List and explain five research strategies

What will be an ideal response?


1. Develop preliminary bibliography. Create a listing of promising potential resources and develop a system for keeping track of your resources.
2. Locate resources from the Internet, online databases or traditional library holdings.
3. Evaluate the potential usefulness of resources. Think critically about how the variousresources you have found are likely to help you achieve your purpose and about how effective they are likely to be with your audience.
4. Take notes. Begin with the resources you think have the greatest potential; record any supporting material that might be useful and record the source of the supporting material.
5. Identify possible presentation aids. Look for charts, graphs, photographs or any other potentially valuable visual material.

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a. Look over and between the heads of audience members. b. Focus on a spot in the back of the room or auditorium. c. Imagine that the members of your audience are naked. d. Look at audience members the same as you would when talking to friends or coworkers. e. All of the above are effective eye contact techniques.

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The simplest type of graph is a textual graph, which lists information

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Projection is especially important _______

a. when your audience is too large to see the presentational aid clearly b. if you are hoping to narrate your speech c. if you have stage fright and wish to conceal yourself from the audience d.when you need the presentational aid to substitute for your speech

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Cool colors, such as blues, greens, and grays, have a

A. calming effect. B. stimulating effect. C. reputation for increasing anxiety. D. humorous effect.

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