Types of Informative Speaking
A speech about objects, processes, events, or concepts.
What is content?
Monay is planning a informative speech about birds. She knows that humans process information in a little number of chunks at one time so she should strive to _______.
What is organize information carefully?
A(n) _____________is a scaled representation of the object you are discussing. It is useful when the actual object is too large or too small or simply doesn't exist any more.
What is a model?
The psychological stress that occurs when dealing with to much information.
What is information anxiety?
What does a speaker seek to describe, explain, or instruct in an inform speech?
What is purpose?
A(n) _____________ purpose statement is generally worded to stress audience knowledge, ability, or both.
What is informative?
For your speech, you would like to show how often people go to the gym in January compared to other months. Which visual is best able to depict this sort of data?
What is bar or column chart?
A brief summary or conclusion after a visual aid has been used.
What is outro?
A type of speech that uses details to create a "word picture" of something's essential factors.
What is description?
An effective informative speech creates ____________ in the audience, a desire to listen to and learn from your speech.
What is information hunger?
Which of the following should speakers keep in mind when using PowerPoint or Prezi?
What is follow the "rule of seven"?
The level of commitment and attention that listeners devote to a speech.
What is audience involvement?
Eric wants to discuss a Vietnam War battle in his speech. This will be a speech about ____________.
What is events?
Complete statement of the objective of a speech, worded to stress audience knowledge and ability.
What is informative purpose statement?
A visual aid consisting of a grid that maps out the direction of a trend by plotting a series of points.
What is a line chart?
A phrase that emphasizes the importance of upcoming material in a speech.
What is signpost?
The decline in efficiency that occurs when the rate of complexity of material is too great to manage.
What is information overload?
A simple, concise, spoken statement of the source of your evidence.
What is vocal citations?
The major advantage of ___ is that audience members can take away the information they contain after your speech.
What is handouts?
The understanding acquired by making sense of the raw material of information.
What is knowledge?