Discuss four questions a speaker should ask when using inference from example to support a claim.
What will be an ideal response?
- Are there enough examples? If the number of examples is too small it may not be sufficient to reflect the features of the significant population.
- Do the examples represent the whole category? If all cited cases are similar in most ways, it will weaken the speaker's overall argument.
- Are the examples ambiguous? At times a single example might support different inferences that weaken the example. The audience wonders which claim to believe.
- Are the examples fallacious? Fallacies occur when an inference appears sound but upon inspection it contains a significant flaw. This is an obvious weakening of the example.
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What will be an ideal response?
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A) ?summarizes the speech goal B) ?establishes speaker credibility C) ?identifies the thesis statement D) ?identifies the main points of the speech
Movies, magazines, radio, and television are examples of __________ communication
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Globalization has been working:
a. only from the U.S. to other countries* b. both ways, from the U.S, to other countries and from other countries to the U.S c. only from other countries to the U.S. d. only between Western countries