Exam 17: Methods Opersuasion  

According to your textbook, the following statement is an example owhat type ofallacy? How can we be so concerned about shielding children in the U.S. from Internet pornography when millions ochildren around the world continue to be sold into slavery every year?

According to your textbook, the following statement is an example owhat type ofallacy? There's nothing wrong with capital punishment. After all, it's been around for thousands oyears.

In her speech arguing for the elimination opennies from the U.S. money supply, Susan demonstrated that her plan will work by showing that a similar plan worked when the U.S. eliminated the halpenny in 1857. What kind oreasoning did Susan use in her argument?

According to your textbook, when is it especially important for a persuasive speaker to establish common ground with the audience?

According to your textbook, as a persuasive speaker, your two major concerns with respect to reasoning are to

According to your textbook, what kind oreasoning is used in the following statement? We do not have to look very far to find reasons for the explosion in the number oviolent crimes committed by teenagers in the United States. Not only are guns readily available to teenagers, but today's teenagers have grown up in a culture that glamorizes violence in television and films. The average child in the U.S. has seen more than 20,000 murders on television by the time he or she turns eighteen. Is it any wonder that many othose children are now committing violent crimes themselves?

Persuasive speakers should imagine how their listeners might object to what they say and refute those objections with evidence.

One othe advantages ousing causal reasoning in a persuasive speech is that the relationship between causes and effects is usually fairly obvious.

Appeal to tradition involves using examples or comparisons from history instead ofrom the present day.

The bandwagon fallacy assumes that because something is popular, it is therefore good, correct, or desirable.

What error in reasoning is exemplified by the following statement? The New England Journal oMedicine has discovered that countries that consume the most chocolate have produced over time the greatest number oNobel Prize winners. Therefore, iyou want to increase your chances owinning a Nobel Prize, you should eat plenty ochocolate.

What fallacy is exemplified by the following statement? Iwe approve a construction permit for this home, the next thing you know other people will want to build in our valley. Then they will pave new roads and put in gas stations and other businesses. Before you know it, all oour beautiful land will be turned into a parking lot for a giant shopping mall.

The two major elements ologos are evidence and reasoning.

According to your textbook, listeners are persuaded by a speaker for one or more ofour major reasons. Which othe following is among those reasons?

The most important question to ask when assessing analogical reasoning is whether the two cases being compared are essentially alike.

Which othe following statements about speaker credibility is true?

According to your textbook, the credibility oa speaker at the end othe speech is called _________ credibility.

The _______________ fallacy is sometimes referred to as a false dilemma.

What modern scholars opersuasion refer to as credibility, Aristotle referred to as _______________ .

According to your textbook, the following statement is an example owhat type ofallacy? The university has been using the same admissions standards for the past 120 years. Ithey were good enough 120 years ago, they are good enough today.