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What is a clincher - a fact, argument, or event that settles a matter conclusively; the final remark in a
conclusion
What percent of a speech is the conclusion, into, and body - The intro should be 10-15% and the
conclusion should b...
COM 114 Test Out Study Guide | 100%
Correct | Verified | 2024
What is a clincher - ✔✔a fact, argument, or event that settles a matter conclusively; the final remark in a
conclusion
What percent of a speech is the conclusion, into, and body - ✔✔The intro should be 10-15% and the
conclusion should be 5-10%, the rest making up the body
What does the introduction, body and conclusion each contain - ✔✔Introduction: states topic and thesis
body: points supporting thesis
conclusion: reiterates thesis and main points and ends with clincher
How should you respond if you are asked a question during the presentation that you do not know how
to answer? - ✔✔BE HONEST; try to locate the information and get back to them, or see if anyone in the
audience happens to know the answer
What are the parts of an outline? - ✔✔into, main points, subpoints, sub-subpoints, equal support, and
coordination
How can the speaker increase their credibility? - ✔✔Speakers can enhance their credibility by explaining
their competence, establishing common ground with the audience, and delivering speeches fluently,
expressively, and with conviction
Define Ethos, Pathos, and Logos - ✔✔Ethos: the appeal to the ethics
Logos: refers to logic and appeals to an individual's intelligence
Pathos: appeals to emotion
Anna is creating a speech that attempts to persuade her audience to get a cat. To make her presentation
more compelling, Anna uses a variety of emotional appeals. Which of the following will Anna emphasize
in her speech? (ethos, pathos, logos, ergos) - ✔✔Pathos
, define informatory speaking - ✔✔speech that creates awareness on the part of an audience regarding a
specific issue
define explanatory speaking - ✔✔speech to deepen an audience's understanding of a specific issue
Why are visual aids so important - ✔✔The majority of people are visual learners, and are further drawn
in through visual aids
straw person fallacy - ✔✔a fallacy committed when someone ignores or misrepresents a persons actual
position and substitutes a weaker distorted, or misrepresented version of that position, thereby making
it easier to refute the opponents position
Ex:
Anti-gun organizations want to revoke the second amendment, which allows citizens the right to bear
arms ( in reality most gun control organizations don't want to revoke the second amendment)
- ✔✔
Red Herring Fallacy - ✔✔a fallacy in which an irrelevant topic is inserted into the discussion to divert
attention away from the real issue
ex: the university wants to increase the math requirement in the freshman general education plan. How
can we discuss general education requirements when parking is such an issue on this campus?
Bandwagon fallacy - ✔✔a fallacy that assumes that because something is popular, it is right, or the best
Slippery slope fallacy - ✔✔a fallacy that asserts that some action will inevitably lead to a chain of events
that will end in a certain result
ex
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