This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Speech – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Speech Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a persuasive speech A) An argument between 2 groups. B) A story to tell the audience. C) Just a normal speech about a trendy topic. D) A Speech to convince the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A Speech to convince the audience. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. "How can you argue your case for vegetarianism when you are enjoying that steak?" A) False Cause and Effect. B) Ad Hominem. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ad Hominem. 5. In Monroe's Motivated Sequence, this step is where you give your solution to the problem A) The visualization step. B) The attention step. C) The need step. D) The satisfaction step. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The satisfaction step. 6. In persuasive writing, what does "pathos" refer to? A) Logical reasoning. B) Credibility. C) Emotional appeal. D) Statistical evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emotional appeal. 7. Which word best describes the act of making a presentation more appealing to the audience? A) Tailor. B) Enthusiasm. C) Visualize. D) Persuasive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tailor. 8. How many forms are there on how to deliver a speech? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 9. Which persuasive technique uses facts, data, and reasoning? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Rhetorical Devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 10. 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. 11. A demonstrative speech is best described as a speech that focuses on ..... A) Making a strong argument for a new law. B) Telling the life story of a famous writer. C) Explaining how to do something, like cooking or building a birdhouse. D) Speaking with no preparation or planning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Explaining how to do something, like cooking or building a birdhouse. 12. 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. 13. In the line "Don't you want me to be happy and confident?" the speaker uses: A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 14. Apa karakteristik kunci dari kalimat yang efektif dalam sebuah pidato? A) Mereka panjang dan kompleks. B) Mereka samar dan tidak jelas. C) Mereka logis dan ringkas. D) Mereka menggunakan jargon dan istilah teknis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mereka logis dan ringkas. 15. 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 wrath is misdirected. C) God is prepared to demonstrate his anger. D) God's anger will cause much pain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) God is prepared to demonstrate his anger. 16. 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. 17. When "cause and effect" are confused, this fallacy states that since A and B occur together, A is the cause of B. A) Hasty Generalization. B) False Causality. C) Slippery Slope. D) Ad Hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False Causality. 18. 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. 19. A statement that can be proven to be true is called a: A) Fact. B) Policy. C) Opinion. D) Prediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fact. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. A persuasive speaker uses information to ..... the audience. A) Entertain. B) Convince. C) Inform. D) Challenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convince. 23. The purpose of a persuasive speech is what? A) Give opinions only. B) Give facts only. C) Convince the reader to believe my topic, based on facts and interviews. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convince the reader to believe my topic, based on facts and interviews. 24. What does a factual persuasive speech try to establish? A) What should be done. B) What is good or bad. C) What is true or not. D) How to define a term. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What is true or not. 25. An 'appeal to the hip-pocket nerve' refers to when we ..... A) Appeal to a person's desire to save money. B) Appeal to a person's emotions. C) Appeal to a person's desire to keep things the same. D) Appeal to a person's desire to keep their belongings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to a person's desire to save money. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPersuasive Speech Quiz 1Persuasive Speech Quiz 2Persuasive Speech Quiz 3Persuasive Speech Quiz 4Persuasive Speech Quiz 5Persuasive Speech Quiz 6Persuasive Speech Quiz 7Persuasive Speech Quiz 8Persuasive Speech Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books