COM 312 Study Guide/Entertainment Speech

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What is the meaning of Communication Orientation?

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Your attitude or mindset toward communicating with others

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Which is the type of listening where you listen to understand?

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Comprehensive

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How many points are needed for the Topical Format of the persuasive speech?

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3

Front

Which of the following statements is an example of pathos:

1. “As a doctor with over 20 years of experience, I can assure you this treatment is safe.”

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1. “If we don’t act now, imagine the kind of world we’ll leave for our children — polluted, chaotic, and unlivable.”

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1. “Studies show that this method increases efficiency by 45% in just three months.”

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1. “The city council has reviewed this proposal for three weeks, and the data all points to the same conclusion.”

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“If we don’t act now, imagine the kind of world we’ll leave for our children — polluted, chaotic, and unlivable.”

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What kind of fallacy is represented in the following argument? “If we let kids eat dessert before dinner, soon they’ll stop eating dinner altogether, eventually they'll be fat and lazy"

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Slippery Slope

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Which fallacy is represented by the following dialogue:
Person A: “There should be stricter gun control laws.”
Person B: “You want us to be defenseless during a zombie apocalypse?”

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Strawman

Front

Of these responses to the question below, which sounds closest to a Red Herring?
Person A: “We should implement stricter laws to prevent cyberbullying.”
Options:
“And then what? Censorship of everything until we lose our freedom of expression?”
“So, you want to make it illegal for anyone to say anything online?”
“What next? Will we have the government telling us what we can say in our private text messages?”
“Of course you'd say that, you spend all day online!”

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“Of course you'd say that, you spend all day online!”

Front

In our Persuasive Speech, it is okay to say, “Quote” and “According to” when referring to a quote

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False

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Which type of quote is not required for the Persuasive Speech if using Format 2?

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Background Quote

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Which of the following is not a type of claim that Persuasive Speeches argue? Assertion of Policy, Assertion of Emotion, Assertion of Fact, Assertion of Value

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Assertion of Emotion