Seated Test 2

The following statement is an example of what type of fallacy? How can we be so concerned about immigration when there are serious problems with the national debt?

Red herring

Which of the following is the third step in Monroe's Motivated Sequence?

Satisfaction

All of the following are benefits to "grouping" except

you will learn to remember 20-30 item lists.

One of the advantages of using the extemporaneous method of delivery is that

your audience is more likely to pay attention.

The following statement is an example of what type of fallacy? How can we believe in climate change when it is advocated by Congressman Jones? After all, he was convicted of fraud last year!"

Ad hominem

___________ is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sentence of passage.

Alliteration

The following statement is an example of what type of fallacy? As we have seen, the trend is for companies to reduce long term research and development costs in order to increase short term profits. Since so many companies are doing this, it must make good business sense.

Bandwagon

Which of the following is the most concrete and specific?

Bernini's

What is the missing major premise in this enthymeme? Major Premise:____________________________ Minor Premise: Daniel Becker is a chemistry major. Conclusion: Daniel Becker will make a good SGA president.

Chemistry majors make good SGA presidents.

__________ speaking is a carefully planned and rehearsed speech, spoken in a conversational manner using brief notes.

Extemporaneous

____________ speaking is delivered without advance preparation.

Impromptu

When we make a conclusion based on the patterns we see around us, we are using

Inductive reasoning

____________ is a five step method of speech organization that follows the many questions an audience would have in the process of listening to a persuasive speech.

Monroe's Motivated Sequence

__________ pattern is a method of speech organization in which the main points are arranged according to movement in space or direction.

Spatial

Which logical fallacy shows only the weaker side of an opponent's argument in order to more easily tear it down?

Straw Man

___________ pattern results when you divide the speech into parts, each of which becomes a main point in the speech.

Topical

All of the following are negative effects of speaking too quickly except

Your audience may not believe you know what you are talking about

Which of the following is an instance of persuasive speaking?

a lawyer arguing for the acquittal of her client

The more ___________ a word is, the higher number of visual images in the minds of your audience.

abstract

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character" is an example of

alliteration and antithesis.

What kind of reasoning is attempted in the following statement? Because Harvard has a law school, Dalton State should have a law school.

analogical reasoning

Here are the main points for an informative speech about schizophrenia: I. Schizophrenia can be genetically inherited. II. Schizophrenia can be caused by the environment in which you were raised. III. Schizophrenia will effect the relationships between family members. These main points are arranged using the ___________ pattern.

cause/effect

What is an easy way to avoid being monotone?

choose a topic you care about

Here are the main points for an informative speech: I. The movement saw African Americans struggling for legal recognition before the Brown v. Board of Education decision. II. The movement was galvanized and motivated by the Montgomery Bus Boycott. III. The movement saw its goals met in the Civil Rights Act of 1965. These main points are arranged in ______________ pattern.

chronological

The more ________________ a word is, the less abstract it will be.

concrete

The __________ meaning of a word is the idea suggested by or associated with the word.

connotative

When creating persuasive speeches on propositions of value, what is the first step?

defining the "value" word

The denotative meaning of a word is

its specific meaning or dictionary definition.

When preparing main points for a speech, you should

keep main points relatively equal in emphasis.

Speakers who use an unchanging pitch and lack intonation are said to be

monotone

Speeches with propositions of policy can be those that call for ______________ or those that try to instigate action.

passive agreement

If you want a statement to have a more powerful impact, you should use

pauses

___________ is the lowness or highness of the speaker's voice.

pitch

A proposition of ______________ deals with whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.

policy

"Life is like a box of chocolates" is an example of

simile

Here are the main points of an informative speech about human skin: I. The outer layer is the epidermis, which is the outermost barrier of protection. II. The second layer beneath is the dermis. III. The third layer closest to the bone is the hypodermis, made of fat and connective tissue. These main points are arranged using the ____________ pattern.

spatial

The _____________ audience refers to the members of the whole audience that the speaker most wants to persuade.

target

The most important question to ask when assessing analogical reasoning is whether

the two things are truly alike.

Here are the main points for a speech about diamond quality: I. Valuable diamonds have the characteristic of cut. II. Valuable diamonds have the characteristic of carat. III. Valuable diamonds have the characteristic of color. IV. Valuable diamonds have the characteristic of clarity. These main points are arranged using the __________ pattern.

topical

In the visualization step of Monroe's Motivated Sequence, the speaker

visualizes the benefits of the speaker's solution to the problem.