Exam 7: Integrating Support

The two types of analogies are literal and figurative.

______ examples are very much like stories.

What are the different types of examples? Define each.

Testimony is like borrowing someone else's credibility.

Quoting an archeologist while giving a speech on the new discovery of fossil remains in New Zealand is an example of expert testimony.

Which of the following is a question you should ask yourself when assessing your use of statistics?

The use of ______ is to promote understanding via comparisons and contrasts.

The primary use of ______ is to promote understanding via comparisons and contrasts.

How can a speaker gauge the power of the definitions they use in their speech?

Definitions help bridge ______, enhance audience understanding, and facilitate audience acceptance of a speaker's ideas.

The range measures the dispersion of values.

Discuss and exemplify why we use descriptions in our speeches.

______ examples are very much like stories.

When watching a speech, the speaker should keep in mind that the audience members will have access only to the sources they identify ______.

Factual information offered by biased sources may contain ______.

While speakers use ______ to clarify the unfamiliar for their receivers, they use ______ to produce fresh and striking word pictures designed to provoke sensory reaction.

______ are designed to clarify intended meanings of concepts.

Why do we use statistics in speeches?

When speakers use the opinions of others either to support positions they are taking or to reinforce claims they are making, they are using ______.

Extended examples are very much like stories.