Name: _________________________________________________________
Persuasion Review
1)
_________ Persuasion is --.
a. getting your way.
b. influencing your audience to believe something or
take action.
c. expressing only your opinion and ignoring the other
side of the issue.
d. Both a and b
2) ________ Which of ARISTOTLE’S APPEALS deal with logic?
a. Logos
b. Mythos
c. Ethos
d. Pathos
3) ________ Which of ARISTOTLE’S APPEALS deal with
credibility?
a. Logos
b. Mythos
c. Ethos
d. Pathos
4) ________ Which of ARISTOTLE’S APPEALS deal with
emotions?
a. Logos
b. Mythos
c. Ethos
d. Pathos
5) _________ Which of the following statements about
PROPAGANDA is TRUE?
a. Propaganda is a milder way of expressing an opinion.
b. Propaganda is usually biased and is usually used to
belittle or demean others.
c. Propaganda is used to promote or publicize a point of
view.
d. Both b and c
b.
c.
d.
e.
Supportive
Opposed
Aggressive
Uncommitted
9) _________ Which of the following is NOT a type of FAULTY
LOGIC?
a. Cross-Over: Taking an argument from the other side
and using it to your advantage.
b. Transfer: Making an illogical connection between two
things.
c. Emotional Appeals: Used to create strong feelings to
help sway the audience.
d. Name-Calling: Calling someone something to take
focus off of the real issue and make them look bad or
unreliable.
e. Card-Stacking: Only the positive aspects are
mentioned that will help to build the case of the
speaker.
10) What are the four things you must do in order to
successfully persuade an audience?
a.
____________________________________________
b.
____________________________________________
c.
____________________________________________
d.
____________________________________________
11) What is the difference between persuasion and
propaganda?
6) _________ Which type of reasoning starts with the details
and leads to the conclusion?
a. Inductive
b. Cause-and-Effect
c. Deductive
d. Systemic
7)
_________Which type of reasoning starts with the
conclusion and is broken down into the details?
a. Inductive
b. Cause-and-Effect
c. Deductive
d. Systemic
8) _________Which of the following is NOT one of the four
major persuasive audience types?
a. Indifferent
-------------------------------------------------------Match the remaining 5 types of FAULTY LOGIC with their
correct definitions. Use the numbers that correspond with each
type in the box to indicate your answers.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
Unrelated Testimonials
Non Sequitur
Hasty Generalization
Either-Or
Bandwagon
_________________________________________________________
12) _____ Reaching a conclusion without adequate
supporting evidence.
13) _____ An idea or logic that doesn’t follow the previous
idea or conclusion.
_________________________________________________________
Explain how/why they are using this type of faulty logic to
sale/promote
their product/cause.
14) _____ Just because everyone believes something or does
something, you decide it must be valid, accurate, or
effective.
15) _____ Using someone without the appropriate credentials
or expertise to endorse an idea or product.
c. #3 ____________________________________
Describe Advertisement: ______________________________________
16) _____ Oversimplifying an issue as offering only 2 choices.
_________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
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17) Put the levels of Maslow’s Heirarchy of needs in the
correct order, with 1 being the most basic and 5 being the
most complex.
Explain how/why they are using this type of faulty logic to
sale/promote
their product/cause.
a.
____ Safety and Security
b.
____ Self-Actualization
c.
____ Love and Belonging
d.
____ Physiological Needs
e.
____ Self Esteem
18) What are the nine types of faulty logic? With a partner think of an
advertisement for each type and explain why it is an example of
this kind of logic.
a. #1 ____________________________________
d. #4 ____________________________________
Describe Advertisement: ______________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Explain how/why they are using this type of faulty logic to
sale/promote
their product/cause.
Describe Advertisement: ______________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Explain how/why they are using this type of faulty logic to
sale/promote
their product/cause.
e. #5 ____________________________________
Describe Advertisement: ______________________________________
_________________________________________________________
b. #2 ____________________________________
Describe Advertisement: ______________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Explain how/why they are using this type of faulty logic to
sale/promote
their product/cause.
Explain how/why they are using this type of faulty logic to
sale/promote
their product/cause.
f. #6 ____________________________________
Describe Advertisement: ______________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Explain how/why they are using this type of faulty logic to
sale/promote
their product/cause.
g. #7 ____________________________________
Describe Advertisement: ______________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Explain how/why they are using this type of faulty logic to
sale/promote
their product/cause.
h. #8 ____________________________________
Describe Advertisement: ______________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Explain how/why they are using this type of faulty logic to
sale/promote
their product/cause.
i.
#9 ____________________________________
Describe Advertisement: ______________________________________
_________________________________________________________
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