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Final Flashcards

1
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Pathos

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emotional connection to audience

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logos

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logical argruement

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3
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ethos

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Credibility of the person

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4
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Connotative meaning

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meaning within the sentence

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5
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denotative meaning

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meaning in the dicitonary

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6
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Red herring

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something that distracts you from the real issue

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Hasty generalization

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Jumping to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.

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False cause

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Mistakenly assuming that because one event follows another, the first event is the cause of the second.

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Ad Hominem

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Attacking your opponent rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute.

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Either / Or

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Argues there are only two options when more than two exist.

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Bandwagon

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Assumes that because something is popular, it is good, correct, or desirable.

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Slippery Slope

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Assumes that taking the first step will lead to subsequent steps that cannot be avoided.

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13
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Invalid Analogy

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Analogy in which the two cases being compared are not alike.

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14
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What are the propositions?

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fact, value, policy.

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15
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What are fact propositions?

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A question about the truth or falsity of an assertion.

Draws a conclusion by moving an audience from established evidence to a claim.

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What are Value propositions?

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A question about the worth, rightness, morality, and so forth of an idea or action. Propositions of value use value terms: good/bad, right/wrong, just/unjust, important/unimportant, beautiful/ugly, etc.

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What are policy propositions?

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Deals with whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.

18
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Types of reasoning

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Inductive Reasoning
Deductive Reasoning
Causal Reasoning
Analogical Reasoning

19
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Inductive Reasoning

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Reasoning from Specific Instances

Specific instances to general conclusion.

20
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Deductive Reasoning

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General knowledge to specific application.

Reasoning from Principle

21
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Causal Reasoning

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Seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects or events and outcomes.

22
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Analogical Reasoning

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Compares two similar cases and infers that what is true in the first case is also true for the second.

23
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Simile

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Comparing two unlike things using like or as

24
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Metaphore

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Comparing two unlike things not using like or as

25
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Hyperbole

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deliberate exaggeration of actual events

26
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Personification

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giving an inanimate object human qualities

27
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Cliché

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and over used expression for something

28
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Parallelism

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The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words, phrases, or sentences

29
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Antithesis

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The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, usually in a parallel structure

30
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Repetition

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Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive clauses or sentences

31
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Alliteration

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Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words

32
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Anaphora

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When the first word or set of words are repeated at the beginning of the sentence.

33
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Epistrophe

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When the last word or set of words in a sentence is repeated at the end of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases

34
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Types of evidence

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Facts
Examples
Statistics
Testimony

35
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What are the components of ethos

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trustworthiness
competence
friendliness
charisma

36
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types of outline

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Problem/Solution
Refutation
Monroe’s Motivated Sequence

37
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Introduction

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Build enthusiasm

  1. Boost speaker’s credibility
  2. Welcome speaker
38
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Presentation Speech

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Honor & praise recipient

Give award or gift

39
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Acceptance Speech

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  1. Express gratitude

2. Express meaning of award

40
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Commemorative Speeches

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Inspire audience

Pay tribute to person, group, institution, idea

41
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types of commemorative speeches

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Toast
Eulogy 
 Dedication 
 After dinner speech
Inaugural address 
Commencement address 
 Roast

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