Give categories of speech topics that correspond to these five types of informative speeches:

(1) speeches about objects; (2) speeches about procedures; (3) speeches about people; (4) speeches about events; and (5) speeches about ideas.
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Answers will vary on this question. An object should be a tangible item that can be touched or seen such as a globe. A procedure should explain a process such as how to extract a tooth. A speech about a person should be about a human being—for example, a local news anchor. An event should be a particular occurrence like the attacks of September 11th and an idea should be an abstract concept, such as a theory or philosophy—Islamism.

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Which of the following statements best describes the focus of uncertainty reduction theory?

A. how we communicate our attraction to other people B. how we form our sense of self-worth in our relationships C. how we determine the value of our interpersonal relationships in our lives D. how we use information about other people in order to decrease ambiguity

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_______ theory is centered on comparisons between constructive and less constructive work teams

a) Participative managemen b) Theory X–Theory Y c) Hawthorne effect d) Principles of coordination

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Give guidelines for writing a good thesis statement

What will be an ideal response?

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Each of the following statements violates at least one of the criteria presented in your textbook for the use of supporting materials. Identify the flaw (or flaws) in each statement.As Matt Damon stated in a recent interview, America must act now to protect its national parks. If we do not take action right away, Damon said, the park system may be permanently damaged.According to a study by American Airlines, the quality of service in the U.S. airline industry has never been better.Every day 15,000 people die of starvation. That's one person every 4.5 seconds. A half-billion people are chronically hungry. The U.S. Bureau of Labor states that over a billion people are trying to subsist on less than $300 a year for a family of four. Of that billion people, one-half are starving. An

additional 1 billion people in 40 nations try to live on 27 cents a day. What will be an ideal response?

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