1. According to your textbook, emotional appeal is 1. inappropriate in a persuasive speech on a question of policy. 2. often necessary when a speaker is trying to move an audience to action. 3. most effectively generated by using emotionally charged words. 4. unethical unless the emotional appeal is combined with causal reasoning. 5. seldom used by public speakers in support of honorable causes. 2. Question 2 4 Points The final step in Monroe’s motivated sequence is to call for action by the audience in support of the speaker’s plan. 1. True 2. False 3. Question 3 4 Points “To persuade my audience that video games are a major cause of youth violence” is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of policy. 1. True 2. False 4. Question 4 4 Points If you advocate a new policy in a persuasive speech, your main points will usually fall naturally into topical order. 1. True 2. False 5. Question 5 4 Points Once you go beyond arguing right or wrong to arguing that something should or should not be done, you are moving from a question of opinion to a question of value. 1. True 2. False 6. Question 6 4 Points “To persuade my audience that the use of performance-enhancing drugs should be permitted in amateur and professional sports” is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of 1. fact. 2. attitude. 3. policy. 4. opinion. 5. value. 7. Question 7 4 Points Which of the following is the first step in Monroe’s motivated sequence? 1. need 2. judgment 3. motivation 4. attention 5. plan 8. Question 8 4 Points According to your textbook, the following statement is an example of what type of fallacy? People who say Barbie dolls are bad for girls’ self-esteem are a bunch of liberal do-gooders who don’t want anybody to have fun. 1. ad hominem 2. hasty generalization 3. appeal to novelty 4. post hoc, ergo propter hoc 5. either-or 9. Question 9 4 Points “To persuade my audience to contribute to the campus blood drive” is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of policy whose aim is passive agreement. 1. True 2. False 10. Question 10 4 Points “To persuade my audience that Citizen Kane is the greatest movie of all time” is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of value. 1. True 2. False 11. Question 11 4 Points As your textbook explains, it is unethical to use vivid, richly textured examples to generate emotional appeal in a persuasive speech on a question of policy. 1. True 2. False 12. Question 12 4 Points When trying to persuade listeners to take action, you should usually be specific about the action you want them to take. 1. True 2. False 13. Question 13 4 Points “To persuade my audience that the use of social media to perform experiments on people’s behavior without their consent is unethical” is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of 1. opinion. 2. value. 3. fact. 4. attitude. 5. policy. 14. Question 14 4 Points Questions of policy usually include the word “should.” 1. True 2. False 15. Question 15 4 Points According to your textbook, one key to using emotional appeal ethically is to make sure it is appropriate to the speech topic. 1. True 2. False 16. Question 16 4 Points According to your textbook, the following statement is an example of what type of fallacy? We’ve been using pennies for more than two hundred years. We can’t get rid of them now! 1. false example 2. invalid analogy 3. slippery slope 4. either-or 5. appeal to tradition 17. Question 17 4 Points Cliff’s persuasive speech contained the following statement: Reducing the problem of bullying will require a combination of measures. To begin with, school personnel need to be trained to recognize the signs of bullying and to respond appropriately. In addition, students need to be reminded that bullying is everybody’s problem and that every student has a responsibility to report it to school officials. Finally, parents and teachers need to know how to empower students with appropriate ways to respond when they find themselves a victim of bullying. Which of the three basic issues of persuasive speeches on questions of policy did Cliff address in this excerpt? 1. plan 2. visualization 3. need 4. practicality 5. problem 18. Question 18 4 Points According to your textbook, the fallacy of appeal to novelty assumes 1. that unfamiliar evidence will be most persuasive to listeners. 2. that something new is automatically better than something old. 3. that unique examples are superior to familiar ones. 4. All of these answers are correct. 5. Both that unfamiliar evidence will be most persuasive to listeners and that something new is automatically better than something old. 19. Question 19 4 Points What kind of reasoning is used in the following statement? In recent months, newspapers have published reports of vicious dogs attacking people in Los Angeles, St. Louis, Boston, and Orlando. These reports show that dog attacks are an increasingly serious problem nationwide. 1. analogical reasoning 2. 3. 4. 5. reasoning from principle journalistic reasoning reasoning from specific instances causal reasoning 20. Question 20 4 Points Luke’s persuasive speech contained the following statement: Fixing what’s wrong with veterans’ healthcare will take more than just money. We need an independent management firm to digitize the system’s records and come up with a method for scheduling appointments within a reasonable amount of time. Once those changes are in place, an independent panel should perform annual unscheduled inspections of all VA healthcare facilities. Which of the three basic issues of persuasive speeches on questions of policy did Luke address in this excerpt? 1. plan 2. visualization 3. need 4. practicality 5. problem 21. Question 21 4 Points “To persuade my audience that the federal government should ban all advertising for tobacco products” is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of policy. 1. True 2. False 22. Question 22 4 Points The first step in Monroe’s motivated sequence is to convince the audience that there is a need for action. 1. True 2. False 23. Question 23 4 Points Questions of policy inevitably incorporate questions of fact. 1. True 2. False 24. Question 24 4 Points The target audience is that portion of the whole audience that the speaker most wants to persuade. 1. True 2. False 25. Question 25 4 Points The fallacy of hasty generalization occurs when a speaker 1. compares specific instances that are not essentially similar. 2. jumps to a conclusion on the basis of too few instances. 3. generalizes on the basis of atypical cases. 4. All of these answers are correct. 5. Both jumps to a conclusion on the basis of too few instances and generalizes on the basis of atypical cases. Purchase answer to see full attachment Explanation & Answer: 25 Questions Tags: Persuasive Speech video games Emotional appeal type of fallacy Monroes Motivated Sequence User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following our company’shonor code & terms of service.