Exam 16: Informative Speaking

Which of the following is NOT a recommendation for making information clear and interesting to an audience?

Penny is delivering a speech on Barack Obama's childhood. What type of informative speech is Penny giving?

Differentiate among the three goals of public speaking.

If your goal is to make your speech relevant and useful, then you need to give the speech a human face for audience members to latch on to.

During the middle of her speech on the United Nations, Carol goes off on a rant about problems in Sahara Africa that are not related to the central idea of the speech. This "rant" is considered what?

What type of speech involves predictable series of changes, phases, or steps?

What are abstract ideas that exist independent of whether they are observed or practiced?

If you can link what your speech is about to information your audience already possesses, it will help your audience members process your speech more easily.

Fatima is delivering a speech on two types of relational abusers: pit-bulls and cobras. What type of informative speech is Fatima giving?

A speech about the bombing of Pearl Harbor is an example of a(n) ______ informative speech.

Information that is somewhat related to the topic and thesis but is, nonetheless, a digression is referred to as ___________.

The three goals of informative speaking are ___________, ___________, and ___________.

What is referred to as the order in which events take place?

A speech about the life cycle of a fruit fly is an example of a(n) ___________ informative speech.

What are the three basic goals of informative speaking?

Jorge is delivering a speech on Kübler-Ross' five stages of grief. What type of informative speech is Jorge giving?

Use the definitions, descriptions, explanations, and examples you need in order to make your meanings clear, and it's OK to add tangential information you find interesting to spice up your speech.

Explaining the three forms of organizational justice (distributive, procedural, and interactional) is an example of a process informative speech.

What concept suggests that everyone has identities connected to family, religion, occupation, cultural origin, gender, and other characteristics?

A(n) ___________ term directly names a specific thing.