Multiple Choice Questions

"To persuade my audience to support the construction of a new convention center" is a specific purpose statement for a question of fact.
  • True
  • False
According to your textbook, the following statement is an example of what type of fallacy?The use of marijuana has been a federal crime for more than 70 years. It was a good policy 70 years ago, and it's a good policy today.
  • Appeal to tradition
  • Bandwagon
  • Appeal to novelty
  • All of the above
According to your textbook, which pattern of organization is used in the following set of main points for a persuasive speech urging the audience to donate time to famine-relief organizations?I. Donating time to famine-relief organizations is more effective than donating money because it reduces a country's dependence on foreign aid.II. Donating time to famine-relief organizations is more effective than donating money because it creates a personal connection to the people you are helping.
  • Appeal to novelty
  • Comparative advantages
  • All of the above
  • Appeal to tradition
Research indicates that audiences often engage in a mental give-and-take with the speaker as they listen to a persuasive speech.
  • True
  • False
Which of the following is the final step in Monroe's motivated sequence?
  • All of the above
  • Action
  • Bandwagon
  • To persuade my audience that the college should adopt an honor code.
When dealing with a question of value, a public speaker needs to justify his or her value judgment on the basis of some set of standards or criteria.
  • True
  • False
According to your textbook, persuasive speakers have an ethical obligation to ________.
  • Bandwagon
  • Appeal to tradition
  • Appeal to novelty
  • All of the above
As your textbook explains, __________ order is a way to structure a persuasive speech on a question of policy when the audience already agrees that a problem exists but needs to be persuaded that your plan provides the best solution to the problem.
  • All of the above
  • Comparative advantages
  • Appeal to novelty
  • Appeal to tradition
According to your textbook, the following statement is an example of what type of fallacy?If you want the most reliable air conditioner, you always should buy the newest model.
  • All of the above
  • Bandwagon
  • Appeal to tradition
  • Appeal to novelty
When reasoning analogically, you infer that _______.
  • True
  • what is true in one case will also be true in a similar case.
  • To persuade my audience that the college should adopt an honor code.
  • Action
According to your textbook, the following statement is an example of what type of fallacy?Instituting a national sales tax must be a bad idea. Polls show that 66 percent of Americans oppose it.
  • Appeal to tradition
  • All of the above
  • Appeal to novelty
  • Bandwagon
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