Reasoning
Style
Persuasion
Occasion
Course Review
100
Unlike scientific or mathematical proof, the support in persuasive speeches cannot...
What is be proven with certainty?
100
The pattern of choices attributed to a person by others to characterize or distinguish him or her is referred to as...
What is style?
100
Many people misunderstand the term persuasion, believing that it only involves...
What is reversing a belief or behavior?
100
"Epideictic" is another word for ____________ speaking.
What is ceremonial?
100
A __________ illustrates how one variable changes as a function of another by using a horizontal and vertical axis to show the changes in the two variable.
What is line graph?
200
Reasoning by comparing people, places, things, and events that are familiar to the audience to those that are unfamiliar to them is reasoning by...
What is analogy?
200
What is wrong with the following statement: Oral style is more complex than written style?
What is: oral style is less complex than written style?
200
Bill wants his classmates who complain about a lack of activities to join student government and the student activity board. His persuasive strategy is...
What is inducing a specific action?
200
Which of the following questions does deliberative speaking aim to answer?
What is "What shall we do?"
200
The clarity of individual sounds is defined as...
What is articulation?
300
What are the three parts of rhetorical proof?
What are supporting material, reasoning, and claim?
300
A neutral definition focuses on __________ meaning.
What is denotative?
300
A hostile audience is best persuaded through the use of which persuasive strategy?
What is weakening commitment?
300
A testimonial speech is a speech of...
What is tribute?
300
According to your textbook, one potential drawback of using an anecdote in your introduction is it...
What is may distract from the preview of your topic?
400
The mental leap that links supporting material to a claim is known as...
What is reasoning?
400
When John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country," he employed which stylistic device?
What is inverted word order?
400
The most basic theory of ____________ is that people seek to attain pleasure and avoid pain.
What is motivation?
400
Sue and her teammates decided to honor their coach at a banquet with a plaque thanking him for all of his hard work. What type of speech will Sue be giving when she presents the award?
What is ceremonial?
400
Developing a strategic plan allows the speaker to...
What is respond to the rhetorical situation?
500
When we infer that a case is typical and that there is nothing unusual about it, it is referred to as a(n)...
What is representative example?
500
Listeners can grasp the pattern, anticipate the direction, and become more active participants in the situation when this is created.
What is rhythm?
500
Selective influence can be prompted by which two conditions?
What are boomerang effect and polysemy?
500
The speaker's ability to articulate the audience's unexpressed feelings is called _____________, because the speaker's words echo listeners' feelings.
What is resonance?
500
Informative strategies ask listeners to...
What is change their understanding of a subject?
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