Sophist who believed a strong speaker could use the "magical power of rhetoric" to sway any passive audience into being persuaded.
Who is Gorgias?
100
This activity can be improved by maintaining eye contact and facing the speaker, and improves how well you comprehend of a message.
What is active listening?
100
"According to...", "_____ said," and "____ stated" are all examples of this concept which allows a speaker to cite sources during a presentation.
What is verbal attribution?
100
A persuasive organization pattern in which the speaker offers other possible solutions to a problem, but suggests that one is better than the rest.
What is comparative advantages?
100
This type of speech is similar to dialogue in that it involves an exchange of ideas, but unlike a dialogue, there is a clear winner.
What is debate?
200
One of Cicero's Five Canons of Rhetoric, this deals with how a speaker uses word choice and sentence structure to improve the quality of a message.
What is style?
200
When an audience is distracted or looks disinterested, a speaker can use his or her knowledge of proxemics to gain some involvement using this tactic.
What is moving around the room and/or getting closer to the audience?
200
A poorly defined, yet emotionally stimulating word which invokes action from an audience because it relates to their culture and/or beliefs.
What is an ideograph?
200
Style of reasoning which uses known facts to reach an inevitable conclusion. Is usually structured as a syllogism.
What is deductive reasoning?
200
A person's ability to show that they are capable of making their own decisions to other around them.
What is autonomy face?
300
Influential philosopher who said rhetoric has nothing to do with being a good person, rather that it is a "knack"
Who is Plato?
300
Fashion brands such as Calvin Klein, Coco Chanel, and the GAP may highly influence this element of a person's non-verbal communication, as it refers to the 'look' of a speaker.
What is appearance?
300
Non-verbal characteristic which accounts for every element of the oral delivery of a speech except the content.
What are vocalics?
300
A tool used in explanation in which your left arm might become Main Street and your right arm would become Second Street.
What is mapping?
300
This element of civility is essential to civil interaction because it allows people to express themselves and present their opinions openly in interaction.
What is assertiveness?
400
Aristotle said this form of knowledge deals with personal experience.
What is techne?
400
Putting a hand up to tell people to stop or putting a finger to your lips to indicate that people should be quiet are both examples of how non-verbal behaviors can fulfill this function.
What is substitute/replace language?
400
A speaker who over-emphasizes emotional appeals without substantial proof behind arguments who wishes to 'short circuit' the audience's ability to make a rational decision.
Who is a demagogue?
400
Logical fallacy in which the claim and/or evidence does not logically relate to the conclusion.
What is non sequitur fallacy?
400
A feeling created by incivility which may make people unwilling to communicate in a given situation.
What is the chilling effect?
500
Defense attorneys like Matlock, Boston Legal's Denny Crane and Alan Shore, and Phoenix Wright would be considered experts at this Aristotelian response to accusations in forensic speeches.
What is apologia?
500
People associate eye contact with confidence, expertise, and connection, so speakers should incorporate it early into improve this Arisotilian element of persuasion.
What is ethos?
500
Essential tenants of Burke's narrative paradigm, these two elements insist that all effective stories must make logical sense and be consistent with an audience's world view.
What are narrative coherence and narrative fidelity?
500
Rhetorician who insisted that we create meaning through rhetoric rather than address rhetorical situations.
Who is Dr. Richard Vatz?
500
If this man was around today, he would support teaching students civil dialogic interaction because it mirrors his feelings that rhetoric was essential to an effective free society.