Test 1 (Chapter 7)

Question 1

7 Types of supporting materials

Answer 1

1. Personal experience - audience can’t relate + can relate and connect.
2. Common knowledge - value judgement + generally accepted.
3. Direct observation + seeing is believing.
4. Examples
5. Documents + evidence if audience regards trustworthy.
6. Statistics - can be misleading + helpful when scope is vast.
7. Testimony: information given by non-speaker - relying on someone else’s judgement, convince audience of knowledge and trustworthiness.

Question 2

4 Types of examples

Answer 2

1. Brief - can’t develop in detail + all together support claim.
2. Hypothetical - theirs could be different than yours + engages audience.
3. Anecdote: develop story in greater detail.
4. Case study: supports claim with true case.

Question 3

2 types of testimonies

Answer 3

1. Factual

2. Opinion

Question 4

C.R.A.A.P.

Answer 4

Current
Relevant
Authority
Accurate
Purpose