The satisfaction step. 34. In persuasive writing, what does "pathos" refer to? A) Statistical evidence. B) Credibility. C) Emotional appeal. D) Logical reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emotional appeal. 35. Which word best describes the act of making a presentation more appealing to the audience? A) Persuasive. B) Visualize. C) Enthusiasm. D) Tailor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tailor. 36. How many forms are there on how to deliver a speech? A) 1. B) 4. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 37. Which persuasive technique uses facts, data, and reasoning? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Rhetorical Devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 38. The food one eats is very important, as it affects one mentally, affects one physically, and affects one emotionally.The above sentence is an example of which persuasive device? A) Personal pronoun. B) Rule of three. C) Rhetorical question. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rule of three. 39. A demonstrative speech is best described as a speech that focuses on ..... A) Telling the life story of a famous writer. B) Speaking with no preparation or planning. C) Making a strong argument for a new law. D) Explaining how to do something, like cooking or building a birdhouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Explaining how to do something, like cooking or building a birdhouse. 40. Which of the following is not an example of plagiarism? A) Changing a few words of a paragraph someone else wrote. B) Borrowing an existing idea and presenting it as a new idea. C) Providing the full source for a quotation. D) Translating others' written work into another language without citation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Providing the full source for a quotation. 41. In the line "Don't you want me to be happy and confident?" the speaker uses: A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 42. Apa karakteristik kunci dari kalimat yang efektif dalam sebuah pidato? A) Mereka logis dan ringkas. B) Mereka panjang dan kompleks. C) Mereka menggunakan jargon dan istilah teknis. D) Mereka samar dan tidak jelas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mereka logis dan ringkas. 43. What does Edwards' metaphor, "The bow of God's wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string" mean? A) God is violent. B) God's anger will cause much pain. C) God's wrath is misdirected. D) God is prepared to demonstrate his anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) God is prepared to demonstrate his anger. 44. The following quote is an example of what type of appeal? "There's no price that can be placed on peace of mind. Our advanced security systems will protect the well-being of your family so that you can sleep soundly at night." A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 45. When "cause and effect" are confused, this fallacy states that since A and B occur together, A is the cause of B. A) Ad Hominem. B) False Causality. C) Hasty Generalization. D) Slippery Slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False Causality. 46. Chief Joseph uses the word "dead" in his surrender speech as A) Repetition. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 47. A statement that can be proven to be true is called a: A) Opinion. B) Fact. C) Policy. D) Prediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fact. 48. Give an example of a rhetorical device used in a persuasive speech. A) Repetition. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 49. In "Always go to the funeral, " what is the primary structure of the speech? A) Problem-solution. B) Chronological order. C) Cause and effect. D) Compare and contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chronological order. 50. A persuasive speaker uses information to ..... the audience. A) Entertain. B) Convince. C) Inform. D) Challenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convince. 51. What does a factual persuasive speech try to establish? A) What is true or not. B) How to define a term. C) What should be done. D) What is good or bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What is true or not. 52. An 'appeal to the hip-pocket nerve' refers to when we ..... A) Appeal to a person's desire to keep their belongings. B) Appeal to a person's desire to save money. C) Appeal to a person's desire to keep things the same. D) Appeal to a person's emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeal to a person's desire to save money. 53. If a speaker uses a story about a real event to support their argument, what are they using? A) Specific instances. B) Selective exposure. C) Emotional appeals. D) Credibility appeals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Specific instances. 54. " ..... But as for me, give me liberty or give me death" is an example of A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 55. A speech that uses words like "we must act now" and "our future depends on it" is most likely using which persuasive device? A) Logical appeal. B) Humour. C) Emotional appeal. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emotional appeal. 56. What is the main goal of the persuasive speech? A) To inform. B) To entertain. C) To convince. D) To illustrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To convince. 57. All media is created for a purpose. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. The thesis statement of a persuasive speech states the ..... of the speech. A) Specific purpose. B) Logical reasoning. C) Topic. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Specific purpose. 59. Which appeal is most likely to make the audience feel empathy or sympathy? A) Logical appeals (logos). B) Credibility appeals (ethos). C) Specific instances. D) Emotional appeals (pathos). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotional appeals (pathos). 60. How can a speaker tailor their speech to better suit their audience? A) By thoroughly ignoring audience feedback. B) By visualizing the audience's preferences. C) By adjusting the content and style to fit the audience. D) By engaging in unrelated topics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By adjusting the content and style to fit the audience. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesPersuasive Speech Quiz 1Persuasive Speech Quiz 2Persuasive Speech Quiz 3Persuasive Speech Quiz 4Persuasive Speech Quiz 6Persuasive Speech Quiz 7Persuasive Speech Quiz 8Persuasive Speech Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books