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Persuasion
Propositions of ???
Fallacies
Logic
Organizational Patterns
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Your target audience for a Persuasive Speech.

What is those members who are Neutral or Uncommitted?

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UFO's are real
What is Fact?
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Your neighbor says every time his knee aches it will rain.
What is False Cause?
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The second amendment prohibits gun control.
What is General Principle?
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The simplest pattern for a speech to take action which can be found in all 3 of the Policy organizational patterns.

What is Problem - Solution?

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Including these 2 elements in your argument enhances your credibility by demonstrating your impartial knowledge of both sides of the issue and also why your position is the most correct.

What is an opposing viewpoint and your counter-argument or rebuttal?

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Sign up for organ donation.
What is Policy?
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Cubs manager Joe Maddon says Firestone Tires are the best!
What is appeal to authority?
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Greenhouse emissions have been successfully reduced in New York City; Chicago can do likewise.
What is Analogous Reasoning?
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This speech to convince pattern might compare Macs vs. PCs and argue that Macs are superior in terms of graphics, ease of user interface and vulnerability to malware.

What is Comparative Advantages?

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One of the academic databases that actually publishes its own original articles and was highly recommended for researching Persuasive subjects from the Library.

What is CQ Researcher, Global Issues in Context, Opposing Viewpoints, or Issues and Controversies? (citing any of the above wins!)

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Torture is a violation of human rights.
What is Value?
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You should drink Coke because its more popular than Pepsi.
What is Bandwagon?
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Universal health care has been successfully implemented in Canada, France and Great Britain without significant problems in terms of treatment or coverage.
What is Specific Instances for universal health care?
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This organizational pattern is widely used by the advertising industry and often includes a vision of how much better off consumers will be if they buy their product.

What is Monroe's Motivated Sequence?

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Barack Obama, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Gloria Steinem and Adolf Hitler all share this credibility trait associated with delivery style.

What is Charisma?

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Wearing a seat belt saves lives.
What is Fact?
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If we permit amnesty for illegal immigrants, then all criminals in prison can ask to be pardoned.
What is Slippery Slope?
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Torture is a violation of the Geneva Convention.
What is General Principle?
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According to MadDog, the most common error students make when developing and concluding a speech to convince only.

What is including a Call to Action?

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The formal name for the persuasive communication theory associated with a listener's anchor on a controversial topic based on a scale of Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree to Strongly Disagree.

What is Social Judgment Theory?

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All cell phone use while driving is dangerous and should be banned.
What is Policy?
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Donald Trump was a poor choice for the Presidency because he grew up rich.
What is ad hominem or attack the person?
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The winter of 2010 yielded record snow falls in the Midwest. That large volume of snow increased river levels which ultimately led many cities to flood in the Spring.
What is Causal Reasoning?
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The recommended order in a speech to convince that psychologically is most effective for persuading your audience and is based on organizing each point by their individual strength.

What is 2nd strongest argument, weakest argument and strongest argument?