Persuasive
Types of Speech
Types of Audience
Riddles
Texas History
100

Appeal that uses credibility to convince 

Ethos

100

Uses visual aids and shows the audience how to do something

Demonstrative Speech

100

Skeptical audience who thinks they know more than you

Critical Audience

100

I look at you, you look at me, I raise my right, you raise your left. What is this object?

Mirror

100

What 2 former presidents were born in Texas (neither is named Bush)

Dwight D. Eisenhower & Lyndon B. Johnson

200

Appeal that uses logic to convince

Logos

200

Inspires and instills confidence

Motivational Speech

200

Supports you and is invested in your topic

Sympathetic

200

Jack and Jill are lying on the floor inside the house, dead. They died from lack of water. There is shattered glass next to them. How did they die?

Jack and Jill are goldfish

200

Only state larger than Texas

Alaska

300

Appeal that uses emotion or shock value to convince

Pathos

300

Long and formal speech that addresses a momentous occasion 

Oratorical

300

Doesn't want to listen to you and disagrees with your point of view

Hostile

300

He has married many women but has never married. Who is he?

A Priest/Pastor

300

What nations have ruled over Texas (there are 6 hence Six Flags)

Spain, France, Mexico, The Republic of Texas, The Confederate States of America, The United States

400

Greek philosopher who defined rhetorical appeals

Aristotle

400

Given without proper planning

Impromptu

400

Knows nothing about the topic or only knows vague information about the topic

Uninformed

400

What question can you never answer "yes" to?

Are you asleep?

400

What carbonated beverage was invented in Texas (soda)

Dr. Pepper

500

Art of using words in a certain way to influence (appeal to) or evoke emotions

Rhetoric

500

Not formal, meant to amuse or celebrate

Entertaining

500

Does not agree with your point of view and thinks they know more than you

Hostile & Critical

500

You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?

A telephone

500

What is the hottest temperature ever recorded in Texas

120 (basically as hot as the Sahara desert)