Starter quiz

  • What is the acronym for the structure to follow when making a speech in a debate?
    • POPS
    • PIPS
    • PEPS  ✓
    • PUPS
  • What is the purpose of the 'point' in the PEPS structure?
    • To tell the audience your name.
    • To tell the audience one reason for your opinion.  ✓
    • To summarise your argument for the audience.
  • Why is there an 'explanation' part in the PEPS structure?
    • To give the audience facts and figures that support an opinion.
    • To give the audience a summary of the whole argument.
    • To give the audience more detail about why the speaker has a certain opinion.  ✓
  • Which three of these techniques may help a speaker to persuade the audience to agree with their opinion?
    • flattery  ✓
    • speaking in an overly confident manner
    • provoking an emotional reaction  ✓
    • repetition  ✓
    • insulting the audience
  • Which of these could be used as an example of flattery in an argument?
    • An audience like you may find this hard to understand...
    • An audience like you might not agree with me...
    • An audience like you will certainly understand my argument...  ✓
  • What is a rhetorical question?
    • A question that the audience already knows the answer to.
    • A question that had been used before.
    • A question that does not require an answer.  ✓
    • A question that the speaker answers themselves.
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