Persuasive Speaking Exercise 1: Subject: Persuasion Dale Carnegie style One of the most recognizable figures in communication education is Dale Carnegie.
While not formally trained in the art and science of communication, his name
has become synonymous with persuasive technique, networking, and upward mobility.
Visit www.dalecarnegie.com and browse the
site. Briefly state your reactions to this site. How does the information provided
at Dale Carnegie online differ from that found in your textbook? Exercise 2: Subject: Latin phrases are rich in meaning, and very persuasive The next time you are in a debate, why don't you try applying some of the
new Latin phrases you are about to learn? Your second assignment for chapter
nineteen is to visit: www.geocities.com/~stilicho/phrases.html,
a web-site dedicated to some of the most recognized quotations ever uttered
in the dead language. Do you think that the use of Latin or Greek, when used properly, adds to the
persuasive credibility of a speaker? Why or why not? Exercise 3: Subject: Persuasion can be a visual aesthetic, too Isn't there a persuasive element in visual communication? With the explosive
growth of the Internet, isn't text being married to graphic, video, and audio
components through our personal computers? Visit some of the following sites,
with your full-range of multimedia turned "on." What do these new "rhetorics" or "eloquences" say about
the way that communication is changing? What are your reactions to sites like
these? Are they supplanting traditional face-to-face communication? Explain
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