Chapter 12- Informative Speaking

informative speaking environment

environment in which a speaker has expertise or knowledge that an audience needs but doesn't already have

stay audience centered

Bernard is informing his classmates about to participate in one of the three main traditions that happen at Homecoming each year. Because they are all first year students they can only play certain roles, but he wants to make sure they understand which ones they can enjoy. Which guideline for effective informative speaking is he following?

speech about a concept

Conchita is giving her speech about theories of autism spectrum of disorders. What type of informative speech is she delivering?

speeches about events

informative speech that describes or explains a significant, interesting, or unusual occurrence

true

In an informative speech, you should use language that is fair and unbiased.

false

Informative speaking is something that is rarely necessary in the public dialogue.

speeches about concepts

Informative speech about an abstraction, something you cannot perceive with your senses, such as an idea, theory, a principle, a worldview, or a belief

spatial

Sylvia is giving a speech about the used book store where she works as a volunteer. She decides to give her listeners the experience of touring the store by speaking about what they would see if she greeted them at the door, then went right to the reference section, then went in the back to the periodicals, then went left to the fiction section, then went in the center to the CDs and DVDs. Which type of organizational pattern did Sylvia use in her speech?

topical

The following thesis statement, "The three different types of snow skiing include telemarking, downhill, and cross country," illustrates which organizational pattern?

true

The goal of a process speech is to either show your audience how to perform a process or how to understand a process.

false

The goal of an informative speech is to be invitational.

speech about a place and people

An informative speech about Barbara Jordan would be which type of informative speech?

true

Topical patterns allow you to highlight the aspects of a topic that are most useful and important for an audience to understand.

speeches about objects

informative speech about anything that is tangible, that can be perceived by the senses

speeches about places and people

informative speech that describes a significant, interesting, or unusual place or person

speeches about processes

informative speech that describes how something is done, how something comes to be what it is, or how something works

informative speech

speech that communicates knowledge and understanding about a process, an event, a person or place, an object, or concept