Chapter 5
Extended examples are typically much more effective as supporting material for your speech than brief examples.
B) False
Eyewitness testimony should never be used as supporting material.
B) False
Hypothetical examples are more effective than real examples for making points in a speech.
B) False
Hypothetical examples have an immediacy and a genuineness that real examples often do not have
B) False
If your supporting materials are cited completely, then you can be confident that they will be effective as supporting materials for your speech.
B) False
The average price of a home in your county is the measure of central tendency called the mode.
B) False
When you use a source more than once during your speech, make sure that you cite the source completely, leaving nothing out.
B) False
You have grades of 95, 75, 88, 95, 84, 89, and 79. This means that 95 is the median of these scores and also the mode.
B) False
You should never stack statistics; it can overwhelm listeners with too much data.
B) False
Examples used as supporting material for a claim are likely to be ineffective when they are
B) Irrelevant to that claim that is made
Ways to use testimony effectively include
B) Use qualified sources for expert testimony
Brief examples are almost always more effective than extended examples as supporting materials.
B) False
All accurate statistics will automatically be used accurately.
B) False
Your grades in your speech class are 75, 75, 83, 84, 91, and 95. The mode for these scores is
A) 75
Which of the following is a measure of central tendency?
A) Mode
"Imagine that you have just entered the on-ramp of a busy freeway" is the beginning of a hypothetical example to illustrate a point.
A) True
Vivid examples can influence an audience far beyond their legitimacy as real proof.
A) True
Guidelines for effective use of examples include
A) Use relevant examples
"According to Scientific American Mind magazine . . ." is a complete citation of a credible source.
B) False
"Elizabeth Stoker, a scientist of great reputation, states that hurricanes will be more plentiful in the next decade due to global warming." The source is credible and quoted in her field.
B) False
"Gabriel Sousa, in a Time article December 15, 2016, says . . ." is an example of a complete citation of a source.
B) False
"Mary Ellen Walker, an attorney in the U.S. Justice Department, states . . ." is a complete citation of a credible source.
B) False
A speaker should not stack statistics because that would be boring for an audience.
B) False
"The previously cited Lancet article" is
C) Not proper form for an abbreviated citation
"Francis L. Warner at the Imagine Biotech Institute notes on an Internet site that biological warfare has been used at least a dozen times by countries during times of war" is a citation of a source that is incomplete in which of the following ways?
D) All of the above
Supporting materials for speeches accomplish which of the following purposes?
D) All of the above
Supporting materials for speeches include
D) All of the above
Using supporting materials competently during an informative speech requires you to do which of the following?
D) All of the above
When citing testimony from an expert as supporting material for a claim made in a speech, a complete citation should include the
D) All of the above
Which of the following is a principal type of testimony used to support claims in speeches?
D) All of the above
Which of the following is a way to use statistics effectively?
D) All of the above
Which of the following is accomplished by using a well-chosen statistic?
D) All of the above
"There are 4.4 zetabytes of digital data in the world" is a statement that has which of the following problems regarding effective use of statistics?
D) Alll of the above
