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Chapter 14: Informative and Persuasive Presentations
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. The use of logic or reasoning to impact an audience is called ______.
a. ethos
b. logos
c. pathos
d. mentos
Learning Objective: 14.6: Explain the artistic proofs.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Artistic Proofs
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Deductive reasoning is associated with which proof?
a. Ethos
b. Pathos
c. Logos
d. Ethnos
Learning Objective: 14.6: Explain the artistic proofs.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Artistic Proofs
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Artistic proofs were laid out 2,000 years ago by ______.
a. Aristotle
b. Pericles
c. Cicero
d. Caesar
Learning Objective: 14.6: Explain the artistic proofs.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Artistic Proofs
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. An enthymeme is a form of ______.
a. claim of value
b. process speech
c. syllogism
d. anchor position
Learning Objective: 14.6: Explain the artistic proofs.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Artistic Proofs
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Which of the following includes those positions that the audience deems unacceptable?
a. Latitude of acceptance
b. Latitude of noncommitment
c. Latitude of rejection
d. Anchor position
Learning Objective: 14.7: Describe how the social judgment theory can influence persuasive attempts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Variables Influencing Social Judgment
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Which of the following includes the range of positions that the audience sees as acceptable?
a. Latitude of acceptance
b. Latitude of noncommitment
c. Latitude of rejection
d. Anchor position
Learning Objective: 14.7: Describe how the social judgment theory can influence persuasive attempts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Variables Influencing Social Judgment
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. According to social judgment theory, ______ represents the preferred or most acceptable position.
a. latitude of acceptance
b. latitude of noncommitment
c. latitude of rejection
d. anchor position
Learning Objective: 14.7: Describe how the social judgment theory can influence persuasive attempts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Variables Influencing Social Judgment
Difficulty Level: Hard
8. Words that represent intangible objects that cannot be experienced through senses and include ideas, beliefs, and feelings are said to be ______.
a. based
b. cemented
c. concrete
d. abstract
Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify strategies for achieving successful informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Develop Relationships Through Language
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Words that represent tangible objects that can be experienced through sensory channels (touch, taste, smell, hearing, seeing) and include real people, objects, actions, and locations are said to be ______.
a. based
b. cemented
c. concrete
d. abstract
Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify strategies for achieving successful informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Develop Relationships Through Language
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Speaker credibility to impact an audience is the most closely associated with which proof?
a. Ethos
b. Pathos
c. Logos
d. None of these
Learning Objective: 14.6: Explain the artistic proofs.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Artistic Proofs
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. Alexandra is going to give a presentation on the procedure for diabetic patients to check their blood glucose levels but will not be having the audience check theirs. This is what type of presentation?
a. Expository presentation
b. Process demonstration
c. How-to demonstration
d. Presentation to actuate
Learning Objective: 14.1: Distinguish the types of informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Process and How-To Demonstrations
Difficulty Level: Hard
12. Which of the following is NOT a strategy for how-to demonstrations?
a. Include all steps.
b. Assume prior knowledge.
c. Provide a clear view.
d. Control pace.
Learning Objective: 14.1: Distinguish the types of informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Process and How-To Demonstrations
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. Alaina is going to give a presentation on the proper procedure for applying a tourniquet to someone who has been injured, and audience members will apply a tourniquet briefly to the person sitting next to them. This is what type of presentation?
a. Expository presentation
b. Process demonstration
c. How-to demonstration
d. Presentation to convince
Learning Objective: 14.1: Distinguish the types of informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Process and How-To Demonstrations
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Skylar is giving a presentation to encourage classmates to write letters to their congressional representatives to voice their opinions on a new legislative bill that is going to be voted on in a few weeks. This is what type of speech?
a. Presentation to actuate
b. Presentation to convince
c. How-to demonstration
d. Expository presentation
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Presenting to Actuate
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. Biff wants the members of the administration in the audience to change their minds about the +/- grade system that was implemented at the university last semester. Biff will be giving which type of presentation?
a. Presentation to actuate
b. How-to demonstration
c. Presentation to convince
d. Expository presentation
Learning Objective: 14.3: Distinguish the types of persuasive presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Presenting to Convince
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. Anna Leigh wants to present a highly detailed analysis of her hometown, Portland, Oregon. Which of the following is the most appropriate type of presentation for her to deliver?
a. Presentation to actuate
b. How-to demonstration
c. Presentation to convince
d. Expository presentation
Learning Objective: 14.1: Distinguish the types of informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Expository Presentations
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. In his presentation, Jack explains, in detail, the capabilities of the iPhone 7. Most likely, Jack’s presentation is a(n)______.
