This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Speech – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Speech Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. What is the primary purpose of Emma Watson's "HeForShe" speech? A) To inform. B) To persuade. C) To entertain. D) To explain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To persuade. 4. In paragraph 4 the speaker uses statistics, examples, and causal reasoning to show ..... the next step. A) What the problem is. B) A plan to satisfy the need. C) That action is required. D) Help the audience visualize the benefits of that plan of action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That action is required. 5. Mom, can I have four cookies for dessert? Mom is the ..... A) Mom. B) Goal. C) Audience. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audience. 6. "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. 7. 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.". 8. 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. 9. ) "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. 10. 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. 11. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The speaker's credibility and trustworthiness. 12. What is meant by 'Stress:Concern for the Audience'? A) You are interested in their welfare. B) You ignore their needs. C) You focus on yourself. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You are interested in their welfare. 13. Pathos appeals to: A) Logic. B) Emotion. C) Character. D) Authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotion. 14. What are the 3 C's when it comes to creating an effective persuasive speech? A) Character, choice, credibility. B) Competence, content, character. C) Competence, character, charisma. D) Credibility, charisma, choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Competence, character, charisma. 15. Read the following excerpt from Gore's Nobel speech.After performing 10, 000 equations by hand, Svante Arrhenius calculated that the earth's average temperature would increase by many degrees if we doubled the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.What persuasive technique is Gore using? A) An appeal to truth. B) An appeal to reason. C) An appeal to emotion. D) An appeal to authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An appeal to authority. 16. A speech is different from an essay because ..... (a) our audience is listening instead of reading(b) I can use a casual and forceful tone of voice(c) I can tell a personal story and use "I" A) A. B) B. C) C. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. What is Ethos, Pathos and Logos together called? A) Rhetorical Triangle. B) Persuasive Triangle. C) Rhetorical Shape. D) Rhetorical Parameters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Triangle. 18. ) What is the "unfinished work" that Lincoln refers to in The Gettysburg Address? A) Freedom and equality for all citizens. B) The right to vote. C) Freedom from England. D) The right for one to select who they marry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freedom and equality for all citizens. 19. The target audience is ..... A) Parents all around the world. B) Journalists to be able to write articles. C) The people who are intended to receive the message by the presenter. D) The audience within the room. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The people who are intended to receive the message by the presenter. 20. "What if everyone threw their rubbish on the ground?" This is an example of which persuasive technique? A) Rhetorical question. B) Hypothetical question. C) Expert opinion. D) Colloquial language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothetical question. 21. By using specialised terms, the author can persuade the audience that theyare an expert. A) Humor. B) Jargon. C) Generalisations. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jargon. 22. Aims to make the audience attentive and receptive. Provides the main idea. A) Exordium. B) Narratio. C) Partitio. D) Peroratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exordium. 23. What is the primary purpose of using emotional appeals in a persuasive speech? A) To provide factual information. B) To entertain the audience. C) To influence the audience's feelings and attitudes. D) To summarise the main points. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To influence the audience's feelings and attitudes. 24. They can also make the author appearsophisticated or well spoken. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration and Assonance. C) Imagery and figurative language. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery and figurative language. 25. Which of the following is a technique used to appeal to the audience's emotions in a persuasive speech? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Kairos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPersuasive Speech Quiz 1Persuasive Speech Quiz 2Persuasive Speech Quiz 4Persuasive Speech Quiz 5Persuasive Speech Quiz 6Persuasive Speech Quiz 7Persuasive Speech Quiz 8Persuasive Speech Quiz 9Persuasive Speech Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books