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Components of a Speech
Rhetorical Devices
Fallacies
Examples
Repetition
100
The speaker, the audience and the message.
What are the three things needed to have a speech?
100
When you make something seem less important than it really is.
What is an understatement?
100
Bandwagon
What is ad populum?
100
You are hot and I am cold. You are wearing a brown coat. So let's go for a drink.
What is missing the point?
100
Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses.
What is anaphora?
200
Ethos, Pathos and Logos.
What are the three appeals used in speeches?
200
Opposite of understatement.
What is hyperbole?
200
Stereotyping
What is hasty generalization?
200
"The US shouldn't get involved militarily in other countries. Once the government sends in a few troops, it will then send in thousands to die."
What is slippery slope?
200
Repetition of an idea several times in different words.
What is commoratio?
300
The logical reasons for your argument.
What are Claims?
300
The speakers attitude toward the audience and topic.
What is tone?
300
the arguer sets up a wimpy version of the opponent's position and tries to score points by knocking it down
What is straw man?
300
We know God exists because we can see the perfect order of His Creation, an order which demonstrates supernatural intelligence in its design.
What is begging the question?
300
Repetition broken up by one or more intervening words.
What is diacope?
400
The evidence that backs up your reasons.
What are warrants?
400
Word choice and usage.
What is diction?
400
Providing distractions and never going back to the topic
What is red herring?
400
"I'm positive that my work will meet your requirements. I really need the job since my grandmother is sick."
What is appeal to pity?
400
Frequent repetition of a phrase or question; dwelling on a point.
What is epimone?
500
Appeal to the audiences emotions, the speakers credibility, and the logical facts and data
What are pathos, ethos and logos?
500
Comparing two things using like or as, giving inanimate objects human qualities and comparing two unrelated objects
What are similes, personification and metaphors
500
Only giving two choices when they are more options.
What is false dichotomy?
500
I'm not a doctor, but I play one on the hit series "Bimbos and Studmuffins in the OR." You can take it from me that when you need a fast acting, effective and safe pain killer there is nothing better than MorphiDope 2000. That is my considered medical opinion.
What is appeal to authority?
500
Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of several clauses.
What is epiphora?