Persuasive Speech Quiz

Define persuasion.

• How an audience regards a speaker’s intelligence, expertise, and knowledge of the subject.

• Credibility of a speaker before they start to speak.

• The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.

• The act of creating, reinforcing, or altering people’s beliefs or actions.

The mental give-and-take between the speaker and listener during a persuasive speech is called:

• Creating Common Ground

• Mental Dialogue with the Audience

• Competence

• Persuasion

The section of the whole audience that the speaker most wants to persuade is called the:

• Derived credibility

• Audience

• Common Ground

• Target audience

A firm belief is called a:

• Confliction

• Convention

• Conviction

• Contrition

Effective persuasion often requires:

• Soaking in everything the speaker has to say.

• Increased resistance to your point of view.

• An emotional appeal.

• An emotional apple.

Speaking with sincerity and conviction is one way to:

• Draw a conclusion on the basis of evidence.

• Make an emotional appeal.

• Accept what the speaker says.

• Eat a lobster.

How an audience regards a speaker's intelligence, expertise, and knowledge of a subject is called:

• Character

• Common Ground

• Credibility

• Competence

How an audience regards a speaker’s sincerity, trustworthiness, and concern for the well-being of the audience is called:

• Character

• Competence

• Credibility

• Common Ground

Reasoning is:

• The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.

• Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.

• The credibility of a speaker produced by everything they say or do during the speech.

• How an audience regards a speaker’s intelligence, expertise, and knowledge of the subject.

A technique in which a speaker connects himself or herself with the values, attitudes, or experiences of the audience is called:

• Citing evidence

• Creating an emotional appeal

• Reasoning

• Creating common ground