Chapter 17 HW - Rachel Steo 4/2/20

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Across
  1. 1. claims that aren't true or are based on inadequate or inaccurate evidence.
  2. 3. a specific instance of a general claim.
  3. 5. the development of logical reasons for your position.
  4. 6. process that involves threats, manipulation, and even violence to force others to do something against their will.
  5. 7. explicit statements that speak to the needs and feelings of your audience.
  6. 11. the three elements of a speech that make it persuasive to an audience: credibility, good logical reasons, and appeals to their emotions.
  7. 12. the degree of expertise your audience thinks you have regarding your speech topic.
  8. 14. an audience's perception of a speaker's trustworthiness and the validity of the information provided in the speech.
  9. 15. the general statement you believe your audience will accept true.
  10. 17. the way the audiences who are less motivated about the topic or who don't have the time or knowledge needed to understand the information may process your speech.
  11. 19. the way audience members who are highly motivated to listen and who have the knowledge needed to understand your message will process your speech.
  12. 20. the third element in deductive reasoning, in which you show the relationship between your general premise and your specific premise.
Down
  1. 2. showing your audience that you understand their needs, have their best interests in mind, and genuinely believe in their topic.
  2. 4. a five-step method for organizing a persuasive speech about a problem which appeals to an audience's attention, need to be concerned, satisfaction, ability to visualize the argument, and desire to take action.
  3. 8. speeches that reinforce or change listeners' attitudes and beliefs and possibly motivate them to take action.
  4. 9. language that indicate show certain you are about your major premise.
  5. 10. appeals to the audience's emotions, allowing them to connect personally with your topic.
  6. 13. a speaker's credibility, which determines whether he or she can influence listeners.
  7. 16. how much warmth, personality, and dynamism your audience sees in you.
  8. 18. process of identifying patterns in your supporting materials and summarizing those patterns into arguments that become the main points of the speech.