Exam 14: Speaking to Inform

Pausing just before you make an important point in your speech is an example of reinforcing your key ideas verbally.

Adapting your presentation to your audience's "mental in-boxes" relates to which of the following?

When the speaker raised her hands as she said "We should all surrender to the idea that our friends will be with us in good times and bad" she was reinforcing her key idea _____.

Repeating your main points several times throughout a speech should be avoided regardless of the type of speech you are presenting.

The text gives five suggestions for the use of humor in a speech. Briefly discuss three of them.

It is the responsibility of informative speakers to _____.

The strategies of questioning, engaging and relating are especially helpful in _____.

John made a presentation at work in which he explained how to handle customer complaints. This would be an example of an informative speech.

It is common for most presentations about procedures to center around the concept of "when."

A chronological speech pattern helps listeners follow the steps involved in a process.

As he began describing dark star theory to his audience, Ron started by explaining the basic definitions and ideas, and then moved on to discuss the more intricate and detailed concepts. Ron has organized this speech using which strategy?

Which of the following demonstrates the idea of reinforcing key ideas nonverbally during a speech?

Carter brings in his remote control car for his speech on children's toys. His speech is about a(n) _____.

"Sitting and baking in the Arizona sun for too long can make you feel like a shriveled raisin." This statement is an example of _____.

Speeches about procedures would be used when you are talking about _____.

Your book suggests that you use the T-E-A-C-H model when instructing people how to do something (procedure). Choose a skill and explain how you would use the model to teach it to your audience.

After he had made a joke about how slow the "old geezers" were at his local grocery store, Jamie realized that about half of his audience was over the age of 70. What aspect of using humor did Jamie fail to consider?

Nisha is asked to make a presentation to a group of police officers. For her topic, Nisha decides to explain some techniques to help manage job stress. What tactic is Nisha using to make the presentation interesting?

By providing a preview of your message in the introduction and then developing each main point during the speech before summarizing the key ideas in the conclusion of the speech, a speaker is using _____.

_____ is a vivid description that invites listeners to draw on their senses.