Fallacies
Midterm Material
Speaking to Persuade
Toast Etiquette
Speaking for Special Occasions
100
This type of fallacy focuses on an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.
What is Red Herring Fallacy?
100
This component of a speech should only make up 5-10% of your speech
What is the conclusion?
100
This is an example of a situation in which you can use your public speaking skills.
What is ****
100
T/F It is sometimes OK to tap your glass for attention.
False
100
These are examples of special occasions (3)
What are christenings, weddings, sorority/fraternity events, funerals, graduations, award ceremonies, inaugurals, retirement dinners, maid of honor/best man speeches, coach at a banquet or ceremony, acceptance speeches
200
This type of fallacy involves attacking the person instead of focusing on the real issue at hand.
What is Ad Hominem fallacy?
200
This component of a speech should only make up 10-20% of your speech
What is the introduction?
200
This type of speech is a partisan speech.
What is a persuasive speech?
200
Only in this situation, it is appropriate to stay seated for a toast speech.
What is a group of less than 5 people?
200
The purpose of this speech is to warm the audience to the speaker and preview their credibility.
What is a speech of introduction?
300
This fallacy forces the listener to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist.
What is Either/Or fallacy?
300
This type of audience analysis involves studying the overall characteristics of the audience--age, gender, sexual orientation, major, etc.
What is demographic audience analysis?
300
Some people believe it is bad luck to toast with this liquid.
What is water?
300
In this speech, you as a speaker are presenting an award to someone else
What is a speech of presentation?
400
This type of fallacy is used by advertisers--if something is popular it must be right.
What is bandwagon fallacy?
400
These are the 3 types of specific purposes in speeches.
What are speeches to entertain, to persuade, and to inform?
400
These are examples of organization for persuasive speeches (2)
What are problem-solution, problem-cause-solution, MMS, comparative advantages?
400
Some people believe it is bad luck to toast with this liquid.
What is water?
400
In this speech, you as a speaker are accepting an award
What is a speech of acceptance?
500
This fallacy occurs when the speaker assumes that taking the first step will inevitably lead to taking a second step and so on toward disaster.
What is slippery slope fallacy?
500
These are 4 methods of speech delivery
What are reading a manuscript, impromptu, reciting from memory, and speaking extemporaneously?
500
These are the steps of Monroe's Motivated Sequence.
What are attention, problem, solution, visualization, and action?
500
T/F Always let the host toast the guest of honor first.
What is True?
500
This speech is a speech of praise/thanks for an idea, person, place, thing, institution, etc.
What is a commemorative speech?