What is credibility of the speaker prior to speaking, based on reputation, style/appearance, and context.
100
Impromptu
What is speaking without any prior preparation/notes?
100
Ethical Speaking
What is creating a trusting relationship with the audience?
100
Vivid Description
What is dramatic language to help an idea come alive?
200
Target Audience
What is a group of people for whom a message is intended?
200
Achieved Credibility
What is credibility established through interaction with the audience, citing credible sources, speaking confidently, etc.
200
Extemporaneous Speaking
What is speaking from written notes or an outline?
200
Bias vs Advocacy
What is personal perception/opinion (bias) and making a case for a perspective, change in belief, or particular action (advocacy)?
200
Personification
What representing a complex idea through human example?
300
Rhetorical Audience
What is the fictional, ideal audience, speaker hopes the audience becomes part of this group.
300
Information
What is facts, statistics, quotes, etc. - researched information?
300
Introduction - parts to be included.
What is an attention grabber, a thesis statement, and a preview of main ideas?
300
Plagiarism
What is the use of language, ideas, or arguments of someone else without giving credit
300
A Fortiori
What is an unlikely/example example used to make a general point? Used to say that everyone should do something.
400
Blood Donor Speech - literal and target audiences.
Literal - what is everyone in the room?
Target - what is individuals on the fence about blood donation, unsure about blood donation, people who don't donate currently, etc.?
400
Knowledge
What is applied information, put into context for the audience?
400
Conclusion - parts to be included?
What is a review of ideas, restatement of thesis, and a lasting impression (peroration)?
400
Reason and Force
What is argument based on good evidence (reason) and
argument based on deception, fear, negative (force).
400
Strawperson
What is portraying the opposing argument through exaggeration, intended to ridicule - does not address the issue?
500
Blood Donor Speech - characteristics of the rhetorical audience
What is people who think blood donation is valuable, people who will leave and become blood donors, people who will convince others to donate, etc.
500
Information vs knowledge - which is better?
What is knowledge - adds perspective and context for the audience, makes information accessible and memorable?
500
Body - parts to be included.
What is claims, evidence for those claims (stats, facts, quotes, etc.), sources for information with oral citations, and transitions?
500
Reason vs Force (which is better?)
What is reason, because logical arguments are presented through evidence, instead of inciting fear/guilt and control over the audience?
500
Claim-evidence-reason connection.
What is statement (claim), back up by expert opinion, data, logical support, etc (evidence) to become a logical argument (reason)?