PUBLIC SPEAKING
Final Exam
Section A: Short answer
Respond to each question in this section with two or three sentences. Aim for completeness and clarity.
- In your own words, define “logical fallacy.”
- there a difference between a statement being fallacious and untrue? Explain.
- Can a logical fallacy be convincing? Explain why or why not.
- What is topoi? What is its purpose?
- Describe each of these three forms of Speech: Informative, Persuasive, and Epideictic
Section B: Fallacy Detection
Identify the fallacy
- If he’s at school, then he is at smart.
He is smart.
Therefore, he is at school.
- Most Americans want to go to war, thus it is obviously the correct choice.
- Climate change can’t be true because then my 401k will be less valuable!
- The Warriors lose everytime I watch them, so I’ll stop watching them to help them win because I’m a true fan.
- Either you pay for my college or I’ll hate you forever.
- Do you always drive this well drunk?
- Are you sure you want to hire an entitled zoomer?
- Vote for me or I’ll claim the election is fraudulent.
Section C: Long answer
Respond to each question in this section with four to eight sentences. Aim for completeness and clarity.
- Choose the false dilemma fallacy we’ve discussed in class. Describe how you would teach this fallacy to someone without any experience in the subject. You might include a definition, example, and any other information that will help your student learn.
- Drawing on the course, describe the elements of a speaking situation or context. What are those elements, and how can they help a speaker better understand the context in which they plan to speak?
Section D: Essay
Watch one of the following videos or pick your own video, then answer the questions below in two to three paragraphs.
Option one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llci8MVh8J4
Option two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueMNqdB1QIE
Option Three: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO-CzrWQ4y4&feature=emb_title
What is/are the goal/s of this speech? Is it informative, epideictic, and/or persuasive? If more than one, what is its primary mode, and why? Which rhetorical proofs (appeals) does this speech use? To what extent are they effective?
