Exam 7: Integrating Support

Supporting materials are evaluated twice: initially by the speaker, and subsequently by receivers.

The statistics you choose to use can increase the impact of your points.

What are narrative examples?

Expert testimony occurs when you cite an authority and establish his or her ______.

The primary use of ______ is to support specific points, to engage the audience.

______ testimony is provided by sources recognized as authorities on your topic.

Speakers use descriptions for which of the following?

The primary use of analogies is to explain what words mean.

How can speakers use definitions? What is the purpose of using definitions in your speech?

______ testimony is provided by sources recognized as authorities on your topic.

Why are definitions useful to your audience?

What is the primary purpose of using analogies in speeches?

When you present the opinions of people who are not necessarily recognized authorities, but "ordinary people" who have firsthand experience with the subject, you are presenting peer or ______ testimony.

Rather than being totally contrived, the hypothetical situations you cite will be a ______ of actual situations, people, or events.

Expert testimony comes from "ordinary people" and provides the audience with the insight from those who have "been there."

A good ______ should not under-or-over explain, but facilitate audience understanding.

A set of statistics cited in a speech can help to establish the problem's magnitude by adding ______.