Language
Intentional exaggeration for effect.
A. Anaphora
B. Hyperbole
B. Hyperbole
The relative softness or loudness of your voice.
A. Volume
B. Vocalized
A. Volume
A graph designed to show trends over time.
A. Scatter plot
B. Line graph
B. Line graph
The influence of speaker credentials and character in a speech; arguments based on credibility.
A. Ethos
B. Policy
A. Ethos
A syllogism with one of the premises missing.
A. Enthymeme
B. Generalization
A. Enthymeme
The repetition of grammatical structures that correspond in sound, meter, and meaning.
A. Parralleslism
B. Irony
A. Parralleslism
The word-for-word iteration of a written message.
A. Extemporaneous Speaking
B. Manuscript Speaking
B. Manuscript Speaking
A graph using iconic symbols to dramatize differences in amounts.
A. Pictograph
B. Tone
A. Pictograph
The central idea statement in a persuasive speech; a statement made advancing a judgment or opinion.
A. Proposition
B. Cognitive
A. Proposition
A fallacy that assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent events that cannot be prevented.
A. False cause
B. Slippery slope
B. Slippery slope
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sentence or passage.
A. Antithesis
B. Alliteration
B. Alliteration
The speed at which you speak; how quickly or slowly a speaker talks.
A. Rate
B. Cues
A. Rate
A graph designed to show proportional relationships within sets of data.
A. Pie graph
B. Maps
A. Pie graph
Logical and organized arguments and the credible evidence to support the arguments within a speech; arguments based on logic.
A. Logos
B. Ethos
A. Logos
A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist.
A. False Dilemma
B. Bandwagon
A. False Dilemma
Language used in a specific field that may or may not be understood by others.
A. Jargon
B. Slang
A. Jargon
The relative highness or lowness of your voice.
A. Monotone
B. Pitch
B. Pitch
A graph designed to show the differences between quantities.
A. Clips
B. Bar graph
B. Bar graph
The members of an audience the speaker most wants to persuade and who are likely to be receptive to persuasive messages.
A. Value
B. Target audience
B. Target audience
An analogy where the two things under comparison are not essentially the same.
A. Inductive reasoning
B. Figurative analogy
B. Figurative analogy
Language that uses metaphors and similes to compare things that may not be literally alike.
A. Figurative Language
B. Literal Language
A. Figurative Language!
The presentation of a short message without advance preparation.
A. Impromptu speaking
B. Manuscript speaking
A. Impromptu speaking
Drawings or sketches that outline and explain the parts of an object, process, or phenomenon that cannot be readily seen.
A. Diagrams
B. Tone
A. Diagrams
The use of emotions such as anger, joy, hate, desire for community, and love to persuade the audience of the rightness of a proposition; arguments based on emotion.
A. Pathos
B. Logos
A. Pathos
An analogy where the two things under comparison have sufficient or significant similarities to be compared fairly.
A. Literal Analogy
B. Logical fallacies
A. Literal Analogy