Study Questions

  1. What is persuasion? In what ways are persuasive speeches different from informative speeches?
     
  2. Compare and contrast attitudes, beliefs, and values. Give an example of each that is not found in the text.
     
  3. Identify three different types of persuasive goals.
     
  4. What are the three different types of persuasive speeches described in the chapter? In what ways are they different?
     
  5. How does Monroe’s motivated sequence compare to a problem-causes-solution organizational sequence? Why would a speaker utilize Monroe’s sequence instead of a problem-causes-solution structure?