What is the recommended strategy for making an abstract term like 'responsibility' clearer to an audience?
Explanation
To ensure clarity in an informative speech, speakers should replace abstract terms, which can have many interpretations, with concrete language that provides a precise and easily understood meaning.
Other questions
What are the three essential goals of a good informative speech that determine its effectiveness as a speaker?
A speech topic about the life and accomplishments of Mahatma Gandhi would fall into which category of informative speeches?
According to Katherine Rowan's framework, what type of explanation should a speaker use for a process or structure that is complex and difficult for the audience to envision, such as the circulatory system?
What is the first step in Rowan's four-part elucidating explanation, designed to clarify a difficult concept for an audience?
What is the primary danger of using too much technical language or jargon in an informative speech?
The term 'objects' as a category for informative speeches is broad and includes what types of topics?
When giving an informative speech about a controversial topic, what is the speaker's primary responsibility?
A speech explaining how to build an academic portfolio is an example of which type of informative speech topic?
When beginning a transformative explanation for an idea that is hard to believe, what is the recommended first step?
What is the primary purpose of personalizing the content of an informative speech?
What is the ethical consideration when using a case study to personalize your content?
A speech with the specific purpose 'To describe the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race' should have a central idea focused on what aspect of the race?
What is the key difference between using a term like 'transportation' versus 'air travel' in a speech?
When presenting an informative speech about a person's life, what should the speaker avoid doing?
In the example of an informative speech about the American Dream, what is one of the three different perspectives presented as part of the central idea?
According to the text, which of the following is an example of a topic that is likely too technical to be covered effectively in a short, five-minute informative speech?
What is the primary function of linking new knowledge to an audience's current knowledge?
In the example of the Iditarod race, how long is the trail that the dog teams must travel?
What does a quasi-scientific explanation start with to help an audience understand a complex process?
Which topic category for an informative speech covers abstract ideas like 'ethnocentrism' or 'social equality'?
What is one of the key strategies mentioned for making an informative speech memorable?
Why is it important for a speaker to check that their information is current, even for historical topics like the American Civil War?
In the context of Katherine Rowan's framework, what source of audience confusion would an elucidating explanation be designed to address?
What is the danger of assuming that 'everybody knows' something when preparing an informative speech?
When giving an informative speech about the eruption of Mt. St. Helen's, approaching it as a 'process' would focus on what aspects?
What is the central idea of the sample speech outline about the benefits of being ethnocentric?
How does the text suggest making a speech about air pollution relevant and useful to the audience?
What is the purpose of the fourth and final part of an elucidating explanation, where the audience practices distinguishing examples from nonexamples?
According to the example on making information memorable, a speech about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II could effectively conclude by doing what?
What is defined as a predictable series of changes, phases, or steps, which can be the topic of an informative speech?
In the example about the Hindu concept of karma, the specific purpose 'To describe the Hindu concept of karma' falls under which main topic category?
What is the speaker's primary ethical obligation if they choose a topic that turns out to be too difficult or ambitious?
What is the primary goal of keeping information limited in an informative speech?
Which of the following terms is presented as a concrete alternative to the abstract term 'success'?
What is the second part of Rowan's elucidating explanation, which follows the typical exemplar?
In the example speech about the American Dream, the perspective of many environmentalists is that the consumption patterns accompanying the dream lead to what outcome?
What is the minimum age for a musher, or dogsled driver, to participate in the Iditarod race, according to the sample speech outline?
A speech explaining the discovery of the smallpox vaccine would be categorized under which type of informative topic?
What strategy does Rowan's transformative explanation use to show how an accepted scientific theory is better than an audience's implicit, erroneous theory?
How many main points are in the sample outline for an informative speech about how to build an academic portfolio?
What is the primary reason informative speaking is considered an important skill?
A specific purpose statement such as 'To inform the audience about the current uses of the banned insecticide DDT' would fall under which category of informative topics?
What advice does the text give regarding the use of tangential information in an informative speech?
In the descriptive outline of the Iditarod race, how many dogs are typically in a musher's team?
In the example of a transformative explanation, what is the 'implicit, but erroneous, theory' that the audience might hold about science?
What is Katherine Rowan's suggested final step for a quasi-scientific explanation?
A speech about 'the glass ceiling' would be classified under which informative topic category?
In the example of a speech about the sociologist's view of the American Dream, for what percentage of Americans at the bottom of the economic scale is the dream considered far out of reach?
Which of the following is NOT listed as one of the four choices a speaker has when they realize their chosen topic is too ambitious?