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COM 101 • Human Communication: Persuasive Speech

Library resources & information for Professor Petit's COM 101 class.

Persuasive Speaking

Persuasive speaking, "the act of motivating a listener, through communication, to change a particular belief, attitude, value, or behavior" (Alder, Dupre, & Rodman, p. 373).

Ethical Persuasion: "Persuasion in an audience's best interest that does not depend on false or misleading information to induce change in that audience."

Persuasive Speech • Assignment

  • Policies (particular or of interest)
  • Personal practices (e.g., healthy eating and exercising)
  • Will NOT include politics or rhetoric

Reference

Adler, R.B., DuPre, A., & Rodman, G. (2020). Understanding human communications (14th ed). Oxford University Press.

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