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Match the word or phrase with its meaning. -Trustworthiness


A) The kind of "character" you communicate to your audience
B) Creating a visual image that projects what will happen if our proposal is embraced or rejected
C) Demonstrated ability or quality
D) Urging the audience to demonstrate its support
E) Design focused on creating a sense of need and then explaining how that need can be satisfied
F) Degree of excitement you bring to your presentation
G) Rules that govern moral behavior
H) Character and integrity perceived by the audience
I) Attempting to capture the audience's interests
J) Determining the problem our topic suggests
K) Arguing how our proposal will resolve the problem

L) A) and G)
M) F) and G)

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What are argument fallacies? Name and define the five fallacies listed in your text.

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List and explain the techniques for enhancing your credibility.

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Three types of persuasive appeals are credibility, logical, and emotional.

A) True
B) False

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Bill knows his audience drives to school. Therefore, in his speech about improving the parking situation, he spends a moment talking about where he parks and the problems he encounters. Bill is


A) establishing a common ground with the audience.
B) giving the audience information that they do not know.
C) telling the audience what they already know.
D) showing the audience how he parks.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Match the word or phrase with its meaning. -Competence


A) The kind of "character" you communicate to your audience
B) Creating a visual image that projects what will happen if our proposal is embraced or rejected
C) Demonstrated ability or quality
D) Urging the audience to demonstrate its support
E) Design focused on creating a sense of need and then explaining how that need can be satisfied
F) Degree of excitement you bring to your presentation
G) Rules that govern moral behavior
H) Character and integrity perceived by the audience
I) Attempting to capture the audience's interests
J) Determining the problem our topic suggests
K) Arguing how our proposal will resolve the problem

L) B) and E)
M) B) and F)

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Match the word or phrase with its meaning. -Showing a need


A) The kind of "character" you communicate to your audience
B) Creating a visual image that projects what will happen if our proposal is embraced or rejected
C) Demonstrated ability or quality
D) Urging the audience to demonstrate its support
E) Design focused on creating a sense of need and then explaining how that need can be satisfied
F) Degree of excitement you bring to your presentation
G) Rules that govern moral behavior
H) Character and integrity perceived by the audience
I) Attempting to capture the audience's interests
J) Determining the problem our topic suggests
K) Arguing how our proposal will resolve the problem

L) G) and K)
M) All of the above

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The step in Monroe's Motivated Sequence that occurs when we create a visual image that projects what will happen if our proposal is embraced or rejected is called ________.

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Henry is horrified by the escalation of hazing at his school. He wants to persuade his classmates to attend a protest on Friday night in front of the student union building. As he works on his speech, Henry is trying to decide whether he should anger his audience into action or appeal to their sense of compassion for the hazing victims. What is Henry trying to construct?


A) A persuasive appeal
B) An emotional appeal
C) A logical appeal
D) A motivated appeal

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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Identify at least two of the organizational plans that can be used to develop the body of your persuasive speech.

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The student should identify at least two from the following list:(1) Problem/solution, (2) Topical, (3) Comparative advantage, and (4) Monroe's Motivated Sequence

Deductive reasoning starts with a general premise, followed by a minor premise, and ends by drawing a conclusion.

A) True
B) False

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Match the word or phrase with its meaning. -Dynamism


A) The kind of "character" you communicate to your audience
B) Creating a visual image that projects what will happen if our proposal is embraced or rejected
C) Demonstrated ability or quality
D) Urging the audience to demonstrate its support
E) Design focused on creating a sense of need and then explaining how that need can be satisfied
F) Degree of excitement you bring to your presentation
G) Rules that govern moral behavior
H) Character and integrity perceived by the audience
I) Attempting to capture the audience's interests
J) Determining the problem our topic suggests
K) Arguing how our proposal will resolve the problem

L) J) and K)
M) I) and J)

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The step in Monroe's Motivated Sequence that occurs when we determine the need or problem our topic suggests is called ________ a need.

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In her speech, Cisela is trying to convince her audience not to take antibiotics when they are sick. She states, "Taking antibiotics is willingly ingesting poison." Cisela's comparison is considered what type of fallacy?


A) Emotional
B) Logical
C) Faulty analogy
D) Descriptive

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Inductive reasoning is


A) moving from generalizations to specific instances.
B) building common ground with one's audience.
C) moving from specific issues to generalizations.
D) based on subtracting the shortcoming of an argument.

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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Arguments ad hominem, faulty cause-and-effect arguments, non sequiturs, and faulty analogies are all examples of

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Competence is the


A) character communicated to the audience.
B) demonstrated ability, quality or special knowledge.
C) integrity brought to the message.
D) degree of excitement, energy, and involvement in the topic.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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List the five steps on Monroe's Motivated Sequence, and the function of each step. Next, choose a persuasive speech topic and use Monroe's Motivated Sequence to organize your persuasive speech.

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The fallacy that attacks the character of another person is called ad hominem.

A) True
B) False

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In an analogy, the minor points are not related to the major points, or the conclusion does not logically follow the points that precede it.

A) True
B) False

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