Informing through definition can be accomplished in several ways. Which method involves providing the history of a word?
Explanation
When using definition as a method of informing, a speaker can use etymology to provide novel and engaging information about a term by exploring its linguistic origins and historical development.
Other questions
What is the primary goal of informative speaking?
What is described as a method of informing that entails creating verbal pictures for an audience, conveying what is taken in through the senses?
What is the recommended guideline for balancing new and repackaged information in a speech to avoid information overload?
In persuasive speaking, what is the term for the underlying justification that connects a claim and its evidence?
Which type of persuasive proposition focuses on convincing audience members that something is 'good or bad' or 'right or wrong'?
Which organizational pattern for persuasive speeches involves five steps: attention, need, satisfaction, visualization, and action?
What type of reasoning reaches conclusions through the citation of examples and is described as the most frequently used form of logical reasoning?
Which fallacy of reasoning occurs when a speaker argues that one action will inevitably lead to a series of other, undesirable actions?
What are the three dimensions of ethos, or speaker credibility, as described in the text?
Which persuasive strategy refers to the mental discomfort that results when new information clashes with a person's currently held beliefs, attitudes, or values?
When adapting a persuasive message to an audience that already agrees with your proposition, what should be your primary focus?
What fallacy is committed when a speaker attacks a person rather than their argument?
According to the text, which of Maslow's needs are speakers most likely to be successful at focusing on in a persuasive speech?
What is the term for a persuasive appeal to the reasoning or logic of an argument?
The false cause fallacy, also known as post hoc ergo propter hoc, occurs when a speaker argues what?
In the context of informative speeches, what are the three main learning styles a speaker can appeal to?
What does the text suggest is a primary cause for the historical shift from argumentative speaking to informative speaking?
According to the sample persuasive speech on prisoner education, what percentage of prisoners identified education as a personal reentry need?
The sample informative speech about green schools cites a report titled 'Greening America’s Schools.' According to that report, a LEED certified school reduces carbon dioxide emissions by what percentage compared to a conventional school?
The text describes a type of inductive reasoning that argues what is true in one set of circumstances will be true in another. What is this type of reasoning called?
What is the 'bandwagon' fallacy?
What does the text identify as the two most researched dimensions of speaker credibility (ethos)?
According to the text, which type of persuasive messages are the most effective?
Which of the following is NOT listed as a strategy to resolve cognitive dissonance?
What is the defining characteristic of 'invitational rhetoric' as an alternative to traditional persuasion?
What is the purpose of a 'feasibility report' in a business or organizational context?
The fallacy that argues something should continue simply because 'it's the way things have been done before' is known as what?
In the sample persuasive speech, it is stated that prisoners who completed a college degree reoffended at a rate how much lower than the general prison population?
The sample informative speech mentions that allowing more daylight into school buildings has what effect on students?
According to the text, what is a key difference between a formal outline and a speaking outline?
A speaker who argues that 'If we can put a person on the moon, why can’t we figure out a way to make the tax code easier to understand?' is committing which fallacy?
What is the primary function of dynamism as a dimension of ethos?
What is the first step in Monroe's Motivated Sequence?
Which of the following is NOT one of the three ethical guidelines for using fear appeals presented in the text?
How does the text define a syllogism?
What is the 'red herring' fallacy?
In what circumstances are directive leaders said to be most effective?
What is the central difference between causal reasoning and correlation?
What is the primary reason the text advises against appealing to an audience's self-actualization needs?
What is a key criterion for evaluating inductive reasoning based on examples?
According to the text, what is the 'false dilemma' fallacy?
What is the second step in Monroe's Motivated Sequence, which involves citing evidence that an issue needs to be addressed?
A speaker who provides novel information that is atypical or unexpected is using a strategy to achieve what goal?
What is the primary difference between speaking at a formal level and an impromptu level of informative speaking?
Which leadership style described in the text is characterized by a 'hands-off' approach, giving group members freedom to reach their own decisions?
What is the main danger a speaker risks when relying primarily on an appeal to pathos?
When facing a disagreeable or hostile audience, what should be the speaker's goal for change?
What is the primary function of an 'expediter' in a small group setting?
What does a 'proposition of fact' attempt to establish in a persuasive speech?