communications final
A persuasive speaker who wishes to use evidence persuasively in a speech should do all of the following except
give listeners evidence they have often heard
Which term refers to raising or lowering the pitch of one's voice?
Volume
The most persuasive speakers answer which question for the audience?
What's in it for me?
Which fallacy is committed when a speaker uses emotionally charged words that convey a meaning that is not supported by facts?
loaded language
Speakers who use trustworthy facts to back their claims and clearly show how those facts led them to their claims demonstrate which of the following?
logos
A speaker who argues that violent video games lead children to become involved in destructive and illegal activities is using which type of reasoning?
comparison
According to the contemporary school of thought, the two major components of ethos are
competence and trustworthiness
Which of the following is most likely to give rise to a person's core beliefs?
cultural values learned in early life
In terms of persuasive appeals, which of the following is a particularly powerful form of pathos?
fear
Which of the following is not a type of logical fallacy?
fear appeal
Effective persuasive speeches do all of the following except
make taking action undesirable
When delivering a speech, articulation involves which of the following activities?
making consonants and vowels sound clear and distinct
The sentence "Technology is the engine driving this economic boom" contains an example of a
metaphor
A listener who owns no cats and has never considered the issue of mandatory licensing for all domestic cats would be considered
neutral
All of the following are strategies for creating a persuasive speech except
omitting source citations to streamline the presentation
on maslow's hierarchy of needs, which of the following are the most basic needs?
physiological
An argument that acknowledges an argument against a thesis and then uses evidence and reasoning to refute that argument is termed
two-sided
In persuasive speaking, Monroe's motivated sequence aims to establish all of the following main points except
validation
The question, do first-person-shooter video games cause players to commit violent crimes? Illustrates what type of persuasive speech claim?
value
Which of the following sentences provides a denotative meaning?
A cat is an animal in the feline family
Which of the following sentences is most concrete?
Last Friday at noon, Manuel finished the writing project
All of the following are true of language and word choice in public speaking except
abstract language is more powerful than concrete language
Which one of the following fallacy types argues that an idea or a policy is sound because people have accepted or followed it for a long time?
appeal to tradition
A speaker who causes audience members to oppose his or her ideas even more vigorously than they did before the speech creates what is known as the
boomerang effect
When listeners are very concerned about the issue presented in a persuasive speech, their latitude of acceptance
broadens
In a persuasive speech, which of the following patterns is appropriate for organizing fact claims?
casual
Which part of the sentence "The death penalty cannot deter crime for the reason that murderers do not consider the consequences of their actions" is verbal clutter?
death penalty cannot deter
Speaking from an outline is advantageous in that
delivery becomes more conversational
which of the following is an example of a value claim that might be found in a persuasive speech?
denying marriage to same-sex couples is unfair
The argument that energy drinks would have similar effects on insomnia as those of coffee (based on their high caffeine levels) uses which type of reasoning?
example
speakers who use specific instances to support general claims use the type of reasoning known as
example
in most public speaking situations, which of the following delivery modes achieves the best results?
extemporaneous
Which of the following is permissible for ethical audience members during a speech?
holding the speaker accountable
An audience that opposes a persuasive speaker's viewpoint that all people should drive hybrid vehicles would be considered
hostile
All of the following types of reasoning in a persuasive speaking except
inductive
A defining characteristic of ad hominem fallacies is that they
involve personal attacks
Ethical listeners do which of the following?
keep an open mind when they disagree with speakers
In persuasive speaking, the process of selective supporting arguments that will best persuade an audience in an ethical manner is known as
latitude of acceptance
A persuasive speech based on the notion that audience members should invest in domestic stocks relies on which of the following types of claims?
policy
Modern-day researches feel that speakers who demonstrate goodwill do all of the following except
recognize listeners' feelings
A persuasive speaker who appeals to listeners' need for creativity, personal growth, and self-fulfillment targets which level of maslow's hierarchy of needs?
self-esteem
Which of the following statements about speaker credibility is true?
single sentences can be sufficient to erode speaker credibility
Because it assumes an undesirable outcome without proof, the statement "we can't legalize same-sex marriage because the next thing you know people will be marrying their pets" qualifies as which type of fallacy?
slippery slope
The reading from a manuscript mode of speech delivery tends to cause speakers to
speak in monotone
speakers who replace their opponents' real claims with weaker claims they can more easily rebut rely on the fallacy known as
straw person
effective presentation aids do all the following except
take attention from speakers
Which of the following is not an example of a value guiding people's judgments and actions?
technology
A speaker has the best chance of persuading listeners properly when
the thesis is within listeners' latitude for acceptance
Speakers who vary the highs and lows of their voices impact which of the following?
tone
A persuasive speaker who opposes capital punishment but is presenting to an audience that favors it should try to do which of the following?
weaken the audience's commitment to the death penalty