Public Speaking Ch 7 & 8

The ____________ lists all the books, periodicals, and other resources owned by a library.

Most library catalogues allow you to search for books by

____________ are used in libraries to classify books and periodicals and to indicate where they can be found on the shelves.

f you want to find journal or magazine articles on your speech topic, you should consult a(n)

ou should never cite an article in your speech on the basis of the abstract alone.

If you need information from a newspaper such as The New York Times, you have little alternative to thumbing through back issues of the paper until you find what you need.

If you need information about a specific person, you should consult a ____________ such as Who's Who, Dictionary of Hispanic Biography, or Contemporary Black Biography.

Three kinds of search aids discussed in the chapter for finding documents on the Internet are

If there is no clearly identified author for a document on the Internet, you should try to determine the ____________ that is responsible for the document.

Even if you can't identify the author or sponsoring organization for an Internet document, you can still use the document in your speech as long as it is up to date.

The most important task in preparing to conduct a research interview is deciding what questions to ask during the interview.

After conducting a research interview, you should wait a few days to review and transcribe your notes.

A ____________ is a list, compiled early in the research process, of works that look as if they might contain helpful information about a speech topic.

When taking research notes, you should only write down information that you know you will use in your speech.

an essential part of doing research is

what is the Dif between a preliminary bibliography and the final?

Listeners usually find generalizations more interesting and convincing than specific statements.

The three kinds of supporting materials discussed in your textbook are

A(n) ____________ is a specific case used to illustrate or represent a group of people, ideas, conditions, experiences, or the like

Examples are especially useful for getting listeners involved in a speech.

A hypothetical example is an example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.

A(n) ____________ example is a specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.

According to your textbook, a(n) ____________ example is a story, narrative, or anecdote developed at some length to illustrate a point.

You should usually avoid using detailed examples because they will bore your audience.

The impact of an extended example often depends as much on the speaker's delivery as on the content of the example.

The ____________ is the number that occurs most frequently in a group of numbers.

What is the median in the following set of numbers: 500, 600, 650, 700, 750?

The term for the statistical measure popularly known as the "average" is the ____________.

The main purpose of using statistics in a speech is to make the speech more vivid.

According to your textbook, if you quoted your sixteen-year-old niece on the impact of media violence on high-school students, you would be using ____________ testimony.

Research indicates that the impact of examples is greatly enhanced when they are followed by ____________ that show the examples are typical.

In most cases, statistics speak for themselves and do not require a lot of explanation when used in a speech.

When using statistics in a speech, you should

According to your textbook, what type of supporting material would you be using if you quoted Yale physicist Daniel Timbie on the compatibility of the big bang theory with religious philosophies?

To restate or summarize a source's ideas in one's own words is to