Exam 14: Using Visual Aids  

When explaining a visual aid, it is important to resist the temptation to look primarily at the aid rather than at the audience.

Which othe following would probably be the best kind ovisual aid to illustrate the rising cost oa college degree?

According to your textbook, when selecting fonts for a visual aid, you should usually use

Lists on a chart should rarely exceed seven or eight items.

Leo is planning to use visual aids for his informative speech. Which othe following recommendations will he find in your textbook?

Because it is so colorful, a pie graph o8 to 10 segments is usually an excellent visual aid.

As your textbook states, it is usually a good idea to write your entire speech on PowerPoint slides so your audience can read along with you.

Using visual aids can help a speaker combat stage fright.

Iyou wanted to illustrate the increase in the number opeople in the U.S. who have earned college degrees since 1970, the best kind ovisual aid would probably be an) _______________.

When using visual aids in a speech, you should

Ithe object you want to speak about is too large, too small, or unavailable to use as a visual aid, you may be able to use a model instead.

According to your textbook, which othe following is an advantage ousing visual aids in a speech?

Visual aids should usually be displayed from the left side othe lectern.

Which othe following is presented in your textbook as a guideline for presenting visual aids?

Iyou were showing statistical trends in a speech, the best visual aid to use would probably be a line graph.

While a _______________ graph is best for showing the relationship between parts oa whole, a _______________ graph is best for showing comparisons between two or more items.

One othe reasons to use visual aids in a speech is that you can break eye contact with the audience while discussing the visual aids.

Which othe following would probably be the best kind ovisual aid to show changes in the homicide rate in Washington, D.C., over the past twenty years?

Iyou wanted to compare the number omen and the number owomen who earned bachelor's degrees in engineering, science, and the humanities in 2014, you would probably use a

When making visual aids, you should use colors that can easily be distinguished from one another.