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Chapter 14: Persuasive Speaking
Learning Objectives
- Define persuasion.
- Define ethos, logos, and pathos.
- Explain the barriers to persuading an audience.
- Construct a clear, reasonable proposition for a short classroom speech.
- Compose an outline for a well-supported persuasive speech using an appropriate organizational pattern such as Monroe’s Motivated Sequence.
- Analyze the audience to determine appropriate emotional and personal appeals.
Key Terms
- Cognitive Dissonance
- Ethos
- Logos
- Mental Dialogue
- Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
- Pathos
- Persuasion
- Proposition
- Selective Exposure
- Target Audience
- Two-Tailed Arguments
Annotate
Presenting and Public Speaking