Lesson SL-P3

SL-P3 Planning for purpose and audience Quiz: AQA English Language, Unit 4

20 questions

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Lesson SL-P3, Planning for purpose and audience: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA GCSE English Language (8700), Unit 4: Spoken language, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What is the main aim of planning for purpose in a presentation?

    • Selecting speaker outfit
    • Writing cue cards
    • Choosing slide fonts
    • Defining talk goals
  2. Which planning decision best fits a persuasive talk to a council?

    • Call to action
    • Silent reading
    • Opening joke
    • Complex statistics
  3. What should a speaker consider first about their listeners?

    • Seating layout
    • Room temperature
    • Lighting levels
    • Existing knowledge
  4. Which language style best suits visiting parents at a school?

    • Standard English
    • Heavy slang
    • Complex technical jargon
    • Foreign phrases
  5. How should a speaker handle anticipated objections from a sceptical audience?

    • Change the topic
    • Ignore them completely
    • Address with evidence
    • Dismiss them rudely
  6. What demonstrates that purpose and audience have been planned together?

    • Unrelated jokes
    • Tailored local examples
    • Generic lengthy script
    • Random stock photos
  7. Why is rehearsing a presentation aloud extremely useful?

    • Memorising scripts
    • Selecting visuals
    • Writing cue cards
    • Checking timing
  8. Which factor determines the appropriate level of formality in a talk?

    • Length of speech
    • Time of day
    • Setting and relationship
    • Speaker age
  9. How does a test afterwards affect the planning of a presentation?

    • Longer introduction
    • Memorable key points
    • Fewer visual aids
    • Faster speaking pace
  10. What planning task gives a presentation a clear, focused purpose?

    • Choosing slide designs
    • Timing the speech
    • Writing intended outcome
    • Selecting outfit colour
  11. What practical factor does the presentation setting primarily shape?

    • Room temperature
    • Formality and resources
    • Lighting colour
    • Time of day
  12. Which planning choice best fits a talk designed to inform?

    • Complex jargon
    • Accessible examples
    • Emotional appeals
    • Rhetorical questions
  13. Which action demonstrates planning language for a specific audience?

    • Omitting all facts
    • Defining specialist terms
    • Speaking very loudly
    • Using slang phrases
  14. Which planning technique helps an audience remember the key message?

    • Ignoring questions
    • Speed reading
    • Repetition
    • Whispering
  15. What must a speaker check to ensure a talk fits its audience?

    • Microphone volume
    • Listener comprehension
    • Stage lighting
    • Slide animations
  16. What should an informative talk for parents on a school trip include?

    • Dates and costs
    • Poetic metaphors
    • Personal opinions
    • Fictional stories
  17. What structural element makes a presentation easiest to follow?

    • Single paragraphs
    • Constant tangents
    • Clear sections
    • Random ordering
  18. Which style of language suits a formal talk for a general audience?

    • Archaic poetry
    • Colloquial slang
    • Standard English
    • Textspeak shorthand
  19. What planning step best supports a persuasive argument?

    • Speaking quietly
    • Inventing anecdotes
    • Avoiding facts
    • Gathering evidence
  20. Why include a summary at the end of a presentation?

    • Wastes spare time
    • Consolidates the message
    • Confuses listeners
    • Introduces new topics

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