a. persuasive presentation
b. expository presentation
c. process demonstration
d. how-to demonstration
Learning Objective: 14.1: Distinguish the types of informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Expository Presentations
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. In his presentation, Ruben is going to use a number of academic sources to support his claim that Christopher Columbus did not actually land on the mainland of what is currently the United States. This type of claim is one of ______.
a. value
b. policy
c. conjecture
d. fact
Learning Objective: 14.3: Distinguish the types of persuasive presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Claims of Fact and Claims of Conjecture
Difficulty Level: Easy
19. Billie is claiming that electronic cigarettes are a nuisance and should be banned in all public places. Billie’s claim is one of ______.
a. fact
b. value
c. policy
d. conjecture
Learning Objective: 14.3: Distinguish the types of persuasive presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Claims of Value
Difficulty Level: Easy
20. “Drinking Yumm-o Cola will make you healthier” is a claim of ______.
a. fact
b. value
c. policy
d. conjecture
Learning Objective: 14.3: Distinguish the types of persuasive presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Claims of Fact and Claims of Conjecture
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. “The United States Postal Service should be taken over by a private company as soon as possible” is a claim of ______.
a. policy
b. value
c. conjecture
d. fact
Learning Objective: 14.3: Distinguish the types of persuasive presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Claims of Policy
Difficulty Level: Medium
22. Which of the following is not one of the four primary types of persuasive claims that can be developed through a presentation to convince?
a. Opinion
b. Value
c. Conjecture
d. Fact
Learning Objective: 14.3: Distinguish the types of persuasive presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Presenting to Convince
Difficulty Level: Easy
23. ______ explains how people may respond to a range of positions surrounding a particular topic or issue.
a. Muted group theory
b. Communication accommodation theory
c. Postmodernism
d. Social judgment theory
Learning Objective: 14.7: Describe how the social judgment theory can influence persuasive attempts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Variables Influencing Social Judgment
Difficulty Level: Medium
24. ______ maintains that if someone advocates a position within your latitude of rejection you will view it as farther from your anchor position than it actually is.
a. Assimilation effect
b. Contrast effect
c. Audience involvement
d. Explicit bias
Learning Objective: 14.7: Describe how the social judgment theory can influence persuasive attempts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Variables Influencing Social Judgment
Difficulty Level: Medium
25. A/an ______ occurs when relationships are used to justify certain behaviors and to convince others of their appropriateness.
a. appeal to relationships
b. post hoc ergo propter hoc
c. cum hoc ergo propter hoc
d. hasty generalization
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
26. A/an ______ argues that something is caused by whatever happens before it.
a. appeal to relationships
b. post hoc ergo propter hoc
c. cum hoc ergo propter hoc
d. hasty generalization
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
27. A/an ______ argues that if one thing happens at the same time as another, it was caused by the thing with which it coincides.
a. appeal to relationships
b. post hoc ergo propter hoc
c. cum hoc ergo propter hoc
d. hasty generalization
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
28. A/an ______ occurs when a conclusion is based on a single occurrence or insufficient data or sample size.
a. appeal to relationships
b. post hoc ergo propter hoc
c. cum hoc ergo propter hoc
d. hasty generalization
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
29. A ______ is the use of another issue to divert attention away from the real issue.
a. division fallacy
b. composition fallacy
c. false alternative
d. red herring
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
30. A ______ occurs when only two options are provided, one of which is generally presented as the poor choice or one that should be avoided.
a. division fallacy
b. composition fallacy
c. false alternative
d. red herring
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
31. A ______ argues that the parts are the same as the whole.
a. division fallacy
b. composition fallacy
c. false alternative
d. red herring
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
32. A ______ argues the whole is the same as its parts.
a. division fallacy
b. composition fallacy
c. false alternative
d. red herring
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
True/False
1. A presentation of definition is a type of persuasive presentation.
Learning Objective: 14.1: Distinguish the types of informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Expository Presentations
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. A claim of conjecture contends what will be true or false in the future.
Learning Objective: 14.3: Distinguish the types of persuasive presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Claims of Fact and Claims of Conjecture
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. A presentation that provides the audience with a detailed or in-depth review or analysis of an object, a creation, a place, a person, a concept, or an event is an exploratory presentation.
Learning Objective: 14.1: Distinguish the types of informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Expository Presentations
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. The assimilation effect maintains that if someone advocates a position within your latitude of acceptance you will view it as closer to your anchor position than it is.
Learning Objective: 14.7: Describe how the social judgment theory can influence persuasive attempts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Variables Influencing Social Judgment
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. The contrast effect maintains that if someone advocates a position within your latitude of rejection you will view it as farther from your anchor position than it really is.
Learning Objective: 14.7: Describe how the social judgment theory can influence persuasive attempts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Variables Influencing Social Judgment
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Concrete words represent intangible objects that cannot be experienced through senses and include ideas, beliefs, and feelings.
Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify strategies for achieving successful informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Develop Relationships Through Language
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Expository presentations may connect ideas or viewpoints surrounding a particular topic, distinguish or classify components of a topic, compare and contrast elements of a topic, or initiate new approaches or integrate existing approaches to a topic.
Learning Objective: 14.1: Distinguish the types of informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Expository Presentations
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Pathos involves the use of speaker credibility to impact an audience.
Learning Objective: 14.6: Explain the artistic proofs.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Artistic Proofs
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. Ethos involves the use of speaker credibility to impact an audience.
Learning Objective: 14.6: Explain the artistic proofs.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Artistic Proofs
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. Logos is an artistic proof involving the use of emotional appeals to impact an audience.
Learning Objective: 14.6: Explain the artistic proofs.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Artistic Proofs
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. Presentations to actuate are delivered in an attempt to change audience behavior.
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Presenting to Actuate
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. A presentation to actuate is an example of an informative presentation.
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Presenting to Actuate
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. Descriptive language is that which provides the audience with a clearer picture of what you are discussing by describing it in more detail.
Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify strategies for achieving successful informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Develop Relationships Through Language
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. An enthymeme is a claim of policy.
Learning Objective: 14.6: Explain the artistic proofs.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Artistic Proofs
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. If you know your audience’s preexisting beliefs conflict with your topic, then you shouldn’t bother giving your presentation.
Learning Objective: 14.4: Identify how a speech to convince might influence preexisting beliefs and attitudes of an audience.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Audience Approaches to Presentations to Convince
Difficulty Level: Hard
16. If the audience members do not incorporate the information that you provide into their lives, they will likely forget the material provided during your presentation.
Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify strategies for achieving successful informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Develop Relationships Through Language
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. Two basic types of persuasive speeches exist: presentations to convince and those intended to actuate.
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Presenting to Actuate
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. When developing a claim of value, you must let the audience know what criteria you used to determine the value you support.
Learning Objective: 14.3: Distinguish the types of persuasive presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Claims of Value
Difficulty Level: Easy
19. A claim of conjecture maintains that something is true or false at the present time or was true or false in the past.
Learning Objective: 14.3: Distinguish the types of persuasive presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Claims of Fact and Claims of Conjecture
Difficulty Level: Easy
20. A claim of fact contends what will be true or false in the future.
Learning Objective: 14.3: Distinguish the types of persuasive presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Claims of Fact and Claims of Conjecture
Difficulty Level: Easy
21. As audience members’ involvement with an issue decreases, so does the size of their latitude of rejection.
Learning Objective: 14.7: Describe how the social judgment theory can influence persuasive attempts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Variables Influencing Social Judgment
Difficulty Level: Medium
22. Audiences highly involved with an issue will have large latitudes of acceptance and noncommitment because people will spend more time thinking about and evaluating the concerns with an issue if they view it as important and meaningful.
Learning Objective: 14.7: Describe how the social judgment theory can influence persuasive attempts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Variables Influencing Social Judgment
Difficulty Level: Medium
23. Assimilation and contrast effects are more likely to occur when an actual position is not clear and can thus be minimized by making your position explicit.
Learning Objective: 14.7: Describe how the social judgment theory can influence persuasive attempts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Variables Influencing Social Judgment
Difficulty Level: Medium
Short Answer
1. Explain the concept of ethos.
Learning Objective: 14.6: Explain the artistic proofs.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Artistic Proofs
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Name and explain the three parts of a syllogism.
Learning Objective: 14.6: Explain the artistic proofs.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Artistic Proofs
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. Define and explain a claim of policy.
Learning Objective: 14.3: Distinguish the types of persuasive presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Claims of Policy
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. What is the major difference between a process and a how-to demonstration?
Learning Objective: 14.1: Distinguish the types of informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Process and How-To Demonstrations
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. What is the purpose of an expository presentation? Give an example to illustrate your point.
Learning Objective: 14.1: Distinguish the types of informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Expository Presentations
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. How do inductive and deductive reasoning differ?
Learning Objective: 14.6: Explain the artistic proofs.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Artistic Proofs
Difficulty Level: Hard
7. After your presentation to actuate, your audience has changed their beliefs. Have you met your goal? Explain why or why not.
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Presenting to Actuate
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. A ______ is an argument that appears legitimate but is actually based on faulty reasoning or insufficient evidence.
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. One form of a fallacious argument is ______, which is when the source of a message, rather than the message itself, is attacked.
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. One form of a fallacious argument is ______, which is when a person’s authority or credibility in one area is used to support another area.
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. One form of a fallacious argument is ______, which involves claims that something is good or beneficial because everyone else agrees with this evaluation.
