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General search engines employ robots to develop their indices.
Better-educated audiences tend to be more closed minded.
Alliteration treats inanimate subjects, such as ideas or institutions, as if they had human
form or feeling.
Narratives are effective for public speaking because they are only stories and do not
have to ring true with what the audience already knows.
It is less important to identify sources when paraphrasing testimony.
Assuming that audience members already agree with a disputed position best reflects
the straw man fallacy.
Topic analysis uses a system of questions similar to that used by news writers.
Presentation aids are often used for presenting large amounts of statistical information.
Personal knowledge provides enough resources for a speech if you are knowledgeable.
A good introductory speech should provide your listeners with a brief overview of your
entire life story.
The integration stage of persuasion emphasizes the importance of reconciling
persuasive messages with the previous beliefs and values of audience members.
Renewal of group commitment is a primary objective of ceremonial speaking.
Proxemics studies how humans use facial expressions during communication.
Facts and statistics are especially effective because they tend to speak for themselves.
When a speaker uses the exact words of others, it is called paraphrasing.
Ceremonial speakers should avoid the use of narrative and other appeals that usually
distract attention away from the celebrated moment.
Ceremonial speeches address four basic questions: who are we? why are we? what have
we accomplished? what can we become together?
