You are listening to and evaluating an informative speech in your public speaking class. which choice would be the most effective way to focus your attention?

a.
interrupt the speaker frequently to ask questions.

b.
take notes and summarize ideas.

c.
write the speech down word for word.

d.
discuss with a partner the main points of the speech as it is being presented.

B). Take notes and summarize notes.

Explanation:

An informative essay is exemplified as the scholastic written document/essay that is chiefly inclined towards informing or notifying the audience about a particular subject, process, or event. It aims to elaborate on a specific topic or idea with adequate details that demand the students to note down the key points and recapitulate in a brief form(summary) as it offers a quite comprehensive and detailed knowledge of the domain/subject matter which is being explained.

As per the question, the choice that would be most constructive to focus your attention would be 'taking notes and summarizing' as it would help memorize the key points of the information presented and jot down brief outlook of the entire speech that would help form an opinion or judgment at the end of the class. Thus, option B is the correct answer.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.