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“I don’t understand why you’re saying I broke a promise. I said I’d never speak again to my ex-girlfriend. And I didn’t. I just sent her some pictures and text messages.”

“A black cat crossed my path at noon. An hour later, my mother had a heart-attack. Because the first event occurred earlier, it must have caused the bad luck later.”

What type of Informative Speech is the following Specific Purpose an example of?   To inform my audience about the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path in Buddhism.

There are two basic categories of beliefs, core and dispositional.  Which one is defined here:   beliefs that people have actively engaged in and created over the course of their life.

“After Sally presents an eloquent and compelling case for a more equitable taxation system, Sam asks the audience whether we should believe anything from a woman who isn’t married, was once arrested, and smells a bit weird.”

Informative speaking has been used since the beginning of time and can be given credit for people being able to survive and evolve over time.

“When the judge asked the defendant why he hadn’t paid his parking fines, he said that he shouldn’t have to pay them because the sign said ‘Fine for parking here’ and so he naturally presumed that it would be fine to park there.”  

The three ways we talked about in class to develop informative speeches…select all three we talked about.

Positions where the person that is being persuaded might could be persuaded and can see why someone might believe that idea.

What is the most common type of speeches?