The textbook lists 5 organizational patterns speakers can use for persuasive speeches. Describe
3 of these and explain the purposes or situations for which they are most effective.
What will be an ideal response?
Statement of logical reasons is a persuasive pattern for arguments. A variation of the
topical pattern, it works well if the audience mostly agrees with the speaker. Persuasive patterns
for problems and solutions are problem-solution (convinces listeners that a problem exists),
progressive-questions (uses questions of fact, conjecture, value, and policy to walk the audience
through the problem-solving process), and comparative-advantages (shows that the speaker's
plan is better than other plans for solving the problem and works well when audiences agree that
a problem exists but do not agree on how to solve it). Motivated-sequence, a pattern for policy
and action, works well to actuate the audience.
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A) indicates when action occurs B) is not a critical grammatical rule C) defines a speaker?s feelings of nervousness D) none of the above
Which of the following is a disadvantage of an online experiment?
a) Large sample size b) Experimenter bias c) Self-selection of sample d) Geographically diverse sample
Most commonly, students tackle topics that are too _______
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All of the following statements are true, EXCEPT:
a. each person belongs to only one niche audience b. media programmers rent audience attention to advertisers c. media programmers almost never attempt to sell a product, service, or media message to everyone d. media programmers have realized that not everyone shared the same needs for information and entertainment