Philosophy Informative Speech Quiz

when did Paralympics begin

1948

When did the Netherlands join the paralympics

1952

Ch 9 causal order

Air controllers; mayans

What focuses on the director's creative vision in the construction of a film?

Auteur theory

Organizes main points so as to show a cause- effect relationship. When you put your speech in causal order, you have two main points—one dealing with the causes of an event, the other dealing with its effects.

Causal Order

When informing about a process, you will usually arrange your speech in _____ order; Bengali Wedding

Chronological order

follow a time pattern. They may narrate a series of events in the sequence in which they happened; used in speeches explaining a process or demonstrating how to do something

Chronological order

Using a clear, specific method of speech organization can boost your...?

Confidence

A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.

Connectives

Anything that happens or is regarded as happening, according to the Random House Dictionary; examples include Festival of the Sun, Cybterterrorism, therapeutic massage, sleep deprivation, battle of the little big horn, Olympic Games

Event

E-Book Readers, service dogs, human eye, titanium, Susan B. Anthony, Golden Gate Bridge

Examples of objects

Ch. 9 Chronological Order examples

Great Wall of China; Eye Surgery

Ch 9 Spatial Order Examples

Hurricanes; Italy

Causal order can be used for what two kinds of speeches?

Informative and persuasive

These let the audience know what the speaker will take up next, but they are more detailed than transitions. In effect, an internal preview works just like the preview statement in a speech introduction, except that it comes in the body of the speech—usually as the speaker is starting to discuss a main point

Internal Previews

internal summaries remind listeners of what they have just heard. Such summaries are usually used when a speaker finishes a complicated or particularly important main point or set of main points.

Internal summaries

Ch 9 Topical Order

Josephine Baker and Space Exploration

Who is the director of food services at Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Maryland, notes that the TUG robot "never argues with patients, takes no breaks, is always polite and always on time."

Mark Weigel

Speeches are like...?

Movies

Anything that is visible, tangible, or stable in form. Objects may have moving parts or be alive; they may include places, structures, animals, even people

Objects

A process is a systematic series of actions that leads to a specific result or product; explain how something is made, how something is done; or how something works; examples include how U.S currency is made, write an effective job resume, and how hurricanes develop

Process

very brief statements that indicate exactly where you are in the speech. Frequently they are just numbers.

Signposts

How do you choose your main points?

Sometimes they will be evident from your specific purpose statement.

Follow a directional pattern. That is, the main points proceed from top to bottom, left to right, front to back, inside to outside, east to west, or some other route.

Spatial Order

Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience is what kind of organization?

Strategic organization

What focuses on how film conveys meaning through the use of codes and conventions?

Structuralist theory

The materials used to support a speaker's ideas. The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples, statistics, and testimony.

Supporting materials

What orderly robot can be found can be found in more than 100 hospitals?

TUG, or tug robot

Topical order results when you divide the speech topic into subtopics or categories, each of which becomes a main point in the speech; topical order also works for persuasive speeches. Usually the topical subdivisions are the reasons why a speaker believes in a certain point of view.

Topical Order

Which method is used more often than any other method of speech organization?

Topical Order

you will focus on the major principles or techniques involved in performing the pro- cess. Then you will organize your speech in _______ order; Magician's

Topical Order

A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.

Transition

What can significantly increase the audiences understanding of the speaker's ideas?

Use of "you" and "your" in an informative speech

You may describe an object, show how something works, report on an event, explain a concept. Your aim will be to convey knowledge and understanding

What can you discuss in a informative speech?

They discuss their new line of products for the spring, going over everything from the manufacturing process to the marketing campaign.

What did Haley and her team discuss their new in their morning meeting?

She reviews the manufacturing process for the new knits, discusses the distribution chain for the company's goods, and explains different options for marketing a new line of spring jackets.

What did Hayley tell the company executives?

explain the history or evolution of your object, you will put your speech in _____ order. Example is Frederick Douglass

chronological order

is to recount the history of an event, you will organize your speech in ______ order; Paralympics

chronological order

People who heard the well- organized speech believed the speaker to be..?

competent and trustworthy

include beliefs, theories, ideas, principles, and the like. They are more abstract than objects, processes, or events.

concepts

A statement that depicts a person, event, idea, or the like with clarity and vividness; used to communicate internal feelings

description

The process of organizing the body of a speech begins when you

determine the main points

Developed as a highly efficient form of energy, hydrogen fuel cells use sophisticated technology and offer a number of

economic and environmental benefits

Hydrogen fuel cells produce power through

electro-chemical reaction involving hydrogen gas

The first step in developing a strong sense of speech organization is?

gain command of the three basic parts of a speech, and the strategic role of each

Hydrogen fuel cells were developed to provide a

highly efficient form of energy

Invisible beams of sonar, infrared, and lasers

light whiskers; used by orderly robots

Nothing enlivens a speech more than ______ ________; personalize your ideas and dramatize them in human terms

pesronal illustrations

divided into two main parts. The first shows the existence and seriousness of a problem. The second presents a workable solution to the problem. PERSUASIVE ONLY

problem-solution order

Ch 9 Problem-Solution Order examples

puppy mills; electoral college

If your specific purpose is to describe the main features of your object, you may organize your speech in _____ order; St. Louis Arch

spatial order

The amount of time spent on each main point depends on...

the amount and complexity of supporting materials for each point

What are the central features of your speech?

the main points

As often as not, you will find that speeches about objects fall into ____ order

topical order

Speeches about concepts are usually organized in ____ order focus on the main features or aspects of your concept; nonviolent resistance

topical order

You can approach an event from almost any angle or combination of angles—features, origins, implications, benefits, future developments, and so forth. In such cases, you will put your speech together in _______ order; Mardi aGras

topical order

Creativity can involve any aspect of an informative speech, including visual aids

true

Once you establish your main points, you need to decide the order in which you will present them. The most effective order depends on three things—

your topic, your purpose, and your audience