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Theory of Public Oral Communication
Speech Objectives
The Rhetorical Situation (mostly)
Reasoning
Logical Fallacies
100
This is the power of speech to achieve the common goals of just institutions.
What is public oral communication?
100
This is the main idea of your speech, and where you want your audience to ultimately end up.
What is a claim?
100
This is a situation that requires or demands speech.
What is the/a rhetorical situation?
100
This motivates your audience to make the "leap" towards accepting your claim.
What is a warrant?
100
"My opponent isn't fit to lead this country. Look at his terrible hair!"
What is ad hominem?
200
This describes using language/POC to deceive or manipulate audiences.
What is sophistry?
200
Name one objective of the Perspectives Speech.
1. Describe all sides of a public issue debate without taking a side 2. Give each side equal "airtime"
200
This is the ability to determine what will happen.
What is agency?
200
Referencing a well-known parable would be an example of what kind of starting point?
What is a topical starting point?
200
"Go on, have a cigarette. All the cool kids are doing it!"
What is the bandwagon fallacy?
300
This is a model of communication that views social values and speech events as mutually reinforcing each other.
What is the circulation/public sphere model?
300
These are the shared values, beliefs, and perspectives of an audience or group of people.
What is doxa?
300
In a rhetorical situation, who has the most agency: the speaker, the audience, or the situation?
What is the situation?
300
"According to the US Dept of Agriculture, farmers grew 30% more soy in Indiana this year" is an example of what kind of warrant?
What is warrant of the mind?
300
I met a football player who really liked polka music. Therefore, the entire football team likes polka music.
What is the fallacy of composition?
400
This is an unusual pattern of speech or word order.
What is a schema?
400
This describes partial movement by your audience towards your point of view.
What are degrees of adherence?
400
What is the difference between a transmission model and a public sphere model of communication?
Transmission says the message will be sent perfectly between speaker and listener. Public sphere says that our language is constitutive, i.e., what we say creates ourselves and the world around us.
400
Describe Dr. Arthos' 3-part test for analogies.
1) Relevant Similarities 2) Relevant Dissimilarities 3) Weigh the Two
400
Nike shoes are cheap and fashionable, so overseas sweatshop labor is morally justifiable.
What is a non sequitur?
500
This describes using POC effectively and ethically to successfully connect with an audience and cause positive change through speech.
What is eloquence?
500
Why is it crucial to locate shared starting points with your audience in Speech 3?
Identifying common ground will help your audience feel more comfortable making the "leap" to accepting your claim (degrees of adherence).
500
These are people who are capable of changing/remedying the situation at hand.
What is the audience?
500
This is a "turn of phrase" away from the literal meaning towards a metaphorical one.
What is a trope?
500
"God exists, it says so in the Bible!" "Who wrote the Bible?" "God!"
What is circular reasoning/circular argument?