Public Speaking Chapter 8- Supporting Materials

The more ________ your examples, the greater impact they are likely to have.

• hypothetical

• complex

• unusual

• expert

• vivid

Using ________ is the best way to pull listeners into your speeches.

• peer testimony

• statistics

• extended examples

• visual aids

• brief examples

Accomplished speakers consider ________ "the very life of the speech."

• statistics

• causal reasoning

• testimony

• examples

• emotional appeals

Which of the following is recommended by your textbook as a way to enhance the effectiveness of your examples?

• Practice delivery to enhance your extended examples.

• Avoid using examples drawn from your personal experience.

• Make your examples vivid and richly textured.

• All of these answers are correct.

• Both practice delivery to enhance your extended examples and make your examples vivid and richly textured.

Examples are especially helpful as supporting materials because they

• personalize your ideas.

• are not overly technical.

• quantify a speaker's ideas.

• are harder to manipulate than statistics or testimony.

• enhance the speaker's credibility.

As your textbook explains, examples help a speaker

• reinforce ideas.

• personalize ideas.

• make ideas vivid.

• All of these answers are correct.

• Both personalize ideas and make ideas vivid.

Research indicates that the impact of examples is greatly enhanced when they are combined with ______ that show(s) the examples to be typical.

• analogies

• causal reasoning

• credibility statements

• emotional appeals

• statistics

Alisha began the introduction of her speech by saying: Like typical new parents, Paige and Iain Lochlan were thrilled when their son Lincoln was born. But their elation soon turned to fear as Lincoln began to miss important milestones. As an infant, he didn’t make eye contact, and a year later he showed no interest in learning how to walk or talk. It wasn’t long before Paige and Iain got the diagnosis every parent dreads—their child has autism. What kind of supporting material did Alisha use in her introduction?

• expert testimony

• brief example

• metaphor

• hypothetical example

• simile

According to your textbook, a(n) ________ is an imaginary story that makes a general point.

• fable

• illustration

• simulated example

• hypothetical example

• anecdote

Jeff began his speech by saying: Imagine that you are on a deserted island—palm trees sway in the breeze, the warm sun is on your face, and the smell of tropical flowers is in the air. Suddenly, the sound of distant drums breaks your euphoria. What do you do—panic? What would you do if you found yourself in such a situation? What kind of supporting material did Jeff use in his introduction?

• peer testimony

• extended metaphor

• synthetic example

• artificial simile

• hypothetical example