Exam 4: Purposantopic

A purpose statement should be large in scope and broadly worded.

The Institute for Global Ethics has identified eight universal human values: love, fairness, unity, humility , harmony, freedom, tolerance, and privacy.

Search engines can help you review, research, and select a good topic for a classroom presentation.

According to your textbook, you should determine the purpose of your presentation before selecting and narrowing a specific topic.

Outside the classroom, choosing a topic is seldom a concern for most speakers.

A presentation titled “Selecting and Caring for Rose Bushes” would be most appropriate for a(n)______presentation

In college classrooms, speaking situations are just like those that occur outside the classroom.

You should tell your audience everything you know about a topic.

A presentation titled “Your Vote Counts!” would be most appropriate for a(n) _______presentation.

Your textbook defines a presentation’s topic as

“I want my presentation’s research on the need for immunization to help me prepare a booklet for the clinic where I work” is an example of a speaker’s private purpose.

According to your textbook, presentations can be divided into three types based on their general purpose: informative, persuasive, and demonstrative.

“Given the instructor’s comments about her young children, I hope this topic will interest her and will help earn me a good grade” is an example of a speaker’s public purpose.

Most presentations have only one public purpose but may have several private purposes.

“After listening to this five-minute presentation, you will be able to prepare a gourmet meal using inexpensive ingredients.” Why is the speaker unlikely to succeed with this purpose statement?

When you speak to entertain, your purpose is to amuse, interest, divert or “warm up” an audience

The Institute for Global Ethics has identified eight universal human values: love, truthfulness, fairness, freedom, unity, tolerance, responsibility, and respect for life.

A speaker’s private and public purposes may conflict.

Persuasive presentations

Questions that ask “What” are most appropriate for determining the purpose of a presentation.