Quiz: Persuasive Message and Persuasive Speaking
1. When the support statements you use are examples of the claim you are making, you are
arguing from _______. 3/3pts
a. Example
2. The means of persuasion in which you construct logical arguments that support your
point of view is called _______. 3/3pts
a. Logos
3. The perception of a speaker’s expertise at the end of the speech is known as ______.
3/3pts
a. Terminal
4. The general warrant for reasoning from sign can be stated that _______. 3/3pts
a. When a phenomenon that usually accompanies a specific situation occurs, then
we can expect that specific situation will occur
5. When you reason with an audience by arriving at general conclusion based on several
pieces of specific evidence, you are using ______ reasoning. 3/3pts
a. Inductive
6. All college students should be required to take a foreign language is proposition of
_______. 3/3pts
a. Policy
7. The ________ step allows the audience to imagine what will happen if the speaker’s plan
is implemented and is successful. 3/3pts
a. Visualization
8. The statement “I want to convince the audience that life on Mars is possible” is an
example of a _______. 3/3pts
a. Proposition of fact
9. How might audience members who favor your topic become further committed? 3/3pts
a. Hearing new reasons to support it along with new evidence
10. The _______ persuasive organizational pattern is particularly useful when the audience
has a neutral stance or recognizes the existence of problem but with no opinion about its
solution. 3/3pts
a. problem-solution