Final Exam

Question 1

Target Audience

Answer 1

This group of people constitute who you are focuses on persuading

Question 2

Attitudes

Answer 2

A relatively enduring set of beliefs around a person, group, idea, or event that predisposes an individual to respond in a particular way

Question 3

Belief

Answer 3

The acceptance that something is true, even if we can’t prove that it is true

Question 4

Values

Answer 4

A deeply held, stable conviction about what is good or bad, right or wrong with respect to human existence

Question 5

Burden of proof

Answer 5

The obligation a persuasive speaker faces to provide sufficient reasons for changing what exists
Define terms

Question 6

Status Quo

Answer 6

All of the laws, regulations, and attitudes that currently exist

Question 7

Claim of value

Answer 7

This type of claim is concerned with what is right or wrong.

Question 8

Claim of policy

Answer 8

This type of claim is concerned with laws or standards that should be changed
What should be done

Question 9

Claim of fact

Answer 9

This type of claim is concerned with arguing what is or is not true, what does or does not exist.

Question 10

Ad Hominem

Answer 10

What fallacy is being used when a speaker attacks the character of their opponent rather than the argument itself

Question 11

Bandwagon fallacy

Answer 11

This fallacy suggest that something is correct or true because many other people agree with it or are doing it.

Question 12

Slippery slope fallacy

Answer 12

This fallacy occurs when a speaker asserts that some event must inevitably follow from another on a steep decline toward disaster

Question 13

Appeal to authority

Answer 13

An argument that rests on the assumption that because someone in authority says it is true, it must be so

Question 14

Red Herring

Answer 14

The introduction or irrelevant information into an argument in an attempt to mask the real issue

Question 15

“Passage of the DREAM act would allow undocumented access to higher education” This statement is an example of what concept within toulmin’s model?

Answer 15

Claim

Question 16

“According to many wildlife conservation organizations, the sea turtle population is decreasing by 15% every year” this is an example of what concept from Toulmin’s model?

Answer 16

Evidence

Question 17

“People value access to higher education” this statement is an example of what concept within Toulmin’s Model?

Answer 17

Warrant

Question 18

No argument is true always, nor is it never true. Admitting that there are exceptions to a rule is called?

Answer 18

Qualifier

Question 19

What aspect of persuasion is harmed if you do not address Qualifiers?

Answer 19

Credibility

Question 20

Addressing objections to an argument is called a ?

Answer 20

Rebuttal

Question 21

What type of rebuttal addresses one argument with another?

Answer 21

Counterarguments

Question 22

Appealing to a person through rational proofs such an inductive or deductive reasoning shows that use of what persuasive element?

Answer 22

Logos

Question 23

Appealing to a person through a reliance on personal credibility shows the use of what persuasive element?

Answer 23

Ethos

Question 24

Appealing to a person through the use of emotionally charged messages shows the use of what persuasive element?

Answer 24

Pathos

Question 25

Causal reasoning

Answer 25

The assertion that one condition causes another

Question 26

What logical fallacy can be associated with causal reasoning?

Answer 26

False cause fallacy

Question 27

Attempting to clarify a complex situation by comparing them with situations more familiar to an audience is what kind of reasoning?

Answer 27

Analogical reasoning

Question 28

Ethos

Answer 28

Refers to credibility

Question 29

Pathos

Answer 29

Appeals to emotion

Question 30

Logos

Answer 30

Rational proofs you use to support the arguments you make in a persuasive speech

Question 31

Inductive reasoning

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from particular to general

Question 32

Deductive reasoning

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From general to specific

Question 33

Causal reasoning

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one condition beings about another

Question 34

Analogical reasoning

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compares unfamiliar to familiar

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Fallacy

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Unsound reasoning or evidence

Question 36

Against the person

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Ad hominem

Question 37

Others are doing it

Answer 37

Bandwagon

Question 38

Disaster follows

Answer 38

Slippery slope

Question 39

Appeal to authority

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must be true

Question 40

Introduce irrelevant information

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red herring

Question 41

Fact

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clear definitions creates ground we argue on

Question 42

Tulimon's model: | Claims:

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statements

Question 43

How to organize claims of fact?

Answer 43

Topical (topic), Spatial (location), Chronological (in time order)

Question 44

Tulimon's model: | Warrants:

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links claims to evidence

Question 45

Tulimin's model | Qualifiers

Answer 45

Personal attack

Question 46

Tulimin's model: | Rebuttals

Answer 46

counter argument/ example