Persuasion
The process of creating, reinforcing, or changing people's beliefs or actions.
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Persuasion | The process of creating, reinforcing, or changing people's beliefs or actions. |
| Persuasion has been studied for how long? | More than 2,000 years |
| When you speak to persuade, what do you act as? | An advocate |
| When speaking to persuade, you should make sure your goals and methods are ethically what? | Sound (honest). |
| You should know the issue from which sides? | both sides |
| When you quote a source in a speech, be it persuasive or otherwise, you should do what? | Quote in-context and give a verbal citation |
| One thing you should avoid in order to maintain integrity and freedom of speech at the same time is | Avoid name calling. |
| Persuasion is a psychological process that occurs in what situation? | Where two points of view exist. |
| Will audiences always agree with you when you give a persuasive speech? | No. |
| The three ways your audience may feel about your persuasive speech are. | Agree with you, Disagree, or are neutral. |
| Degrees of Persuasion include | Any movement from left to right on the scale of agreement. |
| Persuasion is not something you do TO an audience, it is... | Something you do WITH an audience. |
| Audiences don't just soak up the information you present in a persuasive speech. | they also Engage in a mental give-and-take with you. |
| Audience give-and-take includes assessing your | credibility, delivery, supporting materials, language, reasoning, and emotional appeals |
| A target audience is | A particular part of your audience that you want to reach |
| A.R.E. stands for what in debate? | Assumption, Reasoning, and Evidence. |
| We used a form of rebuttal language in our debates. What three elements did it consist of? | They say, but I say, therefore. |