Informative and Persuasive Speaking
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What is the primary goal of informative speaking?
View answer and explanationWhat is described as a method of informing that entails creating verbal pictures for an audience, conveying what is taken in through the senses?
View answer and explanationWhat is the recommended guideline for balancing new and repackaged information in a speech to avoid information overload?
View answer and explanationIn persuasive speaking, what is the term for the underlying justification that connects a claim and its evidence?
View answer and explanationWhich type of persuasive proposition focuses on convincing audience members that something is 'good or bad' or 'right or wrong'?
View answer and explanationWhich organizational pattern for persuasive speeches involves five steps: attention, need, satisfaction, visualization, and action?
View answer and explanationWhat type of reasoning reaches conclusions through the citation of examples and is described as the most frequently used form of logical reasoning?
View answer and explanationWhich fallacy of reasoning occurs when a speaker argues that one action will inevitably lead to a series of other, undesirable actions?
View answer and explanationWhat are the three dimensions of ethos, or speaker credibility, as described in the text?
View answer and explanationWhich persuasive strategy refers to the mental discomfort that results when new information clashes with a person's currently held beliefs, attitudes, or values?
View answer and explanationWhen adapting a persuasive message to an audience that already agrees with your proposition, what should be your primary focus?
View answer and explanationWhat fallacy is committed when a speaker attacks a person rather than their argument?
View answer and explanationAccording to the text, which of Maslow's needs are speakers most likely to be successful at focusing on in a persuasive speech?
View answer and explanationWhat is the term for a persuasive appeal to the reasoning or logic of an argument?
View answer and explanationThe false cause fallacy, also known as post hoc ergo propter hoc, occurs when a speaker argues what?
View answer and explanationIn the context of informative speeches, what are the three main learning styles a speaker can appeal to?
View answer and explanationWhat does the text suggest is a primary cause for the historical shift from argumentative speaking to informative speaking?
View answer and explanationAccording to the sample persuasive speech on prisoner education, what percentage of prisoners identified education as a personal reentry need?
View answer and explanationThe sample informative speech about green schools cites a report titled 'Greening America’s Schools.' According to that report, a LEED certified school reduces carbon dioxide emissions by what percentage compared to a conventional school?
View answer and explanationThe text describes a type of inductive reasoning that argues what is true in one set of circumstances will be true in another. What is this type of reasoning called?
View answer and explanationWhat is the 'bandwagon' fallacy?
View answer and explanationWhat does the text identify as the two most researched dimensions of speaker credibility (ethos)?
View answer and explanationAccording to the text, which type of persuasive messages are the most effective?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is NOT listed as a strategy to resolve cognitive dissonance?
View answer and explanationWhat is the defining characteristic of 'invitational rhetoric' as an alternative to traditional persuasion?
View answer and explanationWhat is the purpose of a 'feasibility report' in a business or organizational context?
View answer and explanationThe fallacy that argues something should continue simply because 'it's the way things have been done before' is known as what?
View answer and explanationIn the sample persuasive speech, it is stated that prisoners who completed a college degree reoffended at a rate how much lower than the general prison population?
View answer and explanationThe sample informative speech mentions that allowing more daylight into school buildings has what effect on students?
View answer and explanationAccording to the text, what is a key difference between a formal outline and a speaking outline?
View answer and explanationA speaker who argues that 'If we can put a person on the moon, why can’t we figure out a way to make the tax code easier to understand?' is committing which fallacy?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary function of dynamism as a dimension of ethos?
View answer and explanationWhat is the first step in Monroe's Motivated Sequence?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is NOT one of the three ethical guidelines for using fear appeals presented in the text?
View answer and explanationHow does the text define a syllogism?
View answer and explanationWhat is the 'red herring' fallacy?
View answer and explanationIn what circumstances are directive leaders said to be most effective?
View answer and explanationWhat is the central difference between causal reasoning and correlation?
View answer and explanationInforming through definition can be accomplished in several ways. Which method involves providing the history of a word?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary reason the text advises against appealing to an audience's self-actualization needs?
View answer and explanationWhat is a key criterion for evaluating inductive reasoning based on examples?
View answer and explanationAccording to the text, what is the 'false dilemma' fallacy?
View answer and explanationWhat is the second step in Monroe's Motivated Sequence, which involves citing evidence that an issue needs to be addressed?
View answer and explanationA speaker who provides novel information that is atypical or unexpected is using a strategy to achieve what goal?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary difference between speaking at a formal level and an impromptu level of informative speaking?
View answer and explanationWhich leadership style described in the text is characterized by a 'hands-off' approach, giving group members freedom to reach their own decisions?
View answer and explanationWhat is the main danger a speaker risks when relying primarily on an appeal to pathos?
View answer and explanationWhen facing a disagreeable or hostile audience, what should be the speaker's goal for change?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary function of an 'expediter' in a small group setting?
View answer and explanationWhat does a 'proposition of fact' attempt to establish in a persuasive speech?
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