SPC EXAM - QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
Persuasion - ✔✔To believe
Aristotle - ✔✔Explained 3 types of persuasion
Rhetorical proofs also known as - ✔✔Persuasion appeals
Logos - ✔✔Proof by reason or logic
Syllogism - ✔✔3 part argument
3 parts of a syllogism - ✔✔-general case
-specific case
-conclusion
Deductive reasoning - ✔✔General to specific
Inductive - ✔✔Specific to general
Enthymeme - ✔✔Presented as a possibility rather than an absolute
Pathos - ✔✔Proof by emotion
Pathos opposing pairs - ✔✔Anger and meekness
Love and hatred
, Fear and boldness
Shame & shamelessness
Demagogue - ✔✔Short-circuit listeners rational decision making process
Ethos - ✔✔Moral character
Competence - ✔✔Speakers knowledge on the subject
Argument - ✔✔Stated position, for or against
Elements of an argument - ✔✔Claim, evidence, warrants
3 kinds of claims - ✔✔Fact, value, policy
Motivational warrants - ✔✔Based on pathos and appeals to emotion
Authoritative warrants - ✔✔Based on ethos and appeals to credibility
Substantive warrants - ✔✔Based on logos and appeals to reasoning
Warrants by cause (causal reasoning) - ✔✔Cause and effect relationship as proof of a claim
Warrants by sign ( reasoning by sign) - ✔✔Relationship b/w to variables. Ex. Smoke is sign of
fire
Warrants by analogy - ✔✔What is true in once case is true in another
ANSWERS
Persuasion - ✔✔To believe
Aristotle - ✔✔Explained 3 types of persuasion
Rhetorical proofs also known as - ✔✔Persuasion appeals
Logos - ✔✔Proof by reason or logic
Syllogism - ✔✔3 part argument
3 parts of a syllogism - ✔✔-general case
-specific case
-conclusion
Deductive reasoning - ✔✔General to specific
Inductive - ✔✔Specific to general
Enthymeme - ✔✔Presented as a possibility rather than an absolute
Pathos - ✔✔Proof by emotion
Pathos opposing pairs - ✔✔Anger and meekness
Love and hatred
, Fear and boldness
Shame & shamelessness
Demagogue - ✔✔Short-circuit listeners rational decision making process
Ethos - ✔✔Moral character
Competence - ✔✔Speakers knowledge on the subject
Argument - ✔✔Stated position, for or against
Elements of an argument - ✔✔Claim, evidence, warrants
3 kinds of claims - ✔✔Fact, value, policy
Motivational warrants - ✔✔Based on pathos and appeals to emotion
Authoritative warrants - ✔✔Based on ethos and appeals to credibility
Substantive warrants - ✔✔Based on logos and appeals to reasoning
Warrants by cause (causal reasoning) - ✔✔Cause and effect relationship as proof of a claim
Warrants by sign ( reasoning by sign) - ✔✔Relationship b/w to variables. Ex. Smoke is sign of
fire
Warrants by analogy - ✔✔What is true in once case is true in another
