Question

Read the following paragraph. Many Americans favor football, baseball, and basketball. However, this differs from international preferences. In fact, soccer, cricket, and field hockey are the world’s most popular sports. Which rewrite of this paragraph would be appropriate for an argumentative speech but not an argumentative essay?

Answer 1

The correct answer is

D) Do you play sports? Have you ever given soccer, cricket, or field hockey a try? You might be surprised to learn they are the world’s most popular sports. Statistically speaking, they are more popular than typical American sports such as baseball and basketball.

Answer 2

Since an argumentative speech is an influential discourse in which the presenter tries to convince his audience to change their standpoints on a provocative subject. So rewriting this will give us this kind of speech: "Do you play sports? Have you ever given soccer, cricket, or field hockey a try? You might be surprised to learn that are the world's popular sports. Statistically speaking, they are more popular than typical American sports such as baseball and basketball.