This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Persuasive Speech – Quiz 49 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Persuasive Speech Quiz 49 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What persuasive technique involves creating a sense of urgency or scarcity to prompt action? A) Scarcity principle. B) Urgency principle. C) Exclusivity strategy. D) Limited availability tactic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scarcity principle. 2. This fallacy uses the position as evidence. A) Slippery Slope. B) Red Herring. C) Ad Hominem. D) Circular Logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circular Logic. 3. When looking at the color and design of an advertisement, which is a question you should not be asking? A) How is color used to attract the audience's attention?. B) Is the layout simple or busy?. C) What are some possible messages the advertiser wants you to think or feel after viewing this ad?. D) What kind of technologies were used to construct this message?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What are some possible messages the advertiser wants you to think or feel after viewing this ad?. 4. How can a speaker effectively use pauses during a persuasive speech? A) To make the speech longer. B) To emphasize important points. C) To allow the audience to leave. D) To forget what to say nextTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To emphasize important points. 5. Morally good or correct A) Persuasion. B) Ethical. C) Dynamic. D) Sincerity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethical. 6. What component refers to the bearer of the message? A) Audience. B) Message. C) Venue. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaker. 7. You need to be able to speak ..... and ..... in front of your audience. A) Slowly; monotonously. B) Clearly; effectively. C) Quickly; clearly. D) Inaudibly; effectively. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clearly; effectively. 8. What persuasive technique involves appealing to emotions to convince the audience? A) Mythos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 9. 'Signposting' in an oral presentation refers to ..... A) Always using a TEEL structure. B) Helping your audience move between your different arguments. C) Using body language to support your speech. D) Having linking sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helping your audience move between your different arguments. 10. Neil Armstrong's mission to the moon was actually a hoax A) Proposition of Fact (true/false, is/is not). B) Proposition of Value (good/bad, right/wrong). C) Proposition of Policy (should/should not, advocates a rule change). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proposition of Fact (true/false, is/is not). 11. Apa yang seharusnya dilakukan oleh kesimpulan dari pidato persuasif? A) Akhir secara tiba-tiba. B) Menyediakan analisis yang mendetail. C) Menyatakan kembali poin-poin utama dan mengajak untuk bertindak. D) Memperkenalkan ide-ide baru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Menyatakan kembali poin-poin utama dan mengajak untuk bertindak. 12. Which word describes a presentation that is both interesting and holds the audience's attention? A) Compelling. B) Persuasive. C) Thoroughly. D) Visualize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compelling. 13. Which type of language is used to make the reader feel emotion? A) Analytical language. B) Emotive language. C) Descriptive language. D) Technical language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotive language. 14. A speaker who uses their professional achievements to persuade the audience is relying on which appeal? A) Credibility appeals (ethos). B) Emotional appeals (pathos). C) Logical appeals (logos). D) Selective exposure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Credibility appeals (ethos). 15. What should a counterargument do? A) Support your opponent's opinion. B) Show why the opposing view is weak and prove your point. C) Confuse the audience so they forget the other side. D) Be ignored completely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Show why the opposing view is weak and prove your point. 16. Which of the following shapes how people perceive and react to situations? A) Attitudes. B) Beliefs. C) Values. D) Behaviors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attitudes. 17. Logos is much more important in argumentative writing than it is in persuasive writing. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. It refers to the highness or lowness of a sound. A) Intonation. B) Pitch. C) Rhythm. D) Stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pitch. 19. What technique helps you point out that your contention is obvious and indisputable? A) Metaphor. B) Rhetorical question. C) Inclusive language. D) Appeal to family values. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical question. 20. Which type of persuasive speech would most likely debate the morality of animal testing? A) Factual. B) Value. C) Policy. D) Definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Value. 21. What is an example of logos? A) A doctor using their credentials to gain trust. B) A speech using statistics to prove a point. C) A speaker telling a sad personal story. D) A celebrity endorsing a product. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A speech using statistics to prove a point. 22. Mason is researching climate change and comes across various articles. He tends to focus on those that support his belief that human activity is the primary cause of climate change, while dismissing those that present opposing views. What is this behavior called? A) Being open to all viewpoints. B) Ignoring personal beliefs. C) Favoring information that confirms existing beliefs. D) Evaluating all evidence equally. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Favoring information that confirms existing beliefs. 23. Persuades using your emotions: A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 24. What is the best place to look for my sources? A) Interviewing an expert. B) Worldbook online. C) A .gov, .org, or .edu website. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 25. When analyzing the needs of an audience, which of the following questions is most important to consider? A) What is the average age of the audience?. B) What are the audience's values and beliefs?. C) How many people are in the audience?. D) What is the venue for the speech?TagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. 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