COMS 101: chapter 15
1. to communicate information and ideas in a way that your audience will
understand and remember: when you deliver an informative speech, what is yourmain
goal?
2. facts they already know: when you deliver any speech, your audience shouldhear
new knowledge, not .
3. to enlighten your audience by increasing their understanding or awareness and
create a new perspective on a topic: when you deliver an informative speech, what is your
intent?
4. to influence your audience to agree with your point of view: when you delivera
persuasive speech, what is your intent?
5. intent: what is the key to informative speaking?
6. informational: if you intend only to educate the audience about something, youspeech
is .
7. persuasive: if you want your audience to share or agree with your point of view,your
speech is .
8. with a clear specific purpose signifying your intent: to make sure your infor-mative
speech is truly informative, how should you start?
9. these speeches paint a clear picture of an event, person, object, place,situation,
or concept: describe speeches of description
10. to create images in the minds of listeners about your topic or to describea concept
in concrete detail: what is the main goal of speeches of description?
11. these speeches deal with complex topics like abstract ideas, theories,
principles, and beliefs: describe speeches of explanation
12. understanding; to simplify complex topics; to inform them about the poli-cy: what
is the main goal of speeches of explanation?
13. focus on a process by describing the gradual changes that lead to a
particular result: describe speeches of demonstration
14. 1. "how": explains how a process functions without teaching the specificdetails
2. "how to": tries to communicate specific skills: what are the 2 different ap-proaches
to speeches of demonstration? briefly describe each
15. the speech of demonstration benefits from presentational aids: what is a clear
difference between speech of demonstration and the speeches of presentationand
explanation?
16. be accurate, objective, clear, meaningful, and memorable: when creating goals and
strategies for your informative speech, keep what specific goals in mind?
17. speaker credibility: when giving an informative speech, offering an incorrectfact or
taking a faulty position may hurt and cause people to stop
listening
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1. to communicate information and ideas in a way that your audience will
understand and remember: when you deliver an informative speech, what is yourmain
goal?
2. facts they already know: when you deliver any speech, your audience shouldhear
new knowledge, not .
3. to enlighten your audience by increasing their understanding or awareness and
create a new perspective on a topic: when you deliver an informative speech, what is your
intent?
4. to influence your audience to agree with your point of view: when you delivera
persuasive speech, what is your intent?
5. intent: what is the key to informative speaking?
6. informational: if you intend only to educate the audience about something, youspeech
is .
7. persuasive: if you want your audience to share or agree with your point of view,your
speech is .
8. with a clear specific purpose signifying your intent: to make sure your infor-mative
speech is truly informative, how should you start?
9. these speeches paint a clear picture of an event, person, object, place,situation,
or concept: describe speeches of description
10. to create images in the minds of listeners about your topic or to describea concept
in concrete detail: what is the main goal of speeches of description?
11. these speeches deal with complex topics like abstract ideas, theories,
principles, and beliefs: describe speeches of explanation
12. understanding; to simplify complex topics; to inform them about the poli-cy: what
is the main goal of speeches of explanation?
13. focus on a process by describing the gradual changes that lead to a
particular result: describe speeches of demonstration
14. 1. "how": explains how a process functions without teaching the specificdetails
2. "how to": tries to communicate specific skills: what are the 2 different ap-proaches
to speeches of demonstration? briefly describe each
15. the speech of demonstration benefits from presentational aids: what is a clear
difference between speech of demonstration and the speeches of presentationand
explanation?
16. be accurate, objective, clear, meaningful, and memorable: when creating goals and
strategies for your informative speech, keep what specific goals in mind?
17. speaker credibility: when giving an informative speech, offering an incorrectfact or
taking a faulty position may hurt and cause people to stop
listening
1/3
