Chapter 15 Speech Quiz

A speech on alopecia androgenetica, or male pattern baldness, would be an informative speech about a(n) _______.

condition

In an informative speech, your gestures should convey _______.

description

When speaking to inform, what is the adage the text suggests for considering ideas and supporting materials?

"Less is more"

Your speech on how to retouch a damaged old family photo and turn it into an original using your home computer is organized into three parts: (1) scanning, (2) image manipulation, and (3) printing. Your organization is _______.

Chronological

A speaker selects the specific purpose of informing his/her audience about the benefits, risks, and ethical aspects of investing in viatical companies-firms that make large cash payments to the terminally ill in return for being named sole beneficiary in their life insurance policies. What type of informative topic has the speaker selected?

a speech about issues

On the topic of texting and driving, which is the best example of a speech to inform?

a speech discussing accident statistics related to texting

An informative speech explaining how to record, reproduce, label, and market your band's first CD is a speech about both _______.

an object and a process

An effective informative speaker should convey ________.

enthusiasm for the topic

Speeches about the evacuation of Saigon and subsequent end of the Vietnam War, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union are speeches about _______.

events

A speech to inform seeks to impart knowledge, enhance understanding or ________.

felicitate application of information

Which of the following organizational patterns is inappropriate for an informative speech?

need-plan

In order to give an informative speech, you must be _______.

objective

An informative speech about Iceland's volcanoes might have evolved as a speaker brainstormed about _______.

objects and places

A speech in which a speaker tries to inform the audience about our national forests is an example of an informative speech about _______.

places

A speech comparing shibori, the ancient Japanese art of tie-dyeing with tie-dyeing as practiced in the U.S. today, is an example of an informative speech about a(n) _______.

process

The three most common organizational patterns for a speech about places are _______.

spatial, chronological, and topical

An informative speech on Toronto's CN Tower is organized into three parts: (1) the base, (2) the skypod, and (3) the space deck. The speech is about an object and is organized _______.

spatially

What speeches are often organized chronologically or topically?

speeches about people

At the most fundamental level, people seek knowledge to know, understand, and _______ information.

use

In his informative speech about gun control, Liam uses words such as "costly," "unjust," and "pointless." Which guideline for speaking to inform is Liam ignoring?

use descriptive, nonjudgmental language