Exam 11: Developing Your Speech

Libraries' collections of books are known as which of the following?

The specific purpose of your presentation is not intended to become part of your speech, but to guide preparation of the speech.

Stage fright and communication apprehension are also known as _____ anxiety.

The text provides six criteria for evaluating web resources. Which of these criteria focuses on whether the website is free of bias?

"A platelet is a tiny, colorless blood cell" is an example of a(n) _____ definition.

"Laser beams aid surgeons by cutting or destroying diseased tissue, shrinking tumors, burning off tissue, or sealing blood vessels." This statement is an example of a(n) _____ definition.

Most public speakers become progressively more comfortable as they speak.

List and explain the six criteria for evaluating a web source.

Juanita has been a cross-country skier since she was a child and plans to use many of her own experiences in her speech to the class as she tells them about winter activities. What type of supporting material does this represent?

The mistaken belief that the audience is completely aware of the speaker's perspiration, shaking hands, and knocking knees is called the _____ of transparency.

Illustrations can be just a short word or phrase.

Which of the following is an appropriate example of a specific purpose for a speech to persuade?

During the preparation of his speech, Ari interviewed the United States senator from his district about the construction costs of a new airport planned outside the city. He used information from the interview to support his persuasive speech. This type of support is known as which of the following?

The primary purpose of lay testimony, the opinion of someone who experienced an event firsthand, is to stir the audience's emotions and can provide the most memorable moments of a speech.

A hypothetical illustration is a true-life story that makes a point for the audience.

What does it mean to be an audience-centered presentation speaker?

Public speaking is also known as which of the following?

What the listeners should know or be able to do at the end of your speech is called the _____ purpose.

For the following main ideas that will be used to develop a speech, write a specific purpose statement, a central idea, and give examples of three types of appropriate supporting material for the topic. I. Low-carbohydrate diets are not well balanced. II. Low-carbohydrate diets have not been proven to be effective. III. Low-carbohydrate diets have been proven to be unsafe.

A search which allows you to enclose phrases in quotation marks or parentheses so that a search yields only those sites on which all words or the phrase appear in that order and eliminates sites that contain the words at random is known as what type of search?