Chp 16: Informative Speaking

Chronological

________: how events or processes occur in time.

Topical

________: dividing by categories or subtopics.

Problem-solution

________: how solutions address problems.

Inform

_____: Make audience aware of a phenomenon

Explain

______ it to them to deepen understanding

Spatial

______: how parts physically relate to one another

Cause-effect

____: how causes led to outcomes

elucidating explanations

Use ___________ (an explanation that helps an audience understand the definition of a term and distinguish its essential characteristics from the associated characteristics that are only sometimes present in that which you are defining) with difficult vocabulary

transformative explanation

Use a ___________ (explanations that help audience members transform their everyday ideas about how something works into a more scientifically accurate understanding of the phenomenon) in this case