College of Business Education Science and Technology Inc.
Burgos St. District II, Cauayan City, Isabela
Long Quiz in Speech and Oral Communication
Tell if each of the extemporaneous topics below is a thesis statement to a question of fact
(F), question of value (V) or a question of policy (P). Write the letter that corresponds to
your answer before each number.
1. Video games make their players violent.
2. Marijuana should be legalized.
3. Using cell phones while driving is dangerous.
4. Adoptees should have the right to know who their parents are.
5. Zoos are not good for the conservation of the species.
6. Examination results provide real indication of ability.
7. Knowing your ancestry is important.
8. Absences cause students to fail a subject.
9. Love is more powerful than hate.
10. Forgiving is forgetting.
11. We are what we eat.
12. College students should have curfews.
13. The school is a second home.
14. A half truth is a whole lie.
15. Jeepneys cause traffic in the Philippines.
16. Junk food should not be sold in campus.
17. The President of the Philippines should be responsible for the 2015 Mamasapano massacre.
18. Filipinos eat healthy.
19. Assignments stress students on weekends.
20. Eating should be allowed in the classroom.
II. Identify the suitable type of informative speech, as well as an appropriate pattern of
organization for the speech. Write the purpose and thesis statement as well.
1. Topic: Helping the Community
Type of Informative Speech:
Pattern of Organization:
Purpose:
Thesis Statement:
2. Topic: Promoting Change
Type of Informative Speech:
Pattern of Organization:
Purpose:
Thesis Statement:
3. Topic: Empowering Women and Youth
Type of Informative Speech:
Pattern of Organization:
Purpose:
Thesis Statement:
4. Topic: Being a Filipino Citizen
Type of Informative Speech:
Pattern of Organization:
Purpose:
Thesis Statement:
5. Topic: Managing Disasters
Type of Informative Speech:
Pattern of Organization:
Purpose:
Thesis Statement:
III. Tick the column that corresponds to your response.
True False
1. There is one best type of
persuasive speaking.
2. Persuasive speaking is
observed in any situation.
3. Your ultimate goal as a
persuasive speaker is to
convince your audience to
believe in you.
4. Persuasive speakers have a
clear goal.
5. Errors in reasoning should
be avoided in persuasive
speeches.
6. There are various
organizational patterns that
can be observed in persuasive
speaking.
7. Monroe’s Motivated
Sequence is an improved
pattern of problem-solution.
8. As organizational patterns,
problem-solution and
problem-cause-solution are
the same.
9. Supporting statements are
not really necessary in
persuasive speaking. 10. We
deliver a question of policy
speech to call for action.
9. Supporting statements are
not really necessary in
persuasive speaking.
10. We deliver a question of
policy speech to call for
action.
