What is the difference between passive agreement and immediate action as goals for persuasive speeches?

What is the difference between an informative speech and a persuasive speech?

Informative Speech: is designed to convey knowledge or understanding
Persuasive Speech: is designed to create, reinforce, or change people's beliefs or actions.

Why is speaking to persuade more challenging than speaking to inform?

A persuasive speaker will touch on listener's beliefs, values, and basic attitudes.
No matter how good the speech is organized, prepared, delivered - some listeners will not agree with you.

What does it mean to say that audiences engage in a mental dialogue with the speaker as they listen to a speech?

The mental give-and-take between speaker and listener. 

What implications does this mental give –and-take hold for effective persuasive speaking?

a speaker must anticipate possible objections the audience will raise to the speakers P.O.V. and answer them. 

What is the target audience for a persuasive speech?

The portion of the whole audience 

What questions can we ask to determine if a statement is a fact?

  • How and where can I check if this is true?
  • Can this statement be proven true?

How does a persuasive speech on a question of fact differ from an informative speech?

Informative Speech: Non-Partisan; The speaker acts as teacher or lecturer.
Persuasive Speech: Partisan; The speaker acts as an advocate.

What are questions of value? Give anexample of a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a questionof value.

A question about the worth, rightness, morality, and so forth of an idea or action. 

What are questions of policy? Give anexample of a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a questionof policy.

is a question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken. 

explain difference between passive agreement and immediate action as goals for persuasive speeches on questions of policy

passive agreement-speech goals is to influence that goal is desirble without taking action immediate action-take action to support policy

What are three basic issues you must deal with when discussing a question of policy? What will determine the amount ofattention you give to each of these issues in any particular speech?

Is there need?

Is there plan to solve the problem?

Is there practicality (will the plan solve the problem or create new ones?)

Determined by the topic and audience.

What are the four methods of organization used most often in persuasive speeches on questions of policy 

Problem-solution, Problem-cause-solution, Comparative advantages, Monroe's motivated sequence

What are the five steps of Monroe’smotivated sequence? Why is the motivated sequence especially useful in speechesthat seek immediate action from listeners?

  1. Attention: Grab the audiences attention
  2. Need: present the problem
  3. Satisfaction: present solution and plan
  4. Visualization: make audience visualize the .benefits of your solution and plan.
  5. Action: Tell the audience exactly what they can do

What is the difference between an informative speech and a persuasive speech?

In Informative speeches you are only supplying the listener with the information on the subject while with a persuasive you not only informing the listeners you are also trying to affect their attitude, belief, or actions towards a subject or idea.

Why is speaking to persuade more challenging than speaking to inform?

Because not only do you have to fight or challenge your audiences knowledge on the subject you also have to target or challenge their current attitudes, beliefs, and values. You have to tailor your message more.

What does it mean to say that audiences engage in a mental dialogue with the speaker as they listen to a speech?

It's the mental give-and-take between speaker and listener during a persuasive speech. The speaker must anticipate possible objections the audience will raise to your point of view and answer them in your speech. (Dog example).

What implications does this mental give and take hold for effective persuasive speaking

It makes it that much difficult for the speaker to persuade the audience, but if the speaker can put themselves in the audiences place they have the chance to cover any questions that arise that may hinder the speakers ability to persuade them.

What is the target audience for a persuasive speech?

The portion of the whole audience that the speaker most wants to persuade.

What are questions of fact?

A question about the truth or falsity of an assertion.

How does a persuasive speech on a question of fact differ from an informative speech?

The persuasive speech on the question of fact, unlike the informative speech, is partisan. The speaker is taking a stand taking on a p.o.v and being as persuasive as possible.

Give an example of a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of fact.

To persuade my audience that William Shakespeare did not write the plays attributed to him.

What are questions of value?

A question about the worth, rightness, morality, and so forth of an idea or action.

Give an example of a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of value.

To persuade my audience that bicycle riding is the ideal form of land transportation.

What are questions of policy?

A question about wheat her a specific course of action should or should not be taken.

Give an example of a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of policy.

To persuade my to give time to big brothers or big sisters.

Explain the difference between passive agreement and immediate action as goals for persuasive speeches on questions of policy.

In passive you are only trying to convince your audience that a given policy is desirable without encouraging the audience to take action in support of it.

While in immediate the speaker is trying to convince the audience to take some form of action to support the policy.

What are the three basic issues you must deal with when discussing a question of policy?

Need; plan; practicality.

Need: the first basic issue in analyzing a question of policy: is there a serious problem or need that requires a change from current policy?

Plan: the second basic issue in analyzing a question of policy: if there is a problem with current policy, does the speaker have a plan to solve the problem.

Practicality: the third basic issue in analyzing a question of policy: will the speakers plan solve the problem? Will it create new and more serious problems?

What will determine the amount of attention you give to each of these issues in any particular speech?

the knowledge of your audience will determine the where you spend the most time on your speech.

What four methods of organization are used most often in persuasive speeches on questions of policy?

Problem-solution order; problem-cause-solution order; comparative advantages order; and Monroe's motivated sequence.

What are the five steps of Monroe's motivated sequence?

1.) Attention
2.) need
3.) satisfaction
4.) visualization
5.) action

Why is the motivated sequence especially useful in speeches that seek immediate action from listeners?

Because it follows the process if human thinking. and leads the listener step by step to the desired action and it is more detailed.

What is passive agreement in a persuasive speech?

When persuaders attempt to gain passive agreement from an audience, they hope that an audience will agree with what is said about a specific policy without asking the audience to do anything to enact the policy.

What is the difference between a persuasive speech to gain passive agreement and one to gain immediate action?

Passive agreements is trying to convince the audience that a given policy is desirable without encouraging the audience to take action in support of the policy. Immediate action is to convince the audience to take action in support of a given policy.

What are the 3 goals of persuasive speaking?

These goals address the question, “What do I want the audience to do as a result of being engaged by my speech?” The goals of action include adoption, discontinuance, deterrence, and continuance. Adoption means the speaker wants to persuade the audience to take on a new way of thinking, or adopt a new idea.

What are the differences in informative and persuasive speech goals?

Persuasive. An informative speech aims to inform the audience about a specific topic. A persuasive speech aims to persuade the audience to perform a certain action or convince the audience to adopt the belief or opinion of the speaker.