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Types of Speeches
Appeals/Fallacies
Terms
Sentences
In the News
100
A speech that looks at how two or more issues are alike and how they are different.
What is compare/contrast?
100
"If we don't take this course of action, millions of innocent women and children will be harmed."
What is appeal to emotion?
100
"I am awesome. I am amazing. I am going to change the world."
What is anaphora?
100
"Who likes to have money?"
What is a rhetorical question?
100
The FBI wants THIS company to unlock a phone.
What is Apple?
200
A speech where the goal is to gain support by share stories from the speaker's life.
What is personal reflection?
200
"Albert Einstein recommended that we take this course of action, therefore we should do it."
What is appeal to authority?
200
"I am the best candidate in the history of the world."
What is hyperbole?
200
"Some might ask, 'Why?' Well let me tell you why..."
What is anticipated objection?
200
Right now, the top two candidates running for president are
Who are Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton?
300
A speech that provides support that defends the heart of the argument.
What is confirmation?
300
"Over 90% of people polled believe that we should do this."
What is appeal to logic?
300
"We must be warriors of peace."
What is oxymoron?
300
"O, America, you are the shining star in the world."
What is apostrophe?
300
A British research agency is allowing the internet to name its new boat. The top name right now is...
What is Boaty McBoatface?
400
A speech that defends a controversial or contentious subject or idea.
What is apologism?
400
"This is the way it's always been done, and this is the way we'll continue to do it."
What is appeal to tradition?
400
"It's not the worst idea we've ever had."
What is litotes?
400
"A penny saved is a penny earned."
What is aphorism?
400
President Obama made a visit to THIS country this week.
What is Cuba?
500
A speech that dissects an issue point by point.
What is argument by analysis?
500
"This person's ideas are just flat out dumb. I can't believe that anyone would want to follow the ideas of such a moron."
What is appeal to ridicule?
500
"We must follow our beliefs and the people who stand for those beliefs."
What is zeugma?
500
"I like what I see, and see what I like."
What is antimetabole?
500
This morning, THIS country fell victim to a terroristic bombing attack.
What is Belgium?