Public Speaking Quiz

What is the definition of persuasive speaking?

• Speaking to inform listeners

• Speaking to confuse listeners

• Speaking to entertain listeners

• Speaking to influence listeners

What is the purpose of manipulation in persuasive speaking?

• To encourage critical thinking

• To substitute flashy images for substantive reasoning

• To use evidence to justify advice

• To influence listeners' beliefs and values

What is the first phase in the persuasive process?

• Understanding

• Agreement

• Enactment

• Awareness

What is the discomfort we feel when our attitudes and behaviors are not consistent with our values?

• Equivocation

• Stock Issues

• Boomerang effect

• Cognitive Dissonance

What type of persuasive speaking focuses on facts and supporting evidence?

• Focus on action and policy

• Focus on the solution and success

• Focus on attitudes/values

• Focus on facts

What is the term for the stated or implied reasoning that shows how evidence connects to a persuasive claim?

• Qualifiers

• Warrant

• Backing

• Reservations

What type of reasoning argues from specific factual instances to reach a general conclusion?

• Coactive approach

• Deductive reasoning

• Inductive reasoning

• Analogical reasoning

What is the fallacy that exploits the ambiguity of language to mislead an audience or avoid the issue at hand?

• Post-hoc

• Equivocation

• Transfer

• Hasty Generalization

What is the phase in the persuasive process where the audience becomes an agent of change?

• Awareness

• Understanding

• Enactment

• Agreement

What is the ethical obligation in persuasive speaking that involves avoiding emotionally-loaded words?

• Appeal to ignorance

• Appeal to emotion

• Teleological method

• Ethical obligations