Simple Guidelines for Writing Test 
Test 2 Study Guide - Fall 2014
Know the information from class notes and readings below. Don’t just memorize definitions, but be able to apply the concepts. Be able to answer situational multiple-choice questions for the information on the following:
FROM NOTES:
• Plagiarism • Citing Sources /Using Sources in Your Speech • Tips for Effective Use of PowerPoint • Creating Cadence • Persuasive Presentations and Monroe’s Motivated Sequence • Motivating Listeners to Respond
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• Know what it means to evaluate an argument by logic and truth. • Know the four-step process (including the three types of warrants from the Toulmin's model and three types of STAR strategies).
FROM READINGS: Readings: Chapters 8, 10-12, 14-17 (Don't worry about chapter 18)
• Know the section "How Can You Help Your Audience Listen More Effectively." Be able to list steps and understand the major concepts. • Know the difference between attitudes, beliefs, values, and behaviors. • Know the four different appeals from Aristotle. • Know the types of arguments (deduction, induction, analogies, cause and authority). Don't neglect this one. • Know the different faulty arguments. Focus on hasty generalization, faulty use of authority, slippery slope, ad ignorantiam, ad hominem, non-sequitir, ad populum. There are 5 questions on these so don’t neglect this. • Know the difference between a claim of fact, value, and policy. • Know the difference between connotative and denotative meaning. • Be able to define malapropism, euphemisms, cliché, jargon. • Know what passivity syndrome is and what active listening is. • Know the process of listening and types of listening. • Know the types of informative speeches and the types of special occasion speeches. • Know the difference between the primacy model and the recency model. Know when to use each. • Know the elements of vocal delivery. • Know about
Know the information from class notes and readings below. Don’t just memorize definitions, but be able to apply the concepts. Be able to answer situational multiple-choice questions for the information on the following:
FROM NOTES:
• Plagiarism • Citing Sources /Using Sources in Your Speech • Tips for Effective Use of PowerPoint • Creating Cadence • Persuasive Presentations and Monroe’s Motivated Sequence • Motivating Listeners to Respond
__________________________________
• Know what it means to evaluate an argument by logic and truth. • Know the four-step process (including the three types of warrants from the Toulmin's model and three types of STAR strategies).
FROM READINGS: Readings: Chapters 8, 10-12, 14-17 (Don't worry about chapter 18)
• Know the section "How Can You Help Your Audience Listen More Effectively." Be able to list steps and understand the major concepts. • Know the difference between attitudes, beliefs, values, and behaviors. • Know the four different appeals from Aristotle. • Know the types of arguments (deduction, induction, analogies, cause and authority). Don't neglect this one. • Know the different faulty arguments. Focus on hasty generalization, faulty use of authority, slippery slope, ad ignorantiam, ad hominem, non-sequitir, ad populum. There are 5 questions on these so don’t neglect this. • Know the difference between a claim of fact, value, and policy. • Know the difference between connotative and denotative meaning. • Be able to define malapropism, euphemisms, cliché, jargon. • Know what passivity syndrome is and what active listening is. • Know the process of listening and types of listening. • Know the types of informative speeches and the types of special occasion speeches. • Know the difference between the primacy model and the recency model. Know when to use each. • Know the elements of vocal delivery. • Know about