Comm., Ethics, & 1st speech
As explained in your textbook, the three main parts of a speech are ______, _____, and _____.
What is the Introduction, Body, and Conclusion?
According to your textbook, the first thing a speaker needs to do in the introduction of a speech is to ___________________.
What is get the interest and attention of the audience?
Sarah is listening to her roommate to provide emotional support in a time of distress. According to your textbook, Sarah is engaging in ____ listening.
What is empathic?
Which of the following would you find in a speech conclusion: a preview statement, a credibility statement, a restatement of the central idea?
What is a restatement of the central idea?
If you quoted Dr. Anthony D'Alessandro, a world-renowned transplant surgeon, on the organ shortage problem, you would be using ____ testimony.
What is expert?
If your specific purpose is "to inform my audience about the major kinds of dog breeds, " you would probably organize your speech in _____ order.
What is topical?
The denotative meaning of a word is the _______ or _______ meaning.
What is literal or dictionary?
The type of delivery in which you plan your speech in detail and learn it well without trying to memorize the exact wording is _____________.
What is extemporaneous?
Each of the following is a guideline for using visual aids EXCEