- 18 1 McGraw-Hill © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.
-
Upload
nathaniel-wickes -
Category
Documents
-
view
216 -
download
1
Transcript of SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.
![Page 1: SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062511/551be712550346c3588b60bf/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY
15
© 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.
![Page 2: SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062511/551be712550346c3588b60bf/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
][What’s To Come
» The Meaning and Art of Persuasion
» Creating a Persuasive Message
» Honing Your Persuasive Speaking Skills
![Page 3: SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062511/551be712550346c3588b60bf/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
][The Meaning and Art of Persuasion
» Persuasion is an attempt to motivate others to adopt or maintain a specific manner of thinking or doing• Beliefs• Opinions• Actions
![Page 4: SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062511/551be712550346c3588b60bf/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
][Choosing a Method of Informing
» Three forms of rhetorical proof• Ethos: Appeals to a speaker’s respectability,
trustworthiness, and moral character• Pathos: Appeals to listeners’ emotions• Logos: Appeals to listeners’ sense of reason
» Inductive reasoning» Deductive reasoning
![Page 5: SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062511/551be712550346c3588b60bf/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
][Creating a Persuasive Message
» We use various types of persuasive propositions• We influence beliefs with propositions of fact
» Barack Obama was born in Hawaii» Flying is the safest mode of transportation» Solar power is not capable of meeting the energy
demand in the United States
![Page 6: SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062511/551be712550346c3588b60bf/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
][Creating a Persuasive Message
» We use various types of persuasive propositions• We influence opinions with propositions of value
» Fathers are just as important as mothers» Animal cloning is immoral» Our country is right to do anything it can to protect its
citizens
![Page 7: SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062511/551be712550346c3588b60bf/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
][Creating a Persuasive Message
» We use various types of persuasive propositions• We influence actions with propositions of policy
» The federal government should ban the use of human stem cells in medical research
» Hate crimes against ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities should be capital offenses
» Everyone should eat only locally grown, organic foods whenever possible
![Page 8: SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062511/551be712550346c3588b60bf/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
][Creating a Persuasive Message
» We organize persuasive messages in various ways• Problem-solving pattern
» Establish that a problem exists and is serious
» Establish that your proposed solution is possible, practical, and effective
![Page 9: SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062511/551be712550346c3588b60bf/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
][Creating a Persuasive Message
» We organize persuasive messages in various ways• Refutational approach
» Present the main arguments against your position» Immediately refute those arguments» State your own position and argue for it
![Page 10: SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062511/551be712550346c3588b60bf/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
][Creating a Persuasive Message
» We organize persuasive messages in various ways• Comparative advantage method
» Describe the problem» Identify various alternative viewpoints» Explain why each alternative viewpoint is deficient» Propose your own solution to the problem
![Page 11: SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062511/551be712550346c3588b60bf/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
][Creating a Persuasive Message
» We organize persuasive messages in various ways• Monroe’s motivated sequence
» Generate attention» Identify the need» Describe how your solution will satisfy the need» Ask listeners to visualize how their situation will
improve with your solution» Tell listeners what action you want them to take
![Page 12: SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062511/551be712550346c3588b60bf/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
][Creating a Persuasive Message
» Avoiding logical fallacies• Ad hominem fallacy• Slippery slope• Either/or fallacy• False-cause fallacy• Bandwagon appeal
![Page 13: SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062511/551be712550346c3588b60bf/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
][Creating a Persuasive Message
» Avoiding logical fallacies• Hasty generalization• Red herring fallacy• Straw man fallacy• Begging the question• Appeal to false authority
![Page 14: SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062511/551be712550346c3588b60bf/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
][Honing Your Persuasive Speaking
Skills» Adapt to your
audience• Identify your
audience’s disposition
» Receptive audience
» Neutral audience» Hostile audience
• Neutralize hostility
![Page 15: SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062511/551be712550346c3588b60bf/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
][Honing Your Persuasive Speaking
Skills» Build rapport with your
listeners• Interact with listeners
before your speech• Maintain eye contact
while you speak• Open with a story• Use humor when
appropriate
![Page 16: SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062511/551be712550346c3588b60bf/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
][Honing Your Persuasive Speaking
Skills» Establish your
credibility• Demonstrate your
competence• Accent your
character• Communicate with
charisma
![Page 17: SPEAKING PURSUASIVELY 15 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062511/551be712550346c3588b60bf/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
][For Review
» What does it mean to persuade?
» In what ways can we craft a persuasive
message?
» Through what strategies can we hone our
persuasive-speaking skills?