Comm 103 Chapter 14 Reading

_____ is providing the meaning of a word or concept.

Defining

For which of the following reasons can taking an informal poll related to your topic be useful for involving the audience?

It is a way to gauge listener's opinions or experiences.

Which one of the following is a good way to make it easier for your audience to listen to your speech?

Keep your message short.

The statement, "Imagine you can't go outside because the smog is so thick you can't breathe," asks your listeners to consider the information you are presenting them without asking for a response. This is an example of

a hypothetical situation.

A speech about how to create an avatar in "Second Life," a virtual reality game, would be too complex for the entire audience to try at once. However, a speaker could ______ to help demonstrate.

ask for a volunteer

A speech topic about freedom falls under which speech topic category?

concepts

Speech topics centered on ______ are about abstract ideas.

concepts

Showing how to do something by doing as it is the definition of _____

demonstrating

If your purpose is to impart information to your audience, you have a responsibility to be ______, ensuring that your information is true and accurate.

ethical

Using information from only reputable sources, understanding the information you're reporting, incorporating verbal footnotes, and being clear when you are speculating are four ways to ensure you are being

ethical

The _____ of a term is its origin or history.

etymology

The statement, "According to the Centers for Disease Control," is an example of what kind of ethical speaking?

incorporating verbal footnotes

When you involve your listeners in your speech by asking them to perform some action to help them understand the topic, you are

inviting direct participation.

A speech on the environmental impact of the BP oil spill would most likely focus on

issues

Which type of topic focuses on problems or points of controversy in which people desire resolution?

issues

To help your audience retain more of the information that you present, it is important that you repeat

key points.

Many speakers forget that listeners

must understand what you're saying before they can learn from it.

A speech topic centered on a(n) _____ is categorized as any nonhuman entity.

object

A speech about how water erosion creates a canyon falls under which type of speech topic category?

processes

When deciding what information to include in your speech it is important to remember

to keep it short.

True or false: Defining is one method of informing in a speech.

true

Which of the following is not a strategy for drawing and holding your audience's attention?

using logical fallacies

_____ means to reveal why something occurred or how something works.

Explaining

Anthony's speech about the surface of Mars included the following description: "There are low-lying plains in the northern hemisphere, but the southern hemisphere is marked with impact craters." Anthony's speech falls under which category?

places

Words that have the same meaning are ______; words that have opposite meaning are ______.

synonyms; antonyms

A good way to gauge your listeners' opinions and experiences is to

take an informal poll.

It is good practice in your speech to create a memorable moment for your audience in

the conclusion

When repeating information, be sure to repeat only

the important points.

A common mistake for informative speakers is to use technical language or jargon that they assume the audience understands. A better approach would be

to keep it simple.

One way to reduce your audience's anxiety is

to start with what's familiar.

It is important to ______ the information you are reporting.

understand

Which of the following are techniques to involve your audience in your speech?

Ask for volunteers. Poll your audience. Invite direct participation.

Which of the following are considered reputable sources?

Los Angeles Times Scientific American magazine Nature magazine

_____ for the word happy include merry and joyful, while _____ for the word happy would be sad and unhappy.

Synonyms; antonyms

Which of the following are ways to make your speech easy to listen to?

Use clear language. Repeat key points. Start with familiar concepts. Keep your message short

Joshua tells his audience that after doing research on skin cancer, he believes that sun bathing is a leading cause of skin cancer. He notes that this is not a fact but his interpretation of the research. Joshua is being an ethical speaker because he is

being clear about speculating.

Defining the word dog as a "human's best friend" represents what kind of meaning?

connotative

Which of the following are strategies for drawing and holding your listeners' attention?

creating a hunger for information making learning easy involving your audience

By relating your topic to yourself, you demonstrate to your audience that you are knowledgeable about the topic and are able to speak with authority. This is an example of

credibility

Relating your topic to yourself establishes that you have ______ because you have training, personal experience, or a vested interest in what you are saying.

credibility

On Rachel Ray's cooking show, she explains how to bake an apple pie while actually baking it. Her showing the audience how to bake an apple pie is an example of a(n)

demonstration.

Defining greenhouse gases as "atmospheric gases that absorb and emit radiation," is an example of what kind of meaning?

denotative

In an informative speech about deforestation, you use vivid words to explain to your audience what a particular place in the Amazon rain forest was like before and after all the trees had been cut down. In this instance, you are _____ what a place was like.

describing

Using words to depict or portray a person, place, an object, or an experience is known as Multiple choice question.

describing

Jack was giving a speech about the 2020 U.S. Census, but he was not sure how to interpret the meaning of the statistics. Jack is at risk of drawing conclusions from the information that are not warranted because he

doesn't understand the information he is reporting.

In defining the word rhetoric, you state that it is derived from the Greek words rhetorike techne meaning "art of an orator." This is an example of a(n)

etymology.

A speech about the impact of the World Trade Center attack on 9/11 on U.S. culture would constitute what type of speech topic?

events

During a speech about converting to Judaism, Josh explained the significance of the conversion ritual. This is an example of what type of speech topic?

events

Which of the following describes the function of the body of a speech?

expand on your main points

In informative speeches it is common to reveal why something occurred or how something works. This is the definition of

explaining.

True or false: It is not important to demonstrate why your speech topic relates to your audience.

false

True or false: Passive audiences remember more information from speeches than do active audiences.

false

Informative speaking is publicly addressing others to do which of the following?

increase their knowledge to improve their understanding to better their skills

As a speaker you can inspire interest and a desire to learn about your topic by creating ______.

information hunger

Which type of speaking is publicly addressing others to increase their knowledge, understanding, or skills?

informative speaking

It is fine to include inferences or speculations in an informative speech as long as you

make it clear that they aren't facts.

You can avoid crossing the line from informative to persuasive speaking by being

objective.

When you avoid trying to convince your listeners of a particular point of view, you are speaking

objectively.

A speech about the iPhone is what kind of speech topic?

objects

In your presentation, be sure to include

only as much information as you can cover within the time you're given.

When speakers invite direct ______, they ask the audience to perform some action to help in understanding the topic.

participation

Sue gave a speech about President Lincoln. Her speech falls under which type of speech topic category?

people

Brett's speech about Lady Gaga's life and rise to fame falls under the speech topic category of

people.

A speech topic about England falls under which topic category?

places

A speech that focuses on how to bake a pie falls under which type of speech topic category?

processes

If your audience is small, an excellent way to connect to listeners is to

refer to them individually.

"Amy, last week we heard you describe what it was like volunteering for the 'get out the vote' campaign. Today, I'd like to tell the group about the differences between Republican, Democrat, and Independent political platforms." Which kind of technique to involve the audience is this the speaker using in this example?

referring to individual listeners

To "frame" your topic appropriately means that you present your topic in a captivating way that

relates the topic to yourself and to your audience.

In Terry's speech about the BP oil spill in the Gulf Mexico, Terry explains how the effects of the spill have affected members of her audience. Terry is therefore showing the audience the ______ of the topic.

relevance

Unlike a poll, asking your audience to imagine a hypothetical situation does not require the audience to

respond.

On an airplane flight attendants give a short informational speech about what to do in case of an emergency landing. First-time passengers, in particular, pay attention because the information satisfies the passengers' basic physical need to know how to stay alive. In this situation, the flight attendant is

satisfying information hunger.

Joy, a freshman in an introductory speech class, gave an informative speech about her university's proposed tuition hike. Joy explained how the tuition increase would impact her and her audience. Joy was successful in capturing and maintaining her audience's attention because she effectively ______ her topic.

selected and framed

It is best to start with familiar information in a speech because many people feel ______ when asked to understand new information.

uneasy

Using information from scientific journals and major newspapers is a good ethical choice based on

using information only from reputable sources.

Ethical speakers incorporate ______ when using information from other sources in a speech.

verbal footnotes

In a speech about self-defense it would not be possible to directly involve everyone in the audience, so you could ask for a(n) ______ on whom to demonstrate ways of fending off an attacker.

volunteer