Exam 15: Persuasive Presentations

What are the four types of persuasive arguments in persuasive speaking? Identify each one and explain how they are used to create strong persuasive arguments.

Audiences typically like and are persuaded by examples.

Deborah asks her classmates to sign a petition to increase campus parking options. She reasons that bringing a petition for students to sign will make them more likely to participate in this policy change. What persuasive strategy is Deborah using?

The third step in Monroe's Motivated Sequence, where you introduce a proposed solution to the problem is called the ______ step.

If you were trying to persuade an audience that medical marijuana should be legal in the United States, what type of persuasive claim would you be using? Next, explain how you would use the sufficiency of evidence strategy for your audience to agree with your appeal.

For many of your classroom presentations, you will be trying to persuade your audience to adopt, support, or lobby for policy changes. Using the following list of words, create a question of policy for each word and explain why this would be a question of policy: college loans, attendance policies, and textbook rental.

The need step in Monroe's Motivated Sequence involves ______.

Arguments by ______ use particular cases or examples to support persuasive appeals.

Which of the following is an example of a persuasive organizational speech pattern identified in your textbook?

Questions of ______ are used when one person tries to persuade another that something is true or not true.

You are trying to persuade your listeners to live heathier lives. You note that living sedentary lives is dangerous and ask them to consider joining the local YMCA. Which step of Monroe's Motivates Sequence are you using?

The social judgment theory argues that if you want to persuade someone, your argument must be in her or his latitude of ______.

Any time we ask what should be done about a situation or issue, we are asking a question of ______.

The restatement of the speech's thesis should be included in which part of the persuasive speech outline?

"Americans are paying more than Canadians for prescription medication" is an example of which type of persuasive claim?

Explain the differences between an argument by example using inductive reasoning and an argument by definition using deductive reasoning.

You want to persuade your audience that wearing a seatbelt can save lives. In your speech, you provide several personal accounts in which people's lives were saved by seatbelts. Which type of argument are you using?

Questions of policy are used to advocate for a change to existing ______.

"Censorship is more dangerous than freedom of speech" is an example of which type of persuasive claim?

The ______ outline is used when presenting your speech to an audience.