Speeches Quiz 1

1) What might be the main purpose of a speech? (Choose 3 options.)

• to argue

• to explain

• to persuade

• to describe

2) What is rhetoric?

• The art of arguing

• The art of knowing you're right

• The art of persuasive writing and speaking

3) What is anaphora?

• repetition

• starting sentences or clauses with the same word/phrase

• listing

4) Where would you expect to hear a judicial speech?

• a classroom

• a theatre

• a courtroom

• a prison

5) What type of language tries to create an emotional response in a reader/audience?

• factual language

• persuasive language

• emotive language

• descriptive language

6) What type of humour involves finding comedy in everyday situations?

• dark (gallows) humour

• observational humour

• anecdotal humour

• self-deprecating humour

7) What type of humour involves personal stories?

• dark (gallows) humour

• observational humour

• anecdotal humour

• self-deprecating humour

8) What type of humour involves the writer making fun of themselves?

• dark (gallows) humour

• observational humour

• anecdotal humour

• self-deprecating humour

9) What type of humour finds comedy in the more unpleasant parts of life, such as death and suffering?

• dark (gallows) humour

• observational humour

• anecdotal humour

• self-deprecating humour