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Student Resource
Gamble, The Public Speaking Playbook, 2nd Edition
SAGE Publishing, 2018
Discussion Questions
Chapter 20: Methods of Persuasion
1. How have you attempted to establish credibility with your actual audience in previous
speeches?
2. What are the strategies that you will utilize to establish credibility with your actual
audience for your persuasive speech?
3. Using Toulmin’s Reasonable Argument Model, create an argument in support of
increasing the number of general education requirements at your school.
4. How might a persuasive argument given to tweens about the pros of joining a gang differ
from the same argument given to adults? Use Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to support
your response.
5. Review a letter to the editor argument or an opinion piece in a local newspaper or
magazine. Identify any common logical fallacies that are present.
6. Create an inductive and a deductive argument using the topic that you have selected for
an upcoming persuasive speech.
