Chapter 8: Integrating Support
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. The primary use of ______ is to support specific points, to engage the audience.
a. examples
b. definitions
c. analogies
d. statistics
2. The primary use of ______ is to explain words or concepts.
a. examples
b. definitions
c. analogies
d. statistics
3. The primary use of ______ is to promote understanding via comparisons and
contrasts.
a. examples
b. definitions
c. analogies
d. statistics
4. The primary use of ______ is to strengthen claims and reinforce facts.
a. examples
b. definitions
c. analogies
d. statistics
5. The primary use of ______ is to clarify, to evoke a sensory response.
a. examples
b. explanations and descriptions
c. analogies
d. testimony
6. The primary use of ______ is to increase believability and credibility.
a. examples
b. explanations and descriptions
c. analogies
d. testimony
7. All of the following are true for short examples EXCEPT that
a. they support a specific point.
b. they are typically no longer than a sentence or two.
c. when used in a series they gain power.
d. they are known as narratives.
8. Extended examples are also known as all of the following EXCEPT
a. illustrations.
b. episodes.
c. narratives.
d. anecdotes.
9. When you use examples that have not actually occurred into your speeches, you are
using ______ examples.
a. hypothetical
b. false
c. theoretical
d. fictional
10. In order for ______ to fulfill their purpose, audiences must accept that the fictional
scenarios you create could really happen.
a. analogies
b. hypothetical examples
c. definitions
d. descriptions
11. Which of the following is NOT a question you should ask yourself when assessing
your examples?
a. Is the example universal?
b. Is the example vivid?
c. Does the example clarify your message?
d. Will your listeners be bored by the example?
12. In her speech, Jean provides an overview of the symptoms of a disease, and this
facilitates the audience’s understanding of the respective disease. Jean uses
a. an explanation.
b. a definition.
c. a citation.
d. a script.
13. Speakers use descriptions for all of the following EXCEPT
a. to produce fresh and striking word pictures.
b. to provoke sensory reactions.
c. to clarify the unfamiliar for their receivers.
d. to create greater message vividness.
14. Which of the following is NOT true of definitions?
a. They enhance audience understanding.
b. They can trick your audience into believing your message.
c. They can facilitate audience acceptance of a speaker’s ideas.
15. A definition does all of the following EXCEPT
a. investing the meaning you cite with a degree of authority.
b. investing the meaning you cite with a degree of authority.
c. making the speaker–audience connection more intense.
d. confusing the audience.
16. ______ are designed to clarify intended meanings of concepts.
a. Descriptions
b. Definitions
c. Explanations
d. Analogies
17. Which of the following is NOT a question that you can ask yourself in order to
assess your definition?
a. Does my definition contribute to the overall goal and purpose of my speech?
b. Is my definition easily understood?
c. Am I consistent in the way I define or explain a term or problem?
d. Will audience members refute my definition?
18. A(n) ______ functions to increase understanding through comparison and contrast.
a. definition
b. explanation
c. analogy
d. hypothetical example
19. A(n) ______ compares two things from similar classes, for example, two viruses,
two novels, or two crises.
a. literal analogy
b. metaphorical analogy
c. figurative analogy
d. hypothetical analogy
20. A(n) ______ compares two things that are distinctively dissimilar and that at first
appear to have little in common with each other
a. literal analogy
b. metaphorical analogy
c. figurative analogy
d. hypothetical analogy
21. The ______ is the difference between the highest and the lowest numbers in a
series.
a. mean
b. median
c. mode
d. range
22. The ______ is the middle number in a group of numbers arranged in order from
highest to lowest.
a. mean
b. median
c. mode
d. range
23. The ______ is the number that occurs most commonly in a group of numbers.
a. mean
b. median
c. mode
d. range
24. Which of the following is NOT a question you should ask yourself when assessing
your use of statistics?
a. Are the statistics representative of what I claim they measure?
b. Am I being totally honest in my use of these statistics?
c. Have I used statistics sparingly?
d. Are the statistics I used convincing?
25. Factual information offered by biased sources may contain
a. omissions.
b. facts.
c. the truth.
d. definitions.
26. When speakers use the opinions of others either to support positions they are taking
or to reinforce claims they are making, they are using ______.
a. credibility
b. sources
c. testimony
d. statistics
27. ______ testimony is provided by sources recognized as authorities on your topic.
a. Professional
b. Expert
c. Specialty
d. Official
28. When you present the opinions of people who are not necessarily recognized
authorities, but “ordinary people” who have firsthand experience with the subject, you
are presenting peer or ______ testimony.
a. expert
b. lay
c. normal
d. stranger
Short Answer
29. The primary use of ______ is to support specific points, to engage the audience.
30. The primary use of ______ is to explain words and concepts.
31. You can use ______ examples to support a specific point.
32. ______ examples are very much like stories.
33. A good ______ should not under-or-over explain, but facilitate audience
understanding.
34. The two types of analogies are ______ and figurative.
35. The ______ is the number obtained from adding all the numbers in the series and
dividing that by the number of items.
True/False
36. By touching audience members in the way a generalization never could, an
illustration helps the speaker pull listeners into the speech.
37. You don’t need to tell your audience when an example you are using is hypothetical.
38. Hypothetical examples are intended to trick your listeners into believing something
that is not true.
39. The primary use of explanations and descriptions is to clarify and/or to evoke a
sensory response.
40. Testimony is like borrowing someone else’s credibility.
41. The statistics you choose to use can increase the impact of your points.
42. Presenting your statistics visually can make it easier for your audience to
understand.
Essay
43. Discuss and exemplify why we use explanations in our speeches.
44. Discuss and exemplify why we use descriptions in our speeches.
Ans: Area to explain: We use descriptions to help our audience imagine they can see,
45. Discuss and exemplify the benefits of each way you could define a word.
Ans: Area to explain: A dictionary definition lends a degree of authority and credibility.
46. Why do we use statistics in speeches?
47. Why is it important to orally cite your sources?
Ans: To enhance your credibility, you need to tell audience members where you got