Which of the following is true of events speeches?

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BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

Events speeches focus on particular happenings or occurrences (past, present, or planned) and explain their causes, contexts, and significance.

1. Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Informative speech categories commonly include: objects, processes, events, and concepts. 
- An event speech describes a specific occurrence (e.g., a historical battle, a current national affair, a sporting event, or the origin of a holiday) and often situates that event in time and context so listeners understand what happened and why it matters.
- Organizational patterns for event speeches frequently use chronological order, but organizers may also use topical or cause-effect structures depending on the goal.

2. Step-by-step reasoning
- Identify the defining trait: an event speech is about an occurrence or series of occurrences.
- Match each answer option to that definition to see which one lists examples that are clearly occurrences.
- The first option lists national affairs, historical events, upcoming Olympics, and holiday origins — all are occurrences or happenings, so they align with the definition.
- Evaluate alternatives to ensure they do not better match the core definition.

3. Intermediate steps (concept mapping)
- Option A: examples are occurrences → fits events.
- Option B: religion, personality disorder, disease, theory, idea → abstract concepts or conditions → fits “concepts” category, not events.
- Option C: “follows a sequential organizational pattern” → partially true (many event speeches use chronology) but this is a statement about structure, not a definition or examples of event topics; it is not a best-match description.
- Option D: “about people, places, or things” → describes object speeches, not event speeches.

4. Why the correct answer is correct
- The correct option explicitly lists types of happenings and occurrences, which are precisely what event speeches describe. Those examples directly illustrate the kinds of topics an event speech covers.

5. Why other options are incorrect
- Option B describes concepts rather than events.
- Option C describes an organizational pattern that may be used but does not define or exemplify event topics; it’s incomplete as a defining statement.
- Option D describes object speeches (people, places, things), not event speeches.

6. Conclusion
- Therefore, the statement "Examples of this could include a current national affair, a historical event, an upcoming Olympic event, or the origins of a specific holiday." is the correct description of event speeches, matching the provided answer.

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