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. The ______ explains how people may respond to a range of positions surrounding a particular topic or issue.
Learning Objective: 14.7: Describe how the social judgment theory can influence persuasive attempts.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Variables Influencing Social Judgment
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. The ______ includes the range of positions that the audience sees as acceptable.
Learning Objective: 14.7: Describe how the social judgment theory can influence persuasive attempts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Variables Influencing Social Judgment
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. The ______ represents the preferred or most acceptable position.
Learning Objective: 14.7: Describe how the social judgment theory can influence persuasive attempts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Variables Influencing Social Judgment
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. The ______ includes those positions that the audience sees as unacceptable.
Learning Objective: 14.7: Describe how the social judgment theory can influence persuasive attempts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Variables Influencing Social Judgment
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. The ______ includes positions that the audience neither wholly accepts nor wholly rejects.
Learning Objective: 14.7: Describe how the social judgment theory can influence persuasive attempts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Variables Influencing Social Judgment
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. The ______ maintains that if someone advocates a position within your latitude of acceptance, you will view it as closer to your anchor position than it really is.
Learning Objective: 14.7: Describe how the social judgment theory can influence persuasive attempts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Variables Influencing Social Judgment
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. The ______ maintains that if someone advocates a position within your latitude of rejection, you will view it as farther from your anchor position than it really is.
Learning Objective: 14.7: Describe how the social judgment theory can influence persuasive attempts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Variables Influencing Social Judgment
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. ______ involves the use of logic or reasoning to influence an audience.
Learning Objective: 14.6: Explain the artistic proofs.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Artistic Proofs
Difficulty Level: Easy
20. ______ involves appealing to emotions such as excitement, sadness, happiness, guilt, and anger.
Learning Objective: 14.6: Explain the artistic proofs.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Artistic Proofs
Difficulty Level: Easy
21. ______ involves the use of speaker credibility to influence an audience.
Learning Objective: 14.6: Explain the artistic proofs.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Artistic Proofs
Difficulty Level: Easy
22. ______ relies on the ambiguousness of language to make an argument.
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
Essay
1. Choose a topic. Explain how you would use the artistic proof pathos to persuade the audience in favor of your topic.
Learning Objective: 14.6: Explain the artistic proofs.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Artistic Proofs
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Using the same topic that you chose for Essay Question 1, explain how you would use the artistic proof logos to persuade your audience in favor of your topic.
Learning Objective: 14.6: Explain the artistic proofs.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Artistic Proofs
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Explain at least three of the strategies for successful informative presentations. Provide an example for each strategy.
Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify strategies for achieving successful informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Strategies for Successful Informative Presentations
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. Explain the three techniques that can help a speaker deliver an effective how-to demonstration. Provide an example for each technique.
Learning Objective: 14.1: Distinguish the types of informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Process and How-To Demonstrations
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Discuss three techniques to help ensure effective expository and how-to demonstrations.
Learning Objective: 14.1: Distinguish the types of informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Expository Presentations
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Discuss the importance of building a relationship with your audience and how you can execute this.
Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify strategies for achieving successful informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Develop Relationships Through Language
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Discuss the importance of narrowing the focus for your topic and how you can execute this.
Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify strategies for achieving successful informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Develop Relationships Through Language
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. Discuss the importance of adjusting the complexity of your presentation and how you can execute this.
Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify strategies for achieving successful informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Develop Relationships Through Language
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Discuss the importance of using clear organization and how you can execute this.
Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify strategies for achieving successful informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Develop Relationships Through Language
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Discuss the importance of stressing the significance and relational influence and how you can execute this.
Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify strategies for achieving successful informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Develop Relationships Through Language
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. What are concrete words? Provide some examples.
Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify strategies for achieving successful informative presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Develop Relationships Through Language
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. Explain the difference between claims of fact and claims of conjecture.
Learning Objective: 14.3: Distinguish the types of persuasive presentations.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Claims of Fact and Claims of Conjecture
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. What is a syllogism? Explain its premises.
Learning Objective: 14.6: Explain the artistic proofs.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Artistic Proofs
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Explain red herring and provide an example.
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. Explain false alternatives and provide an example.
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. Explain composition fallacy and provide an example.
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. Explain division fallacy and provide an example.
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. Explain equivocation and provide an example.
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. Explain appeal to relationships and provide an example.
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. Explain post hoc ergo propter hoc and provide an example.
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. Explain cum hoc ergo propter hoc and provide an example.
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
22. Explain hasty generalization and provide an example.
Learning Objective: 14.5: Identify how a speech to actuate might influence audience behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Persuasive Speaking and Fallacious Arguments
Difficulty Level: Medium
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Appendix (Ciel) And Appendix A (Bce) The Discipline Of Communication
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