Deck 14: Informative Presentations

Question 1

What is known about information content, what people tend to remember and what they don't?

Answer 1

Answers will vary.

Question 2

Extrinsic motivation is related to information relevance for the audience member.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What are some immediate behavioral purposes of an informative speech?

Answer 3

Answers will vary.

Question 4

Provide an example of a contrast, a synonym, and an antonym.

Question 5

Audience members tend to remember facts and details better than generalizations and main ideas.

Question 6

What are the five skills for informative speaking?

Question 7

Explaining the historic relationship between Palestine and Israel is an example of the informative goal of clarifying complex issues.

Question 8

Informative speaking to increase knowledge is most like what your teachers do in college classes.

Question 9

Explain what narrating is and how it can be used effectively during an informative speech.

Question 10

What is the difference between abstract and concrete words? Provide two examples of each.

Question 11

Explain the main purposes when explaining during an informative speech.

Question 12

Explain the six possible goals for informative speeches.

Question 13

What is information relevance?

Question 14

In an essay, explain the concept of information overload, and provide an idea of how you would know if you were experiencing it.

Question 15

Explain the concept of information hunger.

Question 16

Describe four factors in relating an informative presentation to an audience.

Question 17

Provide three topics for an informative speech that do not appear in the book. One of them should be labeled as a speech of demonstration.

Question 18

An immediate behavioral purpose is the action expected during and right after the speech.

Question 19

What is narrating, and how does it work in public speaking?

Question 20

How does extrinsic motivation work in a public speech? What are two examples of extrinsic motivation?

Question 21

To create a perceived need for learning information, you should avoid relying on extrinsic motivation.

Question 22

One example of extrinsic motivation is one's own driving desire to know and learn about new information and ideas.

Question 23

Explanation involves analyzing, deconstructing, or dissecting something.

Question 24

A comparison reveals how two words or concepts are similar; a contrast defines by revealing how they are different.

Question 25

An operational definition reveals what something is by how it works, how it is made, or what it consists of.

Question 26

One way to determine whether your informative purpose has been fulfilled is to ask the audience to demonstrate their understanding, thereby proving their learning.

Question 27

Some examples of appropriate behavioral purposes for an informative speech are to recognize, to compare, to define, and to distinguish.

Question 28

The purpose of an informative speech is to change the audience's mind about some issue.

Question 29

Information relevance refers to the usefulness of the information to the audience.

Question 30

Increasing the amount of supporting material and main points is an acceptable strategy to combat potential information overload.

Question 31

Describing how you calculate interest on a loan is an example of an operational definition.

Question 32

In a speech that is already interesting, the addition of humor improves the audience's perception of the speaker's authoritativeness.

Question 33

A play-by-play of a basketball game is an example of narration.

Question 34

A synonym is a word, term, or concept close or similar in meaning to the one being defined.

Question 35

Among the skills for informative speaking are defining, describing, explaining, and narrating.

Question 36

Research tends to support the old saying that "You should tell 'em what you're going to tell 'em; tell 'em; and tell 'em what you told 'em."

Question 37

Information overload refers to the provision of more information than the audience can absorb because of amount or complexity.

Question 38

Use of transitions can increase an audience's comprehension or understanding of the message.

Question 39

Repeating points can make it more difficult for audience members to learn content.

Question 40

Information overload can occur as a result of both too much quantity and too much complexity of information.

Question 41

Which of the following is an effective strategy for describing?

A) use of Roman numerals
B) use of statistics
C) use of metaphors
D) use of chronology

Question 42

Which of the following was NOT cited in the text as one of the special skills of informative speaking?

A) changing people's future actions
B) defining what a concept is
C) describing how something is
D) narrating or telling a story

Question 43

Which of the following topics would be most appropriate for an informative speech?

A) how to perform emergency first aid
B) benefits of recycling and why you should recycle
C) why you should vote Republican
D) why you should avoid alcohol

Question 44

Which of the following is the best example of a speech intended to demonstrate something useful?

A) Should some street drugs be legalized in the United States?
B) How are animals treated on large farms?
C) What steps can you take to avoid the flu?
D) How are property taxes calculated?

Question 45

If you want to clarify something while also arousing interest, which informative speaking skill should you rely on?

A) demonstrating
B) quantifying
C) defining
D) explaining

Question 46

How does the text describe information hunger?

A) The speaker creates a need for information in the audience.
B) The audience anxiously awaits information from the speaker.
C) The speaker has a large appetite for information.
D) The audience has a large appetite for information.

Question 47

Audiences tend to remember and comprehend ________ better than ________.

A) fun and games; courses and disciplines
B) generalizations and main points; details and specific facts
C) details and specific facts; generalizations and main points
D) courses and disciplines; fun and games

Question 48

An important aspect of informative speaking is making your subject ________ the audience.

A) easy for
B) relevant to
C) exquisite for
D) bland for

Question 49

Native Americans tend to value visual representations when learning new information.

Question 50

Which of the following topics suggests an operational definition?

A) the construction of a bird cage
B) the origins of Unitarianism
C) the delights of Jamaica
D) descriptions of dogs with accompanying slides

Question 51

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of an informative speech?

A) to change the minds of the audience members about an issue or idea
B) to increase what an audience knows about something
C) to improve an audience's understanding of how to use something
D) to clarify an audience's ideas about something

Question 52

A rhetorical question is a question

A) that has no answer.
B) for which no answer is expected.
C) that the speaker will answer after the speech.
D) that appears in the transitions of the speech.

Question 53

A narration is a lengthy explanation consisting of a series of shorter explanations.

Question 54

Explanation is to idea development as narration is to

A) storytelling.
B) oral interpretation.
C) paraphrasing.
D) literary criticism.

Question 55

Which of the following is NOT meant by the term information overload?

A) the number of words per minute
B) material too complex to understand easily
C) more material than the audience can absorb
D) using mathematical symbols or undefined words the audience does not understand

Question 56

An informative speech does NOT have to be

A) meaningful.
B) interesting.
C) entertaining.
D) significant.

Question 57

Which type of learner tends to prefer learning through hearing information?

A) kinesthetic
B) aural
C) solitary
D) logical

Question 58

Which of the following comments provides the best example of extrinsic motivation?

A) "Because I have always wanted to be a priest, I study hardest in my philosophy and rhetoric classes."
B) "I work because I love to work and cannot imagine being any different."
C) "I had children-well, had children more or less by accident, not because I planned for it or anything."
D) "Because my employer said our raises would be based on it, I am increasing my number of contract reports."

Question 59

One purpose of informative speaking is to persuade an audience to do something.

Question 60

Which of the following phrases does NOT fit with the immediate behavioral purposes of an informative speech?

A) define words, objects, or concepts
B) distinguish among different things
C) change attitudes, beliefs, and values
D) recognize differences or similarities among objects, persons, or issues

Question 61

Which type of learner tends to prefer learning through personal reflection?

A) visual
B) solitary
C) social
D) aural

Question 62

In a speech explaining how to play drums, Steve uses the table to illustrate various beat patterns. Which informative speaking skill is Steve using?

A) demonstrating
B) quantifying
C) defining
D) explaining