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Joe is a former world champion weight lifter and professional body builder. He is preparing an informative speech on the abuse of steroids in physical fitness. Through his personal experiences, what quality can Joe add to the presentation of his speech?
satisfaction
motivation
credibility
persuasion
Google Scholar is an example of a
database.
World Wide Web.
Web directory.
vertical search engine.
Strategies mentioned in the text to narrow your Internet search results include
preceding your search topic with the word "only."
enclosing your search phrase in quotation marks or parenthesis.
searching one word at a time and seeing which websites overlap.
using "greater than" and "less than" symbols.
Which of the following is an example of a domain?
http:
.org
//
URL
The purpose of _________ websites is to sell products or services.
commercial
educational
organizational
military
News and entertainment websites often have which of
the following domains?
.org
.gov
.edu
.com
.uk, .fr, and .ca are all examples of
country codes.
military websites.
American domains.
educational websites.
_________ websites usually have the domain .org.
Commercial
Educational
Organizational
Military
_________ is considered a critical factor in evaluating Web resources.
Length
Accountability
Country of origin
Pleasing visual design
Assessing the accuracy of a website includes
seeing whether the site is signed.
considering whether the sponsor or author is a credible authority.
looking for the most recent posts.
observing how quickly the site loads.
A story or anecdote almost always guarantees audience interest by appealing to their
beliefs.
values.
emotions.
imaginations.
A short illustration of no longer than a sentence or two is called
a hypothetical illustration.
a brief illustration.
an explanation.
a literal illustration.
Brief illustrations often have more impact when used
only in an impersonal way.
in a series.
only one at a time, throughout your speech.
only in the introduction or conclusion.
An opening, complications, a climax, and a resolution are all traits of ________ illustrations.
extended
personal
hypothetical
brief
A personal experience with a topic can BEST be related to the audience using ________ illustration.
a hypothetical
an extended
a brief
a personal
Sarah is running as a first-time candidate for her district's board of education. In her speech, Sarah suggests how the educational standards of the schools will take a serious downturn unless she is elected and her ideas put to work. Sarah is using which type of illustration in this situation?
personal
hypothetical
brief
extended
_________ provide the details that allow audience members to develop mental pictures of what speakers are talking about.
Illustrations
Definitions
Explanations
Descriptions
If, as supporting material for a speech, you give reasons or causes for a policy, principle, or event, you are using
a definition.
a description.
an explanation.
an analogy.
Definitions in a speech that define terms as they would be found in a dictionary are known as
a classification.
a description.
a straight-forward definition.
an operational definition.
What kind of definition is used when a speaker defines a term by showing how it works or how it is applied in a specific instance?
an analogy
an operational definition
a classification
an illustration
When your central idea naturally divides into various areas to be supported, the organizational pattern is most likely
chronological.
causal.
spatial.
topical.
Organizing your points by discussing the most important or convincing one first uses the principle of
primacy.
recency.
complexity.
organization.
According to this principle, the point that is discussed last is the one audiences will remember best.
primacy
complexity
recency
topically
Arranging your main points from simple to the most complex follows the guidelines of which principle?
primacy
recency
organization
complexity
When you save the most important material for last, you are using the principle of
primacy.
specificity.
recency.
complexity.
The pattern of speech organization used in a speech topic that progresses in order of time is a ________ pattern.
topical
cause-effect
spatial
chronological
When explaining the progress of molecular discoveries, Guilherme began by discussing Mendel's 1866 studies about inheritance of biological traits in peas, ending with recent information about the human genome project. Which pattern of organization would BEST suit Guilherme's speech?
spatial
topical
cause-effect
chronological
The principles of primacy and recency apply to which of the following organizational patterns?
spatial
cause and effect
topical
problem-solution
A speaker who relies on _________organization arranges ideas according to his or her physical locations or directions.
cause-effect
chronological
spatial
topical
Deanna makes the claim in her persuasive speech that unregulated car emissions in major urban areas worldwide contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer, which contributes to global warming. Which type of organizational pattern is reflected in this example?
problem-solution
spatial
topical
cause-effect
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