Deck 15: Speak to Inform

Question 1

Categories in which informative speech is divided include which of the following?

A) speeches about policy and law
B) speeches about donations
C) speeches about processes and procedures
D) speeches about causes and effects

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is an informative speaking category?

A) speeches about the need to change law
B) speeches about processes and procedures
C) speeches about decisions to be made
D) speeches about promoting recycling

Answer 2

B

Question 3

A speech on the Great Wall of China would most likely be a speech about a/an ______.

A) object
B) idea
C) process
D) event

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Speeches about objects lend themselves to which of the following?

A) value formats
B) topical formats
C) cause and effect formats
D) problem-solution formats

Question 5

A ______ format allows you to divide your subject into groups or major categories.

A) topical
B) spatial
C) cause and effect
D) chronological

Question 6

A ______ or physical framework enables you to discuss one major component of the object at a time.

A) topical
B) spatial
C) cause and effect
D) chronological

Question 7

What kinds of ideas make the best topics for concept speeches?

A) particular ideas
B) abstract ideas
C) specific ideas
D) advanced ideas

Question 8

When we talk about ideas, audience members may have ______ interpretations of the concepts or words we use.

A) similar
B) different
C) neutral
D) simplified

Question 9

A speech in which you enumerated and discussed, in turn, key aspects of the idea would be following a ______ order.

A) topical
B) spatial
C) cause and effect
D) chronological

Question 10

Which of the following is an organizational pattern that would lend itself well to a speech on an event or a person?

A) problem-Solution
B) spatial
C) cause and effect
D) chronological

Question 11

A speech about an event focuses on which of the following?

A) something that happens regularly
B) something that could never happen
C) something that could happen
D) something that never happened

Question 12

Speeches about people include which of the following?

A) information about a statue of a famous individual
B) information about someone you know personally
C) information about an animal
D) information about a cartoon character

Question 13

If your speech was to explain the history of an event, you would probably choose to use a ______ sequence.

A) topical
B) spatial
C) cause and effect
D) chronological

Question 14

"To inform my audience about how nature's most violent windstorm, the tornado, develops" would most likely be a topic when speaking about a/an ______.

A) object
B) process or procedure
C) event
D) idea

Question 15

______ order works well for speaking of processes and procedures because it naturally reflects the sequence, approach, or series of steps used from start to finish in making or doing something.

A) Topical
B) Spatial
C) Cause and effect
D) Chronological

Question 16

When delivering a speech that focuses on a process or procedure, you will probably find it most useful to arrange your ideas in either ______ or ______ order.

A) topical; spatial
B) spatial; chronological
C) cause and effect; topical
D) chronological; topical

Question 17

Which of the following is a way to make your speech as clear and easy to follow as possible?

A) Organize your speech's content so it takes minimal effort for your audience members to identify and process its central idea and main points.
B) Vaguely suggest what the audience should understand after listening to your speech.
C) Include statistics in one of the main points.
D) Be vague so that your audience really has to think.

Question 18

Which of the following is a reason for your receivers to question your honesty and integrity?

A) They disagree with your ideas.
B) Your message contains inaccurate figures.
C) Your facts are based on rumor or hearsay.
D) b & c.

Question 19

______ refers to special words or technical terms used and understood primarily by those who share a profession or trade.

A) Evidence
B) Jargon
C) Slang
D) Lingo

Question 20

Which of the following is a way to ensure you neither give the audience too little nor too much information?

A) Keep a quick pace.
B) Don't take knowledge for granted.
C) Don't repeat.
D) Assume knowledge.

Question 21

Rephrasing an idea in different words to more fully explain it if referred to as ______.

A) repetition
B) restatement
C) duplication
D) explanation

Question 22

Conveying the right amount of information can be done through which of the following?

A) pacing yourself during the speech
B) racing through the speech
C) using jargon to elevate language
D) avoiding repetition

Question 23

Which of the following are ways that you can show your audience that your speech will benefit them?

A) You will add to their knowledge.
B) You will satisfy their curiosity.
C) You will show them be distracted from sad thoughts.
D) a & b

Question 24

Unless you convince audience members that your presentation has ______, the information you offer will fall on deaf ears.

A) humor
B) relevance
C) excitement
D) consequences

Question 25

Most subjects become interesting if ______ the audience.

A) adapted to
B) entertaining for
C) humorous for
D) denied by

Question 26

All of the following are ways in which you can be memorable EXCEPT ______.

A) let the audience know what you think is important for them to retain
B) use solely verbal means of communication
C) use repetition, pauses, vocal emphasis, and gestures to reinforce content
D) build in audience participation

Question 27

In order for your speech to remain with your audience after you have finished speaking, you must convey to your listeners ______.

A) the enthusiasm you have for your subject
B) that the speech is coming to an end
C) that they can ask you questions
D) that there is more to explore on the topic

Question 28

Remember, people are most interested in ______.

A) ideas
B) events
C) other people
D) nature

Question 29

When you speak ______, you enhance your message with sufficient specificity and detail for audience members.

A) abstractly
B) concretely
C) carefully
D) minimally

Question 30

You can create information ______ to motivate your audience to learn a new body of content.

A) overload
B) process
C) hunger
D) specificity

Question 31

Clarity and ______ go hand in hand.

A) accuracy
B) originality
C) performance
D) action

Question 32

A ______ format is most appropriate if you are going to stress how a design or phenomenon evolved over time.

Question 33

A speech about a/an ______ is usually on something that happens regularly, something that happened once, something that marked our lives, or something that left us with a lasting impression.

Question 34

______ is an organizational pattern that would lend itself well to a speech on an event or a person.

Question 35

If your speech was to explain the history of an event, you would probably choose to use a ______ sequence.

Question 36

Speeches about ideas or theories lend themselves to ______ development.

Question 37

An ______ speech can cover anything tangible.

Question 38

General or abstract ideas generally work best for concept or ______ speeches, as they allow for the most creative analysis and interpretation.

Question 39

A ______ format allows you to divide your subject into groups or major categories.

Question 40

______ ideas make the best topics for concept speeches.

Question 41

When delivering a speech that focuses on a process or procedure, you will probably find it most useful to arrange your ideas in either chronological or ______ order.

Question 42

Asking "How do you do that?" when creating a speech lends itself to sharing our understanding about processes, procedures, and ______.

Question 43

In order for your speech to remain with your audience after you have finished speaking, you must convey to your listeners the ______ you have for the subject.

Question 44

A quality of an informative speech is that it delivers the right amount of information, neither overloading nor ______ the audience with content.

Question 45

Clarify what your audience knows by reducing their confusion or uncertainty, or providing a fresh way of ______.

Question 46

When you are ______, you enhance your message with sufficient specificity and detail for audience members to form clear mental pictures, grounding your ideas in specific references rather than vague abstractions.

Question 47

Clarity and ______ go hand in hand.

Question 48

Reusing the exact same words is referred to as ______.

Question 49

You can create information ______ to motivate your audience to learn a new body of content.

Question 50

Remember, although the speaker's goal may be to share ideas, people are interested in other ______.

Question 51

In order for your speech to remain with your audience after you have finished speaking, you must convey the ______ you have for your subject to your listeners, and make it memorable.

Question 52

A speech about an event focuses on something that happens ______, or something that happened ______.

Question 53

One that contains too many main points, or step after step after step with no logical ______, is usually too difficult for receivers to interpret and remember.

Question 54

Speeches about ideas or theories lend themselves to chronological development.

Question 55

Categories in which informative speech is divided include speeches about processes and procedures.

Question 56

Speeches about objects lend themselves to topical, spatial, and chronological organizational formats.

Question 57

General or abstract ideas generally work best for concept or expository speeches, as they allow for the most creative analysis and interpretation.

Question 58

A speech about promoting volunteer work is an informative speaking category.

Question 59

A speech on the Statue of Liberty would most likely be a speech about an object.

Question 60

Most subjects become interesting if adapted to the audience.

Question 61

An idea speech can cover anything tangible.

Question 62

There are a nearly unlimited number of topics about which we can share information.

Question 63

A speech in which you enumerated and discussed, in turn, key aspects of the idea would be following a spatial order.

Question 64

A speech about an object can cover anything tangible.

Question 65

When we talk about ideas, audience members may have different interpretations of the concepts or words we use-primarily because personal experience influences meaning.

Question 66

A speech about an idea is also known as a concept speech.

Question 67

If you speak on an event, you should have personally witnessed it so you have credibility.

Question 68

Events and people make solid informative speech topics.

Question 69

Speeches on events and people lend themselves to causal patterns alone.

Question 70

If you tell about the life of a person-someone famous or someone you know personally, someone living or dead, someone admired by or abhorrent to all-your goal is to make that person come alive for audience members.

Question 71

A speaker's message is easier to follow if the presentation has a discernable structure.

Question 72

When you are concrete, you enhance your message with sufficient specificity and detail.

Question 73

It is important to explain complex concepts to minimize your chances of being misunderstood.

Question 74

Most subjects become interesting if well adapted to the audience.

Question 75

Reusing the exact same words is referred to as repetition.

Question 76

In order for your speech to remain with your audience after you have finished speaking, you must make it memorable.

Question 77

You can create information hunger to motivate your audience to learn a new body of content.

Question 78

A speech is vague if audience members are able to identify its specific purpose and central idea too soon.

Question 79

When you are concrete, you enhance your message with sufficient specificity and detail for audience members to form clear mental pictures, grounding your ideas in specific references rather than vague abstractions.

Question 80

Integrate supporting information that relates tangentially to your main ideas.