Week 12 Quiz

Which list names the three appeals this course teaches for persuasion?

Select one.

• Fact, value, and policy
• Ethos, pathos, and logos
• Ethos, pathos, logos, and timing as a fourth appeal
• Attention, need, and action

In the running speech's persuasive form, the speaker mentions spending a semester volunteering on the dining hall's waste audit. Which appeal does that move make?

Select one.

• Logos, because the audit produced numbers
• Pathos, because volunteering on the audit shows the audience how much the speaker cares about food
• A question of fact, because the volunteering really happened
• Ethos, because it builds trust in the speaker's competence, character, and goodwill

The running speech now claims: "Our campus dining hall should run a two-week plate-waste audit before deciding whether to remove trays." Which kind of persuasive question does it answer?

Select one.

• A question of policy, because it asks what should be done
• A question of fact, because an audit measures something
• A question of value, because waste is bad
• An informative purpose, because it explains the dining hall

An animal shelter's speaker shows one photo of a dog waiting by the door and asks the room to foster for one month. The scene is illustrative. Which appeal does the photo lean on, if the feeling fits the shelter's real situation?

Select one.

• Ethos, because the shelter is a trusted organization
• Logos, because a photo is a kind of evidence
• Pathos, because it raises a relevant feeling in proportion to the need
• Manipulation, because any emotional appeal goes around judgment

In the running speech's Motivated Sequence, the speaker closes by asking listeners to sign up for a weighing shift and email dining services. Which step is that?

Select one.

• Satisfaction
• Action
• Visualization
• Need

Besides Monroe's Motivated Sequence, which persuasive pattern shows that a problem exists, explains what causes it, and proposes a solution that removes the cause?

Select one.

• Comparative advantages
• Chronological order
• Topical order
• Problem–cause–solution

A chatbot's draft reports Zhang and Kwon's study only as "trays make diners take more food" and leaves out that the study did not show a significant reduction in food waste. Which manipulation move is that?

Select one.

• Suppressed counter-evidence
• False urgency
• Disproportionate fear
• Ethos built on a real source

A chatbot drafts the need step of the running speech. Which of these lines are manipulation moves? Select every one that applies.

Select every option that applies.

• Going trayless cuts food waste in half, credited to an official-sounding group with no page behind it
• Remove the trays this week, before it is too late
• An audit delays the change by two weeks and takes volunteer time
• Our landfill is about to overflow because of trays
• Picture the compost bin at closing, filled to the lid with food that came back on plates

The running speech will be given to diners who want the trays removed right away. Which plan fits this opposed target audience?

Select one.

• Skip the need step and spend the whole speech on the sign-up sheet
• Add more emotional scenes until the room changes its mind
• Open on common ground, name the strongest counter-argument fairly, answer it with evidence, and ask for a smaller step
• Leave out the two-week delay so the audience never thinks of it, and spend the saved time on the sign-up sheet

In this course, timing and the occasion count as a fourth appeal alongside ethos, pathos, and logos.

True or false.

• True
• False