Exam 8: Supporting Your Ideas  

What suggestion presented in your textbook for using supporting materials is used in the following speech excerpt? Since it first opened for business, McDonald's has sold more than 100 billion hamburgers. To give you an idea how many hamburgers that is, think oit this way: Since each McDonald's burger with the bun) is about 2 inches thick, 100 billion hamburgers stacked on top oeach other would reach over 3 million miles $\text{\textemdash}$ fifteen times as far as the moon.

Although examples work very well to clarify ideas in an informative speech, they are less effective in a persuasive speech.

According to your textbook, iyou quoted Microsoft founder Bill Gates about his personal experience caring for his aging parents, what kind otestimony would you be using?

Oral citations in a speech should follow the same format as a written bibliography.

How does the following excerpt from a classroom speech violate the guidelines for supporting materials presented in your textbook? The problem oidentity theft is alarmingly real. The Bureau oJustice Statistics reports that there were 16,580,537 victims over the age o16 last year alone. Othose victims, the BJS says that 15,323,946 people had someone else use an existing account, and 1,125,117 had new accounts opened in their names.

Using expert testimony is an excellent way to lend __________ to your speeches.

According to your textbook, when you use statistics in a speech, you should usually

In his speech on depression, Jorge said: "According to materials I located through a Google search, almost 20 million American adults suffer from a depressive illness serious enough to interfere with their jobs and their family life." According to your textbook, did Jorge make any mistakes in citing his sources?

Examples are particularly effective as supporting materials because they help get the audience involved in a speech.

The mean-popularly called the average-is determined by summing all the items in a group and dividing by the number oitems.

According to your textbook, what kind osupporting material is used in the following speech excerpt: Imagine yourseldriving down the freeway on your way to work. You see lights flashing in your rear-view mirror. You pull over to the side othe road and stop as the police car pulls in behind you. Were you speeding? No, says the officer, but she needs proothat you're an American citizen.

According to your textbook, how might a speaker clarify the statistics in the following speech excerpt? Recent statistics from the FBI show that the number omurders is declining in some major cities. In Chicago, for example, between 2003 and 2013, the number dropped from 601 to 412. In New York, the number fell from 597 to 333. And in Los Angeles, it dipped from 515 to 246.

One othe main reasons to use examples in a speech is that they put abstract ideas into concrete terms that listeners can easily understand.

It is seldom a good idea to use examples and testimony in the same speech.

According to your textbook, iyou quoted Kim Joyce, a resident oStaten Island, on the psychological effects oHurricane Sandy, you would be using __________ testimony.

According to your textbook, iyou quoted Dr. Anthony D'Alessandro, a world-renowned transplant surgeon, on the organ shortage problem, what kind otestimony would you be using?

Acceptable testimony can include either statements from recognized experts or from ordinary people with special expertise on the topic.

Oral citations in a speech should include the full address oeach Web site mentioned by the speaker.

Examples are particularly useful in taking ideas that might otherwise seem vague, impersonal, or lifeless and making them specific, personal, and lively.

Research has shown that the more statistics you use, the more effective your speech is likely to be.