Effective public speaking requires confidence, clarity, and ___ to engage the audience.

A being persuasive

B persuasiveness

C to be persuasive

D be persuasive

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

For parallel structure in a list, all items should be in the same grammatical form. 'Confidence' and 'clarity' are nouns, so the third item should also be a noun: 'persuasiveness'.

💡 Why is B) the correct answer?

The correct answer to the question "Effective public speaking requires confidence, clarity, and ___ to engage the audience." is Option B: persuasiveness.

The other options — A) being persuasive, C) to be persuasive, D) be persuasive — are incorrect for this IELTS Exam Prep question. As explained above: For parallel structure in a list, all items should be in the same grammatical form. 'Confidence' and 'clarity' are nouns, so the third item should also be a noun: 'persuasiveness'.

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Effective public speaking requires confidence, clarity, and ___ to engage the audience.

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

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