Multiple Choice
_________ exists to increase an audience’s understanding or knowledge about a particular topic.
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Which of the following adjectives describes an informational speaker?
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Which of the following can be the topic of an informative presentation?
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The goal of a _______ is to paint a mental picture for the audience. It allows the speaker to clearly and vividly portray places, events, persons, objects, or processes.
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A ______ combines explanatory narration and physical demonstration. It often answers “how” questions.
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“Today, the term dry run is often used to refer to a rehearsal. This meaning originated in the field of firefighting, where dry represented a practice drill in which the hoses were turned off, and run simply meant a response to a fire alarm, whether real or for a drill.” What type of definition is represented in this statement?
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_______ are complex and provide reasons or causes and demonstrate relationships; they answer “why” questions.
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A(n) ________ explanation explains the big picture and models key dimensions of some phenomenon for a particular audience.
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________ explanations help people understand ideas that are counterintuitive.
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The authors of your textbook provide objectives the informative speaker can follow to distill information in a way that is easy for the audience to listen to, absorb, and learn. Which of the following is NOT one of those objectives?
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True/False
To inform the audience, you must gauge what the audience already knows.
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Informative speaking should always be appropriate and ethical.
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Important events in a speaker’s life can serve as a basis for effective and interesting informative presentations.
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Process speeches must go beyond just explaining how something is done. The speaker must demonstrate how to do something to be effective and keep the audience’s attention.
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Informative speeches about issues involve the important dimensions of potential courses of action.
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Demonstration speeches define a term or idea and provide answers to “what” questions.
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Most audiences find it condescending when a speaker defines terms for them, preferring to look up words for themselves later if they are unsure of their meaning.
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“Popular dark roast coffees include Italian and French roast coffees” illustrates definition.
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Definition by synonym defines something by using words that mean nearly the same thing.
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Information overload refers to the experience of a speaker who has too much information to cover in his or her time limit and feels unsure about what information to include and what to leave out.
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Open-
List the three goals informative speaking should accomplish.
Identify appropriate topics for informative speeches.
Describe the four primary approaches to conveying information in an informative speech.
What are the three goals to keep in mind when creating an explanatory speech?
Describe suggested methods for making your presentation easy to listen to.