Public Speaking Chapter 13

Which of the following is an example of how to connect your topic to audience interests?

Express your own excitement about the topic to help the audience connect.

Which of the following best describes the process of abstraction?

Find a similar quality of a group of objects, name it, and use the name to stand for the quality in other objects.

Which of the following are three techniques for making your speech more memorable?

Repeat key phrases, use visual aids, and let yourself be engaged in your material.

What is the purpose of a demonstrative speech?

To describe how to perform an action.

What is the purpose of a definition speech?

To explain a concept or theory regarding a topic

What is the purpose of a descriptive speech?

To help create an accurate mental picture in the mind of the audience regarding a specific person, place, or thing.

To make sure the information in a speech is remembered by the audience, the speaker should

All of these answers.

Which answer is an a goal of an informative speech?

All of these answers.

Which of these answers is a type of informative speech?

All of these answers.

Why is a podium helpful to the audience?

It allows the speaker to have notes to answer audience questions.

In an informative speech it is a good idea to

None of these answers.

You are planning a speech about social networking including a detailed discussion of code and new programming languages. Which audience is this speech best suited to?

Software engineers

If you are preparing an informative speech about a famous actor, you should

explain his biography and name the movies he's appeared in.

"It was nearly 10 years ago that a bright September day was darkened by the worst attack on the American people in our history."The preceding quote is an example of

giving context.

An informative speech should have a narrow and specific scope because

it benefits the speaker by making his/her statements more credible to the audience