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According to your textbook, listeners are persuaded by a speaker for one or more ofour major reasons. Which othe following is among those reasons?


A) The audience is impressed by the speaker's use of visual aids.
B) The audience is won over by the speaker's evidence.
C) The audience is captivated by the speaker's gestures.
D) all of the above
E) a and b only

F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

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What does your textbook advise regarding the ethical use oemotional appeals in a persuasive speech?


A) Restrict emotional appeals to the conclusion of the speech.
B) Use emotional appeals on topics that do not lend themselves to reasoning.
C) Avoid emotional appeals when speaking on a question of policy.
D) Limit emotional appeals to speeches using Monroe's motivated sequence.
E) Use emotional appeals to supplement your evidence and reasoning.

F) None of the above
G) All of the above

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According to your textbook, the following statement is an example owhat type ofallacy? Councilman Stewart's recommendations for a wind farm might work, but do you want to take advice from a man who was caught cheating on his wife?


A) ad hominem
B) hasty generalization
C) post hoc, ergo propter hoc
D) either-or
E) appeal to novelty

F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

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According to your textbook, the following statement is an example o_______________ reasoning: President John Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The Beatles hit the top othe charts for the first time less than a month later. Can there be any doubt that the Beatles' rise to popularity was brought about partly by Kennedy's death, which left a void in the hearts oAmerica's youth that was quickly filled by the dynamic singing group?

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According to your textbook, _______________ reasoning compares two similar cases and suggests that what is true othe one case is also true othe other.

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According to your textbook, research has shown that


A) speakers with low initial credibility do not need to use as much evidence as speakers with high initial credibility.
B) the credibility of a speaker is determined above all by how the audience perceives the speaker's intelligence and prestige.
C) speakers can enhance their credibility by delivering their speeches fluently and expressively.
D) personal appearance is the most important factor in determining a speaker's derived credibility.
E) a speaker can begin with low terminal credibility and develop high initial credibility as the speech proceeds.

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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Studies have shown that speakers with low initial credibility need to use more evidence than speakers with high initial credibility.

A) True
B) False

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What kind oreasoning is used in the following passage? Alton Elementary School in Washington, D.C., has had great success getting kids to eat vegetables at lunch by allowing them to taste-test different recipes before putting specific vegetables on the menu. Ithat plan has worked at Alton, it can work at other schools, too.


A) academic reasoning
B) functional reasoning
C) comparative reasoning
D) practical reasoning
E) analogical reasoning

F) B) and C)
G) All of the above

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What kind oreasoning is used in the following statement? Colorizing old movies such as Casablanca is like repainting the Mona Lisa.


A) reasoning from analogy
B) reasoning from cause
C) reasoning from specific instances
D) reasoning from principle
E) reasoning from history

F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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According to your textbook, what kind oreasoning is used in the following passage? Trying to prevent the use odrugs by criminalizing them is like trying to prevent the use oalcohol through Prohibition in the 1920s-doomed to failure from the beginning. History should have taught us by now that when people want something badly enough, they will find a way to get it, whether it is legal or not.


A) historical reasoning
B) practical reasoning
C) analogical reasoning
D) comparative reasoning
E) functional reasoning

F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

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According to your textbook, the following statement is an example owhat type ofallacy? Why should we be concerned about Siberian tigers becoming extinct when there are more and more homeless people who need our support?


A) red herring
B) ad hominem
C) hasty generalization
D) slippery slope
E) either-or

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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According to your textbook, the following statement is an example owhat type ofallacy? Why should we worry about endangered animal species when thousands opeople are killed in automobile accidents each year?


A) either-or
B) red herring
C) false deduction
D) hasty generalization
E) ad hominem

F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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According to your textbook, what kind oreasoning is used in the following statement? Five years ago, we came together as a community by voting to build a new elementary school. Today we are asking you to come together again, this time to build a new recreational facility. Iwe did it before, we can do it again.


A) positive reasoning
B) analogical reasoning
C) chronological reasoning
D) functional reasoning
E) dialogical reasoning

F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

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According to your textbook, the credibility oa speaker produced by everything the speaker says or does during the speech itselis called


A) contrived credibility.
B) derived credibility.
C) demonstrated credibility.
D) generated credibility.
E) terminal credibility.

F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

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An advantage ousing causal reasoning in a persuasive speech is that events usually have only one cause.

A) True
B) False

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According to your textbook, the following statement is an example owhat type ofallacy? Once the city cuts back on trash pickup from twice a week to once a week, it's only a matter otime until we have to take all our trash to the dump ourselves.


A) either-or
B) slippery slope
C) invalid analogy
D) bandwagon
E) red herring

F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

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Which othe following statements about speaker credibility is true?


A) A speaker's credibility is based on her or his reputation rather than on what happens during a speech.
B) Credibility refers to the speaker's true character and competence, not merely to the audience's perception of the speaker.
C) A speaker's credibility is affected by almost every aspect of the speech except delivery.
D) Although credibility is an important factor for professional speakers, it does not matter in classroom speeches.
E) The same speaker can have high credibility for one audience and low credibility for another audience.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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When you use causal reasoning, you should avoid attributing complex events to a single causes.

A) True
B) False

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The following is an example oreasoning from principle: "Places such as Singapore that allow caning and other forms ocorporal punishment have exceedingly low crime rates. Icaning were used in the United States, the U.S. would have lower crime rates as well."

A) True
B) False

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According to your textbook, the following statement is an example owhat type ofallacy? Ocourse we should use the latest innovations in testing for high-school students. Ithe testing methods are new, they will inevitably be better than older methods.


A) bandwagon
B) hasty syllogism
C) appeal to novelty
D) false cause
E) invalid analogy

F) None of the above
G) C) and E)

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