Persuasive Speeches
Modes of Persuasion
Claims
Fallacious Arguments
Ceremonial Speeches
100

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?

100

This mode of persuasion appeals to the character of the speaker.

What is ethos?

100

This type of claim should examine what is just, fair, right or wrong, and moral or amoral.

What is a value claim?

100

An argument that presents one individual case leading to a series of similar or escalating events.

what is a slippery slope?

100

Intends to poke fun of the guest of honor

what is a roast?

200

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?

200

The president of OU

who is Ora Hirsch Pescovitz

200

This type of claim should examine rules, regulations, and laws.

what is a policy claim?

200

An argument that turns an isolated incident into a sweeping conclusion.

What is a hasty generalization?

200

Given by an individual parting from an organization or career

what is a farewell speech?

300

This type of speech will persuade my audience that capital punishment is morally wrong.

What is speech to convince?

300

This mode of persuasion appeals to the emotions of the audience.

What is Pathos?

300

Example of a type of claim: The next president will be a woman.

What is a fact claim?

300

DOUBLE POINTS!! An argument that deflects by introducing irrelevant or unrelated topics into the discussion.


What is a red herring?

300

Praises or honors an individual or organization

what is a speech of dedication?

400

This type of speech will persuade my audience of the brilliance of Jennifer Coolidge

what is speech to stimulate?

400

This mode of persuasion appeals to the logic of the speaker’s argument

What is Logos?

400

This type of claim should assert that something is true or false based on the evidence provided.

What is a fact claim?

400

An argument that assumes itself to be true without any evi-dence to support it.

what is begging the question?

400

Pays tribute to a person who has passed away

what is a eulogy?

500

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?

500

This ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, is thought to be one of the greatest contributors to our thinking about rhetoric

Who is Aristotle?

500

A bad example of a claim: Animal abuse is immoral.

What is a value claim?

500

An argument that does not connect its conclusion to its reasoning.

what is a non sequitur?

500

Inspires an audience at a special even

What is a keynote address?