Deck 5: Gathering Your Material

Question 1

You should let your audience pass your visual aids around when you are speaking.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Talk to your visual aids when you are showing them to your audience.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The three areas of speech information research come from your own experience and knowledge, library resources, electronic resources, and interviewing.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Expert testimony adds credibility to your speech.

Question 5

A literal comparison describes similarities between things that are otherwise different.

Question 6

"The climate of Hawaii is like Southern California" is a _____________ comparison.

A) figurative
B) literal
C) description
D) definition

Question 7

The _____________ is a specific instance of a generalization or assertion.

A) figurative comparison
B) example
C) statistic
D) definition

Question 8

The speaker should research about ______ times the amount of material used in the speech.

A) 2
B) 3
C) 5
D) 10

Question 9

Which one of the following is not a suggestion for visual aid usage?

A) Make the visual aids simple
B) Limit the number of visual aids
C) Maintain eye contact
D) Make the visual aids large enough so the speaker can see them

Question 10

Which one of the following is not a suggestion for visual aid use?

A) Practice with your visual aid.
B) Pass your visual aids around to the audience.
C) Don't talk to your visual aids.
D) Show your visual aids only when you are talking about them.

Question 11

Discuss the four places you can look to when researching a speech.

Question 12

Explain how you would conduct an interview when researching for a speech.

Question 13

Explain five suggestions for effective visual aid use.