Identify and define four of the seven informative strategies.

What will be an ideal response?

- Defining: clarifying vague or troublesome terms, which is only necessary when meanings are unclear.
- Reporting: telling "what happened" with little overt analysis or interpretation
- Describing: painting a mental picture through the use of vivid details that can make trite claims become interesting.
- Explaining: providing a deeper understanding by considering different views, accounting for how and why things happen, or speculating about meanings and implications.
- Demonstrating: informing by showing how something works or is done, which is the only strategy to break a process into tasks that can be completed.
- Storytelling: the only strategy to involve the use of narrative.
- Comparing: discussing similarities and differences, which is the only strategy to involve more than two items or concepts for contrast.

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Martina is concerned about her introductory speech for the guest speaker at her banquet. What should Martina keep in mind?

a. Audiences do notusually listen to introductions of speakers. b. She should mention why she was chosen for this honor. c. She should introduce the topic and the speaker, briefly and accurately. d. She should tell as much about the speaker's credentials as she can find.

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