Practising for your Persuasive Speech

Preparing your speech

This quizziz will help you identify how to structure your persuasive speech.

Multiple Choice

Which part of your speech would the following sentence belong in? 'Goodmorning, my name is Sam and I am here to tell you why we should all own a pet.'

• The introduction

• The closing

• The first supporting argument

Multiple Choice

'Pets love you unconditionally, after a bad day, a warm hug from your pet takes all your sadness away.' This is an example of

• A personal anecdote

• Statistics

• Emotive language

Multiple Choice

'Children who own pets are 85% happier than children without pets.' This is an example of;

• A personal anecdote

• Statistics to engage the audience

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

" I think we can all agree that walking your dog is the best way to relax.'

• The speaker is using inclusive language to engage the audience

• The speaker is introducing their final argument.

• The speaker is sharing a personal story

Multiple Choice

"Pet ownership is good for young people because they learn responsibility."

• This is a simple sentence.

• This is a complex sentence.

Multiple Choice

'Until you have owned a pet, you'll never know how much fun it really is.'

• The dependent clause comes first so this sentence needs a comma.

• This is not a complex sentence.

• This uses inclusive language.

Multiple Choice

'So to end my speech, I would like to remind you,'

• This goes at the beginning.

• This is the 'hook' part of your speech.

• You would use this when you conclude your speech.