Definitions
This type of definition states how a word is used within a specific language.
What is a Lexical Definition?
This is when we expose ourselves to messages we already agree with rather than those that challenge us.
What is selective exposure?
A truth that is arrived at through the scientific process is a ____
What is a fact?
Aristotle’s appeal based on speaker credibility and character is _____
What is ethos?
This kind of outline starts with your conclusion and works backward to test whether your speech is fully supported.
What is a reverse outline?
These definitions are designed to motivate an audience to think in a specific way about a term.
What are persuasive decisions?
Leon Festinger developed this theory about the discomfort caused by contradictory beliefs, values, or behaviors.
What is cognitive dissonance?
The mathematical subfield that gathers, analyzes, and makes inferences about collected data is __________
What is statistics?
Aristotle’s appeal based on emotion is called ______
What is pathos?
When speakers attempt to find support that says exactly what they want it to say despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of evidence says the exact opposite, this is:
What is support manipulation?
This type of definition is assigned by the person who coins a word or term for the first time.
What is a stipulative definition?
Strong persuasive speeches often include these arguments, which raise a valid issue against the speaker’s claim and then refute it.
What are two-tailed arguments?
A figure of speech that compares two ideas or objects by showing how they are similar is called _______
What is an analogy?
Aristotle’s appeal based on logic and reasoning is _____
What is logos?
A central idea statement in a persuasive speech is often called this:
What is a proposition?
These definitions describe all parts related to a particular type of idea or object.
What is a theoretical definition?
In Monroe’s Motivated Sequence, this step establishes the problem.
What is need?
Expert opinion or direct accounts of witnesses used to support a speech is called _________
What is testimony?
This model describes the different levels of human needs:
What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
A persuasive claim that argues whether something is good, bad, moral, or beneficial is a proposition of _____
What is value?
In an argument, this is a statement designed to provide support or evidence.
What is a premise?
In Monroe’s Motivated Sequence, this step presents the solution.
What is satisfaction?
The quote “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics” is attributed to this person:
Who is Mark Twain?
In Monroe’s Motivated Sequence, the final step where the speaker tells the audience what to do.
What is action?
The ________of support involves actually reading a quotation, paraphrasing a speaker’s words, summarizing a speaker’s ideas, providing numerical support, or showing pictographic support.
What is execution?