Persuasive Speaking Quiz Review

What is logos?

• A means of convincing an audience using authority or credibility

• A means of convincing an audience using emotions

• A means of convincing an audience using facts and statistics or making historical and literal analogies

• An advertisement for a product

What is pathos?

• A means of convincing an audience using authority or credibility

• A means of convincing an audience using emotions

• A means of convincing an audience using facts and statistics or making historical and literal analogies

• An advertisement for a product

What is ethos?

• A means of convincing an audience using authority or credibility

• A means of convincing an audience using emotions

• A means of convincing an audience using facts and statistics or making historical and literal analogies

• An advertisement for a product

According to chapter 11, the worst fault a responsible speaking can commit is...

• using poor logic

• being deceitful

• getting nervous

• name calling

Pathos refers to a listener's own personal....

• drives, needs, and desires

• knowledge or experience

• possessions

A disinterested audience needs to...

• leave the room.

• be ignored.

• be motivated to care about your topic.

• find another speech to listen to.

An effective speaker...

• wings it.

• seeks out special needs and attitudes of each audience prior to a speech.

• doesn't practice.

• is loud and obnocxious.

Evidence is...

• the result of logic.

• based on statistics.

• generally faulty.

• the raw material of argument.

What is meant by sincerity in persuasive speaking?

• A speaker's motives for advocating a change that is in the best interest of the audience

• When the speaker comes across as fake to the audience

• A speaker's motives for advocating a change that is in the best interest of the speaker

• When the speaker doesn't show interest in the topic

What kind of evidence should you use if you have a neutral audience?

• Narrative, Examples. Comparisons

• Facts, Statistics, Testimony, Examples

• Facts, Statistics

• Narrative, Facts, Statistics, Examples, Comparisions