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UNDERSTANDING PERSUASIVE SPEECH

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is persuasive speech?

a)

influencing people to change their beliefs and attitude

b)

Debating a point of view

c)

Attacking people's feelings

d)

Encouraging People

2.

Which of the following is NOT the nature of persuasive speech

a)

Logos

b)

Thanos

c)

Pathos

d)

Ethos

3.

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?

a)

Middle route

b)

Upper route

c)

Peripheral route

d)

Central route

4.

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?

a)

Deductive reasoning

b)

Inductive reasoning

c)

Observational reasoning

d)

Affective reasoning

5.

What are the three elements to forming arguments?

a)

Claim, support, reasoning

b)

Warrants, support and emotion

c)

Thesis, Claim and Support

d)

Claim, Support and Warrant

6.

Which of the following is NOT a type of argument you can form?

a)

from sign

b)

from emotion

c)

from analogy

d)

from causality

7.

What is ad hominem?

a)

weakens the opposing position by misrepresenting

b)

providing weaker support

c)

Attack the person rather than the argument

d)

showing unrelated support

8.

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?

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Ad- Hominem

c)

Straw man

d)

False cause

9.

The following is the rhetorical strategy of ethos EXCEPT

a)

Conveying good character

b)

Conveying credibility

c)

Conveying competence

d)

Conveying good emotion

10.

You are perceived as credible when

a)

your speech is well researched

b)

you present from your point of view

c)

you avoid non-verbal elements in your delivery

d)

you assume secrecy to your background

11.

The rhetorical strategy of Pathos involves the following except

a)

evoking negative emotion

b)

evoking positive emotion

c)

adding the affective side to your presentation

d)

showing off your competence and credibility

12.

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.

a)

Positive emotion

b)

Negative emotion

c)

Informed emotion

d)

Indifferent emotion