Question

To persuade my audience that the United States should adopt a national sales tax to help reduce the national debt" is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of policy.True / False.

Answer 1

Answer:

True

Explanation:

Persuasive speeches are usually aimed to convince the audience to accept the speaker's point of view. (whether right or wrong). Judging by that, the speech in question has already passed as a persuasive speech since it is aimed at persuading an audience.

Similarly, the content of the persuasive speech has  a lot to do with the adoption of a new tax policy by the government. Hence, this makes this makes the speech a persuasive speech on a question of policy.