SUPPORTING YOUR IDEAS

Q1: What are the three kinds of examples discussed in this chapter?

• Brief, Extended, Personal

• Brief, Personal, General

• Brief, Extended, Hypothetical

• Extended, Hypothetical, General

Q2: Which of the following is NOT a tip for using examples in your speeches?

• Use Examples to clarify your ideas

• Use Examples to reinforce your ideas

• Use Examples to personalize your ideas

• Use Examples to quantify your ideas

Q3: Statistics can hardly be manipulated and distorted

• True

• False

Q4: The ESP5 class has 100 students. A researcher asked 10 students whether they felt the subject was hard or not. 6 out of them said they find public speaking challenging. The researcher then concluded that 60% of the students in the class thought public speaking was difficult. What is the problem with the conclusion of this study?

• The statistics are not representative

• The statistical measures used were incorrect

• The students in the class were unreliable

• There is nothing wrong with the conclusion

Q5: Explaining what statistics mean is particularly unnecessary when you deal with large numbers, only with small numbers

• True

• False

Q6: Expert Testimony is ...

• 1. Testimony from ordinary people with firsthand experience or insight on a topic

• Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields

• Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point

• An unreliable material to support your ideas

Q7: Itzhak Perlman, the world-renowned violinist whose legs are paralyzed, once said: “When you are in a wheelchair, people don’t talk to you. Perhaps they think it is contagious, or perhaps they think crippled legs mean a crippled mind. But whatever the reason, they treat you like a thing. This is an example of:

• Peer testimony

• Expert testimony

Q8: Paraphrasing is better than direct quotation in which situation?

• When the wording of a quotation is plain and clear

• When you want it to sound academic

• When a quotation is longer than two or three sentences

• When you want to give false information

Q9: Which statement is NOT true about citing sources orally?

• Oral source citations do not follow a standard format

• 1. “According to . . .” or “As stated by. . . .” or “quote . . . unquote.” are not commonly used

• Citing sources orally in your speeches is a matter of adapting general principles to specific circumstances

• 1. If the sources are from unpopular books you do not have to cite anything

Q10: “Mount Everest is 29,029 feet high; the official world land speed record is 763.065 miles per hour; the population of Madagascar is 25,054,161 people; the moon is 238,855 miles from Earth.” What should you do with this statement?

• 1. You should round off the numbers because they are complicated

• 1. You should change to a different subject because the statement is boring

• 1. You should keep the statement

• You should make up false numbers to make it simple