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Persuasive
Verbal
Nonverbal
Hodge Podge
100
This is using logic and reason in your argument.
What is logos?
100
The words you use to communicate in written or verbal form.
What is diction?
100
A major problem where nonverbal communication can have no clear meaning.
What is ambiguity?
100
This website is believed to have influenced the brevity of modern communication because its restriction on the number of characters allowed in posts.
What is Twitter?
200
This is the use of ethics and moral reasoning in your argument.
What is ethos?
200
The language you use that follows strict rules and is only used in special times and areas.
What is formal language?
200
Research shows that most nonverbal communication is not thought about, it is __________.
What is subconscious?
200
This site has allowed people to connect across the world and as of June of 2014, has 1.25 billion users.
What is Facebook?
300
This is your personal, emotional connection to your subject and argument.
What is pathos?
300
A words direct, objective meaning.
What is denotation?
300
Objects that we use to decorate ourselves like jewelry and clothing.
What are artifacts?
300
This is a type of persuasive speaking/writing that focuses on the patriotism of its audience and tries to influence this.
What is propaganda?
400
Reasoning that begins with information, and leads to a generalization.
What is inductive reasoning?
400
Words used in place of silence or confusion.
What is fillers?
400
This percentage of our communication is purely non-verbal.
What is 65-90%
400
This type of communication was believed to be a short lived fad and has recently reached a staggering 390 billion messages being sent every month.
What is texting?
500
Using an anecdote or personal experience to back up your argument. Usually strays a bit from original point.
What is digression?
500
The emotions or feelings that are attached to words. This meaning is subjective to each individual.
What is connotation?
500
The use of body movement and posture in communication.
What is kinesics?
500
This invention is believed to be the most important in helping the modern world communicate with each other.
What is the internet?