Before giving a speech, you should have a clear purpose and know your audience.
Rhetorical strategies are techniques or approaches that speakers and writers use to persuade, inform, or engage their audience. These can include the use of ethos (credibility), pathos (emotional appeal), logos (logical reasoning), and other persuasive devices.
Fallacious means containing a mistake in reasoning or logic. Fallacies are misleading or unsound arguments that may appear valid but do not stand up to scrutiny.
The three models of persuasion are:
- Logos (Logical appeal)
- Ethos (Ethical appeal)
- Pathos (Emotional appeal)
- The model of persuasion that appeals to logic is Logos.
- The model that appeals to ethics is Ethos.
- The model that appeals to emotion is Pathos.
A difference of opinions or diverse perspectives are unavoidable because people have different experiences, values, and beliefs about issues.
Disagreement is essential for good conversation because it allows for the exchange of ideas, promotes critical thinking, and helps individuals understand diverse viewpoints, which can lead to more informed opinions and solutions.
In a collegial discussion, a variety of opinions, ideas, and perspectives are bound to be presented.
By exposing ourselves to divergent perspectives, we start to make new connections.