Exam 14: Speaking to Inform

Cullen is preparing a speech about his visit to the Empire State Building. The type of informative presentation he is preparing is a presentation about a(n)_____.

Which of the following is an example of a word picture?

A topical organizational pattern is structured around the logical divisions of the item you're describing.

State the three ways you can reinforce ideas nonverbally.

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?

Keisha has decided to prepare her speech on the women who traveled west in the middle part of the 1800s. Her presentation is about _____.

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

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

How might word pictures be used to enhance a speech about an event?

Explain the importance of redundancy in a public speaking situation, and what a speaker can do to build in redundancy.

Courtney begins her presentation to a group of college students by saying, "How would you like to learn a technique that will cut your study time by 50 percent?" What strategy is Courtney using to make her presentation more interesting?

Based on adult learning principles, which of the following is NOT the kind of information adults prefer?

Providing insights into the World Trade Center attacks of 2001 is a form of presentation about people.

Matty was beginning her presentation by telling a funny story about a time she had embarrassed herself. By using this approach, Matty was using _____.

After listening to the speaker, Natalie knew how to get red wine stains out of her carpet. She had been listening to a speech about a(n) _____.

Darin is speaking to inform his audience about car alarms. Describe one way he could reinforce his key ideas verbally, then two ways he could use to reinforce ideas nonverbally.

Explain the concept and importance of using word pictures.

It is NOT possible to create a word picture that describes the sense of touch.

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

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 _____.