1. “Stealing is immoral. Plagiarism is stealing. Therefore, plagiarism is immoral.” This an
2. The __________ fallacy asserts that a particular action will set forth a chain of reactions that
will inevitably lead to a certain result.
A. Straw man
3. A speaker who distorts an opposing view making it seem insignificant is using the
__________ fallacy.
A. Hasty generalization
4. Sam prepares a speech about taking responsibility for one’s education, and in it she talks about
her roommate failing out of college; she is using the __________ fallacy.
A. Ad hominem
5. The justification or reasoning that a speaker uses to connect evidence with the claim is
__________.
A. An argument
6. _________ is engaging the public through careful, thoughtful, and responsible communication
toward an end that seeks a better world for our communities and our families.
A. Reflexivity
7. Brazilian educator, ________, was imprisoned and exiled in 1964 for teaching literacy to
people with little power.
A. Peter Ramus
B. Martin Buber
8. Approaches to teaching and learning that help us develop our sense of agency is also known as
9. A type of reflection and insight that helps each of us understand how we participate,
consciously and unconsciously, in in social systems that both help and harm us is known as
A. Problem-posing
10. Reflection and action in order to transform is also known as
A. Problem-posing
11. Social theorists Antonio Gramsci describe ________ as domination by consent.
A. Praxis
12. Unearned _______ is a difficult concept for many of us because it makes us feel
uncomfortable.
13. The authors’ of your textbook argue communication creates
A. Arguments
14. The information-centered approach to teaching treats the students as
A. Experts
15. Communicators who work intentionally toward ______often build their credibility in the
process, but a credible speaker is not necessarily _______.
A. Praxis, practical
17. An ethical respectful engagement between two people who must consider the other’s
perspectives carefully, but not necessarily agree is known as
18. In this course, to be critical means to
A. Have a sense of urgency
19. Ellen is happy to enjoy a joke or a smart way of saying something, but she is also careful to
listen for errors in reasoning and logic. Ellen would be labeled a
A. Effective listener
20. A mistake in reasoning is also known as a/an
A. Unethical reasoning
B. Oral assault
21. A useful approach for thinking through the logic in your reasoning is
22. Moving from a specific instances to broader conclusions is using
23. When a politician attacks his/her opponent’s character instead of the issues, he/she is
engaged in what type of fallacy
24. Distracting an audience from a flaw or misstep in argument by addressing something
unrelated or irrelevant is also known as
25. The goal of _________communication_is to work with or together, not on or for someone
else.
A. Public
26. Participating in an imbalanced system that guarantees not everyone will succeed is an
example of an either/or fallacy.
27. People who jump to conclusions are committing hasty generalizations.
28. At least three pieces of evidences can effectively persuade an audience.
29. If Sue has not provided evidence to support a conclusion, she is using inductive reasoning.
30. Speakers and listeners are accountable for engaging communication critically.
31. Something we assert to be true or false in our speech is also known as a claim.
32. Statistics, examples, and testimony are forms of the warrant or a way to the connective tissue
that links the evidence to the claim.
33. We tend to make errors in reasoning because with either have evidence that does not support
the conclusion or because we have insufficient evidence to support our claim.
Type: E
34. Several logical fallacies were discussed in the textbook. Please list, define, and provide
examples for three of the fallacies.
Type: E
35. Dialogue theorists Martin Buber emphasized the relationship between listener and speaker as
“I–Thou.” Explain what is meant by the I-Thou relationship and offer a definition of dialogic
communication and its relationship to public speaking.
Type: E
36. Several types of logical reasoning were addressed in the text. Please define deductive and
inductive reasoning and provide concrete examples of both.