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___ is the term used by Aristotle to refer to appeals to human emotion.
What is pathos
100
___ is a three part argument that consists of a major premise, minor premise, and a conclusion.
What is syllogism
100
___ is the process of presenting a message to an audience.
What is public speaking
100
___ is a statement that shows how something works or what it does.
What is operational definition
100
___ is a creative problem-solving technique used to generate many ideas.
What is brainstorming
200
___ is the sense of mental discomfort that prompts a person to change when new information conflicts with previously organized thought patterns.
What is cognitive dissonance
200
___ is reasoning that suggests that because everyone else believes something or is doing something, then it must be valid or correct.
What is bandwagon fallacy
200
___ is having resources, information, and attitudes that lead to action to achieve a desired goal.
What is empowerment
200
___ is the art and science of teaching adults.
What is andragogy
200
___ is the specialized language of a profession.
What is jargon
300
___ focuses on whether or something is true or false or whether something did or did not happen.
What is proposition of fact
300
___ is irrelevant facts or information used to distract someone from the issue under discussion.
What is red herring
300
___ categorizes listener responses to a persuasive message according to the latitude of acceptance, rejection, or noncommitment.
What is social judgment theory
300
___ is the degree of perceived physical or psychological closeness between people.
What is immediacy
300
___ is the production of clear and distinct speech sounds.
What is articulation
400
___ is an aspect of a speaker's credibility that reflects whether the speaker is perceived as energetic.
What is dynamism
400
___ is an idea or conclusion that does not logically relate to or follow from the previous idea or conclusion.
What is non sequitur
400
___ is an audience's perception of a speaker as competent, knowledgeable, dynamic, and trustworthy.
What is credibility
400
___ is someone who prefers messages that are supported with facts and details.
What is analytical listener
400
___ is anything tangible (i.e. graphs or images) that helps communicate an idea to an audience.
What is presentation aid
500
___ is reasoning that moves from a general statement of principle to a specific, certain conclusion.
What is deductive reasoning
500
___ is a speaker who gains control over others by using unethical emotional pleas and appeals to listeners' prejudices.
What is demagogue
500
___ is the assumption that one's own cultural perspectives and methods are superior to those of other cultures.
What is ethnocentrism
500
___ is a specific segment of an audience that you most want to influence.
What is target audience
500
___ uses the existence of one or more events to reach a specific conclusion that another event has occurred or will occur.
What is reasoning by sign