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Reusing the exact same words is referred to as repetition.

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Define the purpose of an informative speech.

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Asking "How do you do that?" when creating a speech lends itself to sharing our understanding about processes, procedures, and ______.

What are goals for informative speeches and how can a speaker accomplish those goals?

It is important to explain complex concepts to minimize your chances of being misunderstood.

A ______ format allows you to divide your subject into groups or major categories.

Rephrasing an idea in different words to more fully explain it if referred to as ______.

Integrate supporting information that relates tangentially to your main ideas.

When you are concrete, you enhance your message with sufficient specificity and detail for audience members to form clear mental pictures, grounding your ideas in specific references rather than vague abstractions.

Which of the following are ways that you can show your audience that your speech will benefit them?

Categories in which informative speech is divided include speeches about processes and procedures.

Unless you convince audience members that your presentation has ______, the information you offer will fall on deaf ears.

When you speak ______, you enhance your message with sufficient specificity and detail for audience members.

What are the different categories of informative speeches?

Which of the following is a reason for your receivers to question your honesty and integrity?

What is the goal of a speech about a person?

A quality of an informative speech is that it delivers the right amount of information, neither overloading nor ______ the audience with content.

If your speech was to explain the history of an event, you would probably choose to use a ______ sequence.

What are speeches about ideas or theories?

If you tell about the life of a person-someone famous or someone you know personally, someone living or dead, someone admired by or abhorrent to all-your goal is to make that person come alive for audience members.