Imagine that you have to deliver an informative speech about college tuition to a first-year public speaking class. Create a specific purpose for the speech and articulate four ways that you can test the strength of your purpose
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer would include the following:
1. The specific purpose the student articulates should be informative, with intent to inform and enhance understanding, rather than persuade or celebrate.
2. The student should identify how the specific purpose benefits her audience.
3. The student should include ways to test the strength of her specific purpose by testing to see if it:
• asks for a specific audience response.
• is realistic.
• is clear.
• is ethical.
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A) ?using denotation B) ?speaking quickly C) ?using specific language D) ?speaking vaguely
Demographics refers to
A) age, sex, and ethnic/cultural/religious background. B) the population. C) physical characteristics D) demonstrating a predetermined methodology
A concluding strategy that promotes unity within a speech by ending in a similar manner as the beginning is
a. appeal or challenge b. summary of main points c. quotation d. reference to the introduction
Which of the following creates the most interest in an audience?
A. lists of facts B. stories C. statistics D. mathematical models