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Question 1

What is the primary goal of informative speaking?

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Question 2

What is described as a method of informing that entails creating verbal pictures for an audience, conveying what is taken in through the senses?

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Question 3

What is the recommended guideline for balancing new and repackaged information in a speech to avoid information overload?

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Question 4

In persuasive speaking, what is the term for the underlying justification that connects a claim and its evidence?

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Question 5

Which type of persuasive proposition focuses on convincing audience members that something is 'good or bad' or 'right or wrong'?

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Question 6

Which organizational pattern for persuasive speeches involves five steps: attention, need, satisfaction, visualization, and action?

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Question 7

What type of reasoning reaches conclusions through the citation of examples and is described as the most frequently used form of logical reasoning?

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Question 8

Which fallacy of reasoning occurs when a speaker argues that one action will inevitably lead to a series of other, undesirable actions?

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Question 9

What are the three dimensions of ethos, or speaker credibility, as described in the text?

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Question 10

Which persuasive strategy refers to the mental discomfort that results when new information clashes with a person's currently held beliefs, attitudes, or values?

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Question 11

When adapting a persuasive message to an audience that already agrees with your proposition, what should be your primary focus?

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Question 12

What fallacy is committed when a speaker attacks a person rather than their argument?

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Question 13

According to the text, which of Maslow's needs are speakers most likely to be successful at focusing on in a persuasive speech?

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Question 14

What is the term for a persuasive appeal to the reasoning or logic of an argument?

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Question 15

The false cause fallacy, also known as post hoc ergo propter hoc, occurs when a speaker argues what?

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Question 16

In the context of informative speeches, what are the three main learning styles a speaker can appeal to?

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Question 17

What does the text suggest is a primary cause for the historical shift from argumentative speaking to informative speaking?

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Question 18

According to the sample persuasive speech on prisoner education, what percentage of prisoners identified education as a personal reentry need?

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Question 19

The 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?

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Question 20

The 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?

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Question 21

What is the 'bandwagon' fallacy?

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Question 22

What does the text identify as the two most researched dimensions of speaker credibility (ethos)?

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Question 23

According to the text, which type of persuasive messages are the most effective?

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Question 24

Which of the following is NOT listed as a strategy to resolve cognitive dissonance?

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Question 25

What is the defining characteristic of 'invitational rhetoric' as an alternative to traditional persuasion?

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Question 26

What is the purpose of a 'feasibility report' in a business or organizational context?

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Question 27

The fallacy that argues something should continue simply because 'it's the way things have been done before' is known as what?

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Question 28

In 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?

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Question 29

The sample informative speech mentions that allowing more daylight into school buildings has what effect on students?

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Question 30

According to the text, what is a key difference between a formal outline and a speaking outline?

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Question 31

A 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?

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Question 32

What is the primary function of dynamism as a dimension of ethos?

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Question 33

What is the first step in Monroe's Motivated Sequence?

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Question 34

Which of the following is NOT one of the three ethical guidelines for using fear appeals presented in the text?

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Question 35

How does the text define a syllogism?

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Question 36

What is the 'red herring' fallacy?

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Question 37

In what circumstances are directive leaders said to be most effective?

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Question 38

What is the central difference between causal reasoning and correlation?

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Question 39

Informing through definition can be accomplished in several ways. Which method involves providing the history of a word?

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Question 40

What is the primary reason the text advises against appealing to an audience's self-actualization needs?

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Question 41

What is a key criterion for evaluating inductive reasoning based on examples?

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Question 42

According to the text, what is the 'false dilemma' fallacy?

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Question 43

What is the second step in Monroe's Motivated Sequence, which involves citing evidence that an issue needs to be addressed?

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Question 44

A speaker who provides novel information that is atypical or unexpected is using a strategy to achieve what goal?

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Question 45

What is the primary difference between speaking at a formal level and an impromptu level of informative speaking?

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Question 46

Which leadership style described in the text is characterized by a 'hands-off' approach, giving group members freedom to reach their own decisions?

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Question 47

What is the main danger a speaker risks when relying primarily on an appeal to pathos?

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Question 48

When facing a disagreeable or hostile audience, what should be the speaker's goal for change?

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Question 49

What is the primary function of an 'expediter' in a small group setting?

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Question 50

What does a 'proposition of fact' attempt to establish in a persuasive speech?

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