Exam 17: Methods Opersuasion  

A speaker can have high credibility for one audience and low credibility for another audience.

As your textbook explains, the either-or fallacy is often referred to as an)

According to your textbook, the following statement is an example oreasoning from _______________ . In Rhode Island, three patients received brain surgery on the wrong side otheir brain. A 52-year-old man in Florida who had to have his leg amputated ended up losing both legs because the surgeons mistakenly removed the healthy leg first. A 17-year-old died in a North Carolina hospital after receiving a heart-lung transplant from a donor with a different blood type. Cases like these illustrate how widespread medical malpractice has become.

According to your textbook, a fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion is called a

The ad hominem fallacy

According to your textbook, it is redundant for persuasive speakers to give their evidence and then to state the point the evidence is meant to prove.

According to your textbook, the following statement is an example owhat type ofallacy? We've been using pennies for more than two hundred years. We can't get rid othem now!

A persuasive speaker who argues that capital punishment should be outlawed because it violates the constitutional principle banning cruel and unusual punishment is reasoning from specific instances.

When reasoning from specific instances in a persuasive speech, you need to make sure your sample ospecific instances is large enough to justify your conclusion.

According to your textbook, the strongest source oemotional appeal in a persuasive speech is the sincerity and conviction othe speaker.

When reasoning from specific instances, a persuasive speaker should be especially careful to avoid the fallacy of

According to your textbook, emotional appeal is usually inappropriate in a persuasive speech on a question of

An error in reasoning is called a syllogism.

The fallacy o_______________ assumes that something old is automatically better than something new.

Post hoc, ergo propter hoc, meaning "after this, therefore because othis," is a fallacy associated with _________ reasoning.

According to your textbook, vivid, richly textured examples are an excellent way to generate emotional appeal in a persuasive speech on a question opolicy.

According to your textbook, the following statement is an example othe _______________ fallacy: The most widely prescribed antidepressant last year was Abilify. That must mean that it is the most effective drug available to treat depression.

According to your textbook, the following statement is an example othe fallacy o_______________ : Our county doesn't need touch-screen voting machines. Ipaper ballots were good enough 150 years ago, then they're fine today.

According to your textbook, the following statement is an example oreasoning from _______________ . Taking a life is morally justified only iit is necessary to save the life oanother person. Capital punishment is not necessary to save anyone's life, because a sentence olife without parole can prevent convicted murderers from ever killing again. Therefore, capital punishment is not morally justified.

According to your textbook, the following statement is an example owhat type ofallacy? Iwe allow the government to restrict the sale osemiautomatic weapons, before we know it, there will be a ban on ownership ohandguns and even hunting rifles. And once our constitutional right to bear arms has been compromised, the right ofree speech will be the next to go.