Persuasive Speeches
This speech type motivates the audience to perform a specific action related to the solution. The speaker’s intent is to move the audience to act immediately.
What is Speech to Actuate?
This mode of persuasion appeals to the character of the speaker.
What is ethos?
This type of claim should examine what is just, fair, right or wrong, and moral or amoral.
What is a value claim?
An argument that presents one individual case leading to a series of similar or escalating events.
what is a slippery slope?
Intends to poke fun of the guest of honor
what is a roast?
DOUBLE POINTS!! This speech type makes your audience want to do something, to correct a problem, although a specific action may not be in mind.
What is speech to stimulate?
The president of OU
who is Ora Hirsch Pescovitz
This type of claim should examine rules, regulations, and laws.
what is a policy claim?
An argument that turns an isolated incident into a sweeping conclusion.
What is a hasty generalization?
Given by an individual parting from an organization or career
what is a farewell speech?
This type of speech will persuade my audience that capital punishment is morally wrong.
What is speech to convince?
This mode of persuasion appeals to the emotions of the audience.
What is Pathos?
Example of a type of claim: The next president will be a woman.
What is a fact claim?
DOUBLE POINTS!! An argument that deflects by introducing irrelevant or unrelated topics into the discussion.
What is a red herring?
Praises or honors an individual or organization
what is a speech of dedication?
This type of speech will persuade my audience of the brilliance of Jennifer Coolidge
what is speech to stimulate?
This mode of persuasion appeals to the logic of the speaker’s argument
What is Logos?
This type of claim should assert that something is true or false based on the evidence provided.
What is a fact claim?
An argument that assumes itself to be true without any evi-dence to support it.
what is begging the question?
Pays tribute to a person who has passed away
what is a eulogy?
Any speech which attempts to modify or change the audience’s beliefs, values, or attitudes using effective statistics, data, and examples
What is speech to convince?
This ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, is thought to be one of the greatest contributors to our thinking about rhetoric
Who is Aristotle?
A bad example of a claim: Animal abuse is immoral.
What is a value claim?
An argument that does not connect its conclusion to its reasoning.
what is a non sequitur?
Inspires an audience at a special even
What is a keynote address?