Exam 8: Supporting Your Ideas  

Iyou quoted your roommate in a speech about the stress obeing a college student, you would be using _______________ testimony.

How does the following excerpt from a classroom speech violate the guidelines for supporting materials presented in your textbook? According to the American Dairy Producers Association, Americans need to drink more milk to make sure they are getting enough calcium and vitamin D every day.

To give statistics greater impact, a speaker should

In his speech about natural disasters, Paul included the following statement: Floods are psychologically as well as physically devastating. As one local flood victim told me, "It is a helpless feeling to see the water continue to rise-to see it wash away your home, to see it wash away your life. I just feel like giving up." According to your textbook, what kind osupporting material did Paul use?

To say that the mean salary for NFL quarterbacks is $3.8 million is to say that

When you use testimony in a speech, it is acceptable either to paraphrase or to use a direct quotation.

According to your textbook, iyou quoted your cousin about her experience digging for dinosaur bones last summer, you would be using __________ testimony.

Jefbegan his speech by saying: Imagine that you are on a deserted island-palm trees sway in the breeze, the warm sun is on your face, and the smell otropical flowers is in the air. Suddenly, the sound odistant drums breaks your euphoria. What do you do-panic? What would you do iyou found yourselin such a situation? What kind osupporting material did Jefuse in his introduction?

Examples are an excellent way to personalize a speech because they put abstract facts and figures into vivid, human terms.

Iyou quoted Tina Fey about balancing work and home life, you would be using _______________ testimony.

The opinions oordinary people who have firsthand experience or insight on a topic are referred to as __________ testimony.

The content oan oral citation in a speech depends partly on the speaker's audience and on the kind osupporting material being used by the speaker.

According to your textbook, iyou quoted Harvard business professor John B. Matthews on the strengths and weaknesses oU.S. business schools, you would be using __________ testimony.

What is the median in the following set onumbers: 200, 300, 500, 600, 600?

Hypothetical examples can be especially powerful as supporting materials when they create scenarios that involve the audience.

When using statistics in a speech, you should usually

When Julia Wang quoted former U.S. Social Security Commissioner Dorcas Hardy in her speech on reforming the Social Security system, she was using what your textbook calls __________ testimony.

To determine the median oa list onumbers, you would

According to your textbook, it is acceptable to use atypical examples to reinforce your ideas as long as you don't use too many othem.

The mean is the number that occurs most frequently in a group onumbers.