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A reminder about Test #1: Full answers and feedback are online--

see "core course documents".

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The responsibilities of the Persuasive speaker:1. To say something worth hearing (sound

information).

2. To say something that can be heard (clear organization).

3. To say something that will be heard (audience engagement).

4. To answer all the audience's reasonable doubts & objections.

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Persuasion works more like this: Your listeners are your peers:

they're going to think for themselves.

You can help them by answering their questions.

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Consider

Perhaps my aim in persuading is not conversion--it's to get my audience to think.

I expect people who think to reach the same, correct conclusion--eventually.

Am I too hopeful?

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What you're going to need to meet your responsibility:1. An appropriate topic you care about,

passionately.

2. An accurate prediction of the doubts & objections your audience will raise.

3. An inventory of the kinds of replies you can give.

next week

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1. What's the problem? (Lucas calls this: "need")

2. What's your plan?

3. Is it practical?

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ProblemIssue Change is bad!

If it's not broke, don't fix it!

Stop interfering!

your audience

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ProblemIssue Why

is she making us sit somewhere

different???

YOU

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ProblemIssue

What's the problem?Why do we need

to change?

your audience

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ProblemIssue Is a car really as

expensive as you claim?

YOU

Is climate change real?

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Some doubt global warming

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But crude oil prices hit a record high

Monday.

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PlanIssue

What exactly is your plan?

Your audience

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PracticalityIssue Will your plan solve the

problem?What are its other

disadvantages?

Your audience

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PracticalityIssue How am I going to

get home on the weekend?

YOU

What about nights, when

there's no bus?

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Question of Policy

To persuade my audience

that we should do X.

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To persuade my audience...that we should carpool more.

that we should recycle more.

that we should switch to compact flourescent lightbulbs.

that each of us should buy a hybrid (or hydrogen, or electric, or bio-diesel) car.

that each of us should plant a tree.

that we should bring our own shopping bags.

that we should buy local.

that we should stop buying disposable goods.

that we should unplug appliances.

that we should stop eating meat.

that we should vote. (Note: Clinton, Obama and McCain all have anti-global-warming plans.)

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To persuade my audience...that ISU should adopt a mandatory recycling policy.

that ISU should purchase alternative energy.

that Ames should require all high school students to take a course about global warming.

That Des Moines should adopt a zoning law requiring development to be denser & more centralized.

that Iowa should not license any new electric plants which burn fossil fuels.

that Iowa should give tax breaks to companies that produce or use renewable energy.

that the US should raise the minimum mpg for vehicles ("CAFE standards").

that the US should fund more research into global warming.

that the US should fund more public transportation.

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Do it yourself.

• What's the Problem?

• What exactly is your Plan?

• Is your plan Practical? – Will it work to solve the problem?– What are all its disadvantages (& advantages)?

TOPIC:

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II. Some of the questions your audience is going to ask about your sources (according to ISU Librarians).• Who is the author of the website?• What are the author's credentials? Is the author an authority on the subject?

Is it another student? A professor? Your next door neighbor?• Is the author an organization? What do you know (or what can you find out)

about this organization? What is its purpose?• Is the site well edited? Are there spelling or grammatical errors? Is it written

in a style that you would expect for the topic and audience? • How current is the information? • What is the purpose of the site? To inform? To sell? To persuade?• Who is the intended audience? Advanced researchers in a field? Elementary

school students? Members of a particular organization or viewpoint?• If there is advertising on the page, does this affect the content?

(lots & lots more...)

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site 1

Question #1: Expertise?Does the person who wrote this know what he/she is talking about?

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site 2

Question #2: Bias?Does the person who wrote this have financial or ideological interests which significantly distort his/her judgment?

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site 3

How do you figure out when to trust OK-looking internet sites?

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Other instances where we trust outside evaluators• Letters of reference for job applicants

• Second opinions for medical problems

• Consumer Reports for major appliances

• Endorsements for presidential candidates

• Student ratings of professors (when public)

• The EnergyStar seal of approval for energy-efficient products

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"Outside evaluation" of information:

• Editors of major newspapers & magazines

• Peer review of articles in scholarly journals

• Review of medical information on WebMD

• Librarians' collection of sources on our Instruction Commons website: our "virtual library"

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Our "virtual library"

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NOTE: Academic OneFile replaces "Expanded Academic ASAP"

A REQUIRED resource from the "virtual library"

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The three big questions for internet sources:• Expertise: Does the person who wrote

this know what he/she is talking about?• Bias: Does the person who wrote this have

financial or ideological interests which significantly distort his/her judgment?

• Review: Has this information been reviewed by a neutral party?

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ARTBA

Mankiw

AcademicOneFile

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9. What specific claim(s) does the speaker make on the Problem (Need) Issue? How does the speaker support his/her claim(s)?

10. What specific actions is the speaker calling for in his/her claims on the Plan Issue? How does the speaker support his/her claim that the Plan will solve the Problem?

11. What specific claim(s) does the speaker make on the Practicality Issue? How does the speaker support his/her claim(s)? Identify one objection to Practicality that the audience is likely to make, which the speaker has not dealt with in the speech.

12. What is the least credible Source cited by the speaker? Why isn't it credible?

What have we accomplished today?

[1-8. As for the Informative Speech.]

9. What specific claim(s) does the speaker make on the Problem (Need) Issue? How does the speaker support his/her claim(s)?

10. What specific actions is the speaker calling for in his/her claims on the Plan Issue? How does the speaker support his/her claim that the Plan will solve the Problem?

11. What specific claim(s) does the speaker make on the Practicality Issue? How does the speaker support his/her claim(s)? Identify one objection to Practicality that the audience is likely to make, which the speaker has not dealt with in the speech.

12. What is the least credible Source cited by the speaker? Why isn't it credible?

13. Identify two distinct methods the speaker uses in the body of the speech to enhance his/her credibility appeals (ethos).

14. Identify two distinct methods of reasoning the speaker uses in the body of the speech to enhance his/her logical appeals (logos).

15. Identify two distinct methods the speaker uses in the body of the speech to enhance his/her emotional appeals (pathos).

16. Identify and evaluate one use of expert testimony in the speech.

17. Identify and evaluate one use of statistics in the speech.

18. Identify and evaluate one use of an example in the speech.

19. What is the one positive comment about the speech that this speaker most needs to hear now? (Not including delivery.)

20. What is the one negative comment about the speech that this speaker most needs to hear now? (Not including delivery.)

The Persuasion analysis questions.

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Immediate tasks:

Friday: Lab

Monday: LecturePersuasive Topics & Problem/

Plan/Practicality analysis due Quiz #6

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