Chapter 7 - Researching Your Speech
Chapter 8 - Using Supporting Materials For Your Speech
Chapters 9, 10, & 11 - Organizing & Outlining Your Speech
Chapter 13 - Delivering Your Speech
Chapter 16 - Informative Speaking
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Providing relevant and useful information in a speech helps a speaker establish ___, or the perception that they are qualified to speak about their topic.

What is credibility

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___ stimulate listeners' interest in your topic because humans love a good story.

What are narratives

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A student giving a speech about the different parts of the nervous system would most likely use what organizational pattern?

What is spatial

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___ entails generating the content for a speech in the moment, without advance preparation.

What is impromptu delivery

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An informative speech about how alcohol consumption leads to different negative outcomes (e.g. hangovers) would likely use what type of organizational pattern?

What is causal

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It is important for speakers to always cite sources who are ___, or free of bias, prejudice, or partisanship.

What is objective

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Statements from a marine biologist about the Atlantic Ocean's shark population would be an example of ___, while statements from a surfer that was attacked by a shark would be an example of ___.

What is expert testimony and lay testimony

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___ is a principle of speech outlining that dictates the hierarchy in the relationship of main points and supporting materials.

What is subordination

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___ is a form of nonverbal delivery in which a speaker establishes eye contact by looking at and surveying all audience members.

What is panning

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In informative speaking, a speaker could simplify complex information by avoiding the use of ___ - technical or insider terminology not easily understood by people outside a certain group or field.

What is jargon

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When referencing an academic journal article in APA style, when do you capitalize words in the article title?

What are the first word of the title, proper nouns, and the first word after a colon

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When a person looks up at the sky and confuses Superman for a bird or a plane, they are illustrating this type of supporting material.

What is a figurative analogy

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In an outline, main points are typically indicated using ___, while subpoints are typically indicated by using ___.

What are Roman numerals and capital letters

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When using gestures, a speaker should: use them deliberately, avoid nervous or distracting gestures, make sure the gestures reinforce the spoken message, and ___.

What is be aware that not all audience members may interpret gestures the same way

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If a student gave a speech about Bird scooters, then they would be giving what type of informative speech?

What is mechanical/technological

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What are the steps a speaker should follow when interviewing a source?

What are prepare, set up, plan, conduct, and evaluate

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Name five reasons why speakers use supporting material.

What are building audience interest, enhancing audience understanding, strengthening audience memory, winning audience agreement, and evoking audience emotion

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What are the elements of an effective introduction?

What are attention-grabber, thesis statement, topic relevance, speaker credibility, and preview of main points

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___ is the act of "booming" one's voice across a room, ___ is the the way a person says words, ___ is speaking that is clear enough that listeners can distinguish separate parts within words, and ___ is raising or lowering one's pitch to emphasize certain words or expressions.

What are projection, pronunciation, articulation, and inflection

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Name five categories that informative speeches can be about.

What are objects, individuals/groups, events, processes, and ideas

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For her speech on ocelots, Macy chooses to interview a local zookeeper who is in charge of the wild cat exhibit at the zoo, instead of her friend who likes ocelots. Molly selected her interviewee because they have a higher level of ___.

What is expertise

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In his speech about ancient deities, Ted says that the name Quetzalcoatl comes from the Nahuatl language and means "feathered serpent". This is an example of a speaker using ___.

What is an etymological definition

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In a speech about ways to live the best college life, a student ends his first main point by saying "To recap, playing Fortnite with the bros is just one way to ensure your night is lit AF." This is an example of a speaker using ___.

What is an internal summary

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During his speech, Carl decides to interact with the audience by walking up and down the aisles and sit on random students' laps. In this example, Joey is violating this aspect of delivery.

What is proxemics

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Lily's speech about Rigoberta MenchĂș, a political activist and survivor of the Guatemalan Civil War who fights for indigenous and women's rights, would be considered a speech about ___.

What is an unsung hero

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