T F 1. The purpose of an informative speech
is to change theaudience's mind about some issue.
T F 2. If a primary goal of informative speaking
is clarifying a topic, then a second concern is making the topic interesting
and significant to the audience.
T F 3. The significance of your message is
its importance and meaningfulness to, or its consequences for, the audience.
T F 4. The speaker is the one who determines
significance.
T F 5. An "immediate behavioral purpose" is
the action expected during and right after the speech.
T F 6. Some examples of appropriate behavioral
purposes for an informative speech are to recognize, to compare, to define,
and to distinguish.
T F 7. One way to determine whether your informative
purpose has been fulfilled is to ask the audience to demonstrate their
understanding, thereby proving their learning.
T F 8. The term used in the textbook for creating
a need for information is the audience in mid-speech-sag.
T F 9. A rhetorical question is a question
that you expect the audience members to answer when you ask them to do
so during the speech.
T F 10. Information relevance refers to the
usefulness of the information to the audience.
T F 11. An example of extrinsic motivation
is ones own driving desire to know and learn about new information and
ideas.
T F 12. Audiences tend to remember and comprehend
details and specific facts better than main points and generalizations.
T F 13. Simple words and concrete ideas are
easier for an audience to remember than is complex material.
T F 14. In a speech that is already interesting,
the addition of humor improves the audience's perception of the speaker's
authoritativeness.
T F 15. The use of humor in an informative
speech can improve audience perceptions of the speaker's character.
T F 16. Repetition works better than overt
audience response or actual behavior to increase audience comprehension.
T F 17. Information overload refers to the
provision of more information than the audience can absorb because of amount
or complexity.
T F 18. 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 them."
T F 19. Use of transitions can increase an
audience's comprehension or understanding of the message.
T F 20. Some redundancy or planned repetition
can help increase comprehension.
T F 21. Among the "special skills for informative
speaking" are defining, describing, explaining, and narrating.
T F 22. Etymology is a word, term, or concept
close or similar in meaning to the one being defined.
T F 23. An antonym is a word, term, or concept
close or similar in meaning to the one being defined.
T F 24. A comparison reveals how two words
or concepts are similar; a contrast defines by revealing how they are different.
T F 25. An operational definition reveals what
something is by how it works, how it is made, or what it consists of.
T F 26. Abstract is to concrete as general
is to specific.
T F 27. A narration is a lengthy explanation
consisting of a series of shorter explanations.
T F 28. Significance is to important as relevance
is to useful.
29. 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 about something
D. to clarify an audience's ideas about something
30. Which of the following does an informative speech NOT
have to be?
A. enlightening
B. interesting
C. entertaining
D. significant
31. Which of the following topics would be most appropriate
for an informative speech?
A. how to perform emergency first aid
B. how to stop smoking
C. why you should vote Republican
D. why you should avoid alcohol
32. Which of the following types of speeches would NOT
be classified as an informative speech.
A. speech of exposition
B. speech of definition
C. speech of description
D. speech of signification
33. 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.
34. How does the text define 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.
35. 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 introduction of the speech
36. Which of the following comments would be 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 children¾well, 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."
37. Which of the following is NOT informative content,
as described in the book?
A. use of roman numerals
B. main points
C. use of subpoints
D. examples
38. Audiences tend to remember and comprehend ______ and
______ better than ______ and ______.
A. fun, games: courses, disciplines
B. generalizations, main points: details, specific facts
C. details, specific facts: generalizations, main points
D. courses, disciplines: fun, games
39. 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
40. 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
41. A synonym is to a comparison as an ______ is to a contrast.
A. aneurysm
B. anomaly
C. antonym
D. analogy
42. The term etymology refers to a word's
A. pronunciation
B. meaning
C. syllables
D. origins
43. 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
44. Abstract is to general as ______ is to specific.
A. cement
B. concrete
C. black top
D. asphalt
45. Explanation is to idea development as narration is
to
A. storytelling
B. oral interpretation
C. paraphrasing
D. literary criticism