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Rhetorical Appeals
Elements of Language
Elements of Delivery
Elements of Persuasion
Logical Fallacies
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This persuasive tactic is concerned with the audience's emotions, sympathies, and imaginations; and, when used effectively, will connect those things with the topic of the speech in a way that increases the likelihood that a speech will be successful.
What is pathos?
100
You can use this word to connect with your audience by making it appear as though you speak as a member of a collective group that includes the audience.
What is "we"?
100
DAILY DOUBLE! This includes words and phrases like "swagger", "bounce", "trippin'", "my bad" and "oh snap!"
What is slang?
100
This appeal typically occurs at the end of a speech and asks your audience to do something about your topic.
What is a call to action?
100
DAILY DOUBLE! This logical fallacy occurs when a speaker attacks the person making the argument and not the argument itself. For example: "We can't believe anything he says; he is a convicted felon!"
What is "ad hominem"?
200
DAILY DOUBLE! Ethos is actually the Greek word for this.
What is character?
200
This is a comparison between two objects that allows each object in the comparison to retain its unique differences. For example: "The quarterback threaded that pass like a needle."
What is a simile?
200
This delivery problem is being emphasized in the following video clip: http://youtu.be/NP0mQeLWCCo
What is monotone?
200
This type of persuasive speech seeks to prove the opposition's argument is wrong or false by focusing on the opponent's reasoning and pointing to the opponent's lack of supporting material.
What is a refutation?
200
This logical fallacy occurs when a speaker attempts to persuade people by arguing that his or her position is reasonable because so many other people are doing it or agree with it. For example: Why shouldn't I cheat on this exam? Everyone else cheats!"
What is "ad populum"? OR What is "bandwagon"?
300
The following clip illustrates a speaker using this technique to divide an audience into a positive "us" and a negative "them" to create unity through difference. http://youtu.be/3sfNROmn7bc
What is polarization?
300
DAILY DOUBLE! Name one "structural" technique that is being used in the following clip: http://youtu.be/V57lotnKGF8
What is "repetition"? OR What is "parallelism"?
300
These include noises like "er," "uh," "um," and "ah"; and they are evident in the following horrific Atari commercial ripped from the bowels of the 1980s: http://youtu.be/O5ze1neVziE
What are vocalized pauses?
300
The following video clip of Tiger Woods discussing accusations of domestic abuse that were leveled as his wife is this type of forensic speech that makes a defense against an accusation: http://youtu.be/OL0WDFoga_Y
What is an apologia?
300
The following commercial uses this logical fallacy, which assumes that once an action begins it will follow, undeterred, to an eventual and inevitable conclusion. http://youtu.be/7udQSHWpL88
What is "slippery slope"?
400
This is the attempt to establish credibility by the possession of special knowledge and/or unique experience that are superior to the audience.
What is distinction?
400
This is rude and crude speech that attacks or demeans a particular social or ethnic group, many times with the intent of inciting action against that group.
What is hate speech?
400
This includes facial expressions, gestures, posture, appearance, and eye contact.
What is kinesics? OR What is nonverbal communication?
400
This term refers to a strong, confident delivery that creates the impression with the audience that the speaker has practiced and thus cares about what he or she is talking about.
What is dynamism?
400
This logical fallacy occurs when a speaker ignores the actual position of an opponent and substitutes it with a distorted and exaggerated position. For example: "Oh, you think we should agree to a cut in our salaries. Why do you want to bleed us dry?"
What is "straw man"?
500
When the "sinner" technique is used improperly or unfairly, it might culminate in this, which has little to do with matters of practical judgment.
What is an ad hominem attack?
500
This structural strategy is evident in phrases such as "peace, progress and prosperity" and "direct, deliberate, and decisive."
What is alliteration?
500
This language includes aspects of articulation, grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation that differ from Standard English.
What is dialect?
500
DAILY DOUBLE! These are the four elements of the persuasive process.
What are issue awareness, comprehension, acceptance, and integration?
500
This logical fallacy assumes that because one event happened after another, then the preceding event caused the event that followed. For example: "Every time Sheila goes to a game with us, our team loses. She is bad luck."
What is "post hoc, ergo proper hoc"?