Persuasive speech

People use persuasive language to ________.

• teach someone how to do something

• encourage someone who's feeling down

• convince someone to act or agree

• paint a picture with words

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which of the following would be the strongest argument to persuade you to buy a new video game:

• The video game is expensive.

• The video game has good graphics.

• The video game is almost as fun as the ones you have.

• The video game won an award for Game of the Year.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Karla is giving a speech about why students should have class pets. What should she do to persuade her audience?

• keep repeating the same thing until everyone agrees

• give specific examples of pets that are clean and easy to take care of

• tell her audience that she's a really good student, so they should agree with her

• tell her audience the story of how her cat died

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Below are the 3 components of the persuasion process except one. Which does not belong to the group?

• venue

• speaker

• audience

• message

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What component refers to the bearer of the message?

• audience

• message

• venue

• speaker

What component refers to the claim of the speaker?

• audience

• message

• venue

• speaker

What component refers to the receiver of the message?

• audience

• message

• venue

• speaker

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What is the main goal of the persuasive speech?

• to inform

• to illustrate

• to convince

• to entertain

Is body language an aid for persuading?

• yes

• no

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

A statement that shows an opinion like "Everyone needs to have a good phone these days". It has to be supported with evidence. It is a(n)__________.

• counterargument

• claim

• explaination

• evidence