Final Exam Review

The tendency of people to be concerned above all with thier own values, and well-being is called ___

____ is the repetition of the inital consonant sound of close or adjoining words

You must deal with three basic issues whenever you discuss a question of policy. What are they?

Evidence is more likely to be persuasive if it is familiar to the audience

Reasoning from specific instances is reasoning that moves from particular facts to a general conclusion

Speaking to persuade is one of the few cases in which a speaker does not need to consider her or his ethical obligations

When giving a speech of presentation, you should usually

Which of the following is an example of a speech for a special occasion

"Do you think gun control is a workable solution to the problem of violence in the U.S. ?"

How are the questions of fact and value typically organized

Which is not a tip for using evidence?

'Divided there is little we can do; united there is little we cannot do" is an example of the definition of _______

The primary purpose of speechmaking is to...

Audience-centerdness involves keeping your audience foremost at mind

The __ meaning of a word is what the word suggests or implies

The fallacy of false cause is often known by its Latin name, post hoc, ergo proctor hoc

A speaker's credibility is affected above all by how the audience regards the speaker's ____

The denotative meaning of a word is

According to your textbook, which of the following is a factor in situational audience analysis?

"Pathos" is the word Aristotle used to refer to a speaker's logical appeal

When giving a speech of introduction, you should ___

A speaker compares two similar cases and infers that what is true for the first case is also true for the seond

The ____ audience is the portion of the whole audience that the speaker most wants to persuade

A question of ___ deals with whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken

__ is the five-step method of speech organization that follows the process of human thinking

Language that is appropiate for some occasions may not be appropiate for others