A(n) ______ is an informative presentation that provides carefully researched, in-depth knowledge about a complex topic.

a. process speech
b. expository speech
c. impromptu speech
d. didactic speech

b. expository speech
An expository speech is an informative presentation that provides carefully researched, in-depth knowledge about a complex topic. For example, "understanding the health care debate," "the origins and classification of nursery rhymes," "sociobiological theory of child abuse," and viewing rap as poetry" are all topics on which one could give an interesting expository speech.

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According to Aristotle, the process of discovering, in any particular case, the available means of persuasion is called

A) pathos. B) logos. C) ethos. D) rhetoric.

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_______ refers to a deterioration of mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgement that results from in-group pressure to conform.

a. Storming b. Transforming c. Evaluating d. Groupthink

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