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WorksheetsUNDERSTANDING PERSUASIVE SPEECH
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is persuasive speech?
influencing people to change their beliefs and attitude
Debating a point of view
Attacking people's feelings
Encouraging People
Which of the following is NOT the nature of persuasive speech
Logos
Thanos
Pathos
Ethos
Jack recently went for a complete body checkup. His doctor informed him that he was at risk for diabetes and heart problems. Jack is worried about his health and wants to be fit. After his checkup, he met with his friend Daniel who informed him that he was selling exercise machines for a lower price. Jack immediately decided to buy one of the exercise machine without much persuasion from his friend. Which route did Jack take to make his decision?
Middle route
Upper route
Peripheral route
Central route
The rule for all students is if the instructor does not attend the class, students are allowed to leave class after 15 minutes, .
Ronny entered his classroom; the classroom was empty. Ronny waited for 15 minutes and then decided to leave. He concluded that the lesson for that day was cancelled. How did Ronny come up with his conclusion?
Deductive reasoning
Inductive reasoning
Observational reasoning
Affective reasoning
What are the three elements to forming arguments?
Claim, support, reasoning
Warrants, support and emotion
Thesis, Claim and Support
Claim, Support and Warrant
Which of the following is NOT a type of argument you can form?
from sign
from emotion
from analogy
from causality
What is ad hominem?
weakens the opposing position by misrepresenting
providing weaker support
Attack the person rather than the argument
showing unrelated support
Fuad: I think people above the age of 60 should retire to provide an opportunity for fresh graduates to showcase their talent and bring in new and fresh ideas for the company. This can ensure positive growth and productivity for our company.
Daud: So you are saying older people are just a nuisance for the company, and they hinder our company's growth?
What type of error in reasoning that Daud did in his reasoning?
Hasty Generalization
Ad- Hominem
Straw man
False cause
The following is the rhetorical strategy of ethos EXCEPT
Conveying good character
Conveying credibility
Conveying competence
Conveying good emotion
You are perceived as credible when
your speech is well researched
you present from your point of view
you avoid non-verbal elements in your delivery
you assume secrecy to your background
The rhetorical strategy of Pathos involves the following except
evoking negative emotion
evoking positive emotion
adding the affective side to your presentation
showing off your competence and credibility
Do you want to destroy the environment by using petrol-fueled cars continuously? If you do, we will provide worse earth for our future generation. Are you not worried that our future generation will live in the mess we left for them? I urge you to think about our children's future and start using electric cars...
The speaker is using the rhetorical strategy of pathos by invoking.
Positive emotion
Negative emotion
Informed emotion
Indifferent emotion
