Speech Chapter 8

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.

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