COMM 210 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ad Hominem, Slippery Slope, Straw Man

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Chapters 8 to 15, and all lecture and lab material. December 1st 2pm to december 9th at the close of labs. 75 questions, hour and a half to complete the exam, same format as the midterm. Citing sources: verbally- say it in an interesting way; when reading an article in time magazine from. 2013, i was surprised to find : in the bibliography- a list of all the sources used in your presentation. Types of sources- databases-newspaper, scholarly journals, magazine articles, articles in professional/trade publications, government publications, web sources, textbooks, reference. Supporting material- (focus on set): functions. Statistics help you lose it or gain it based on how you state them. Stories/narratives: do not use correlation, cover the details, don"t mislead audience: types of evidence/ support. Memorable messages, real or hypothetical but real are more memorable. Effective examples are: brief v extended, real v hypothetical.