Power of Persuasion

Your personal idea about something

• fact

• opinion

• stereotype

• bias

The art of convincing others of your opinion

• logic

• persuasion

• stereotype

• bias

Your personal attitude about something positive or negative

• opinion

• fact

• stereotype

• bias

Regarding one of the elements of persuasion, pathos refers to

• appealing to audience's feelings

• appealing to audience's logic

• appealing to audience's senses

• appealing to audience's mind

What does rhetoric mean?

• it is the emotions part of an argument

• it is the logic part of an argument

• it is the art of persuasion

• it is the knowledge part of an argument

A persuasive speaker uses information to _____ the audience.

• entertain

• convince

• challenge

• inform

A belief must be ______ to be used persuasively in a speech.

• proven true

• proven false

• justified

• contradicted

A speaker must use ______ to support reasons given in a persuasive speech.

• evidence

• questions

• propositions

• quotations

The specific purpose of persuasion is to ______.

• change the audience's belief

• gain the audience's support

• prompt the audience to take action

• all of the above

The thesis statement of a persuasive speech states the ______ of the speech.

• reasoning

• evidence

• purpose

• topic