Chapter 17 methods of persuasion Flashcards
How to enhance credibility?
Explains your competence, establishing common ground (connect with audience) deliver speeches fluently
Evidence?
Support materials
Tips for using evidence
Use specific evidence , Novel evidence evidence from credible sources, make clear the point of your evidence
Logos?
Logical appeal of a speaker (Aristotle) contains evidence and reasoning
Reasoning?
Process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence
Types of reasoning?
From specific instances (moved from particular facts to a general conclusion) reasoning from principle ( reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion) casual reasoning ( seeks to establish te relationship between causes and effects) analogically reasoning ( speaker compares two similar cases and infers that what is true for the first case is also true for the second) fallacies (an error in reasoning
Types of fallacies
Hasty generalization, false cause, invalid analogy, bandwagon, red herring, as hominem, either or slippery slope, appeal to tradition, appeal to novelty
Pathos
Emotional appeal
Generating emotional appeal
Use emotional language, develop vivid examples, speak with sincerity and conviction
Ethos
Credibility used by Aristotle
Types of credibility?
Initial (credibility before speaker starts to speak) derived (credibility of a speaker produced by everything she or he says and does during the speech)