Question 78
GCE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1
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2025
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ENGLISH_LANGUAGE
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objective
You have been asked to give a two‑minute persuasive speech to your classmates encouraging them to reduce their use of single‑use plastic. List **three distinct persuasive techniques** you would employ in the speech and give a brief **example sentence** for each technique showing how you would apply it.
Answer Options
A.
1. **Use of complex jargon** - "Our carbon footprint is quantified by the thermodynamic entropy of polymeric substrates, a metric that only specialists can decipher."
2. **Overloading with unrelated facts** - "Did you know that the Eiffel Tower was painted 18 times in its history, which has nothing to do with plastic waste."
3. **Personal anecdote without relevance** - "When I was a child I liked to collect seashells, which reminds me of the ocean but says nothing about single‑use plastic.",
B.
1. **Emphasis on humor** - "Imagine a world where plastic bags are the new fashion accessories for cats, how funny would that be?"
2. **Exaggerated metaphor unrelated to waste** - "Plastic is like a superhero cape that flies away, saving the planet instantly."
3. **Call to action without persuasive basis** - "Buy any product you like, because the choice itself will magically eliminate plastic pollution."
Correct Answer
C.
1. **Appeal to emotion (pathos)** - "Imagine the oceans we love, now choked with plastic bags that look like floating ghosts, suffocating the very fish we admire."
2. **Use of striking statistics** - "Every minute, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic is dumped into our seas, and most of it never decomposes."
3. **Rhetorical question** - "If we can choose a reusable bottle over a disposable one, why continue to add to the mountain of waste that will outlive us all?"
D.
1. **Listing unrelated statistics** - "Approximately 7,000 people are born each day, a number that has no bearing on plastic consumption."
2. **Appeal to authority unrelated to environment** - "My uncle, a retired accountant, says we should save money, which somehow justifies cutting plastic."
3. **Rhetorical question about unrelated topic** - "If we can drive a car without a driver, why should we worry about plastic bottles?",
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
1. **Appeal to emotion (pathos)** - "Imagine the oceans we love, now choked with plastic bags that look like floating ghosts, suffocating the very fish we admire."
2. **Use of striking statistics** - "Every minute, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic is dumped into our seas, and most of it never decomposes."
3. **Rhetorical question** - "If we can choose a reusable bottle over a disposable one, why continue to add to the mountain of waste that will outlive us all?"
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Gce Model Questions Vol1
2025
English Language
Question 78.
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2025
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English Language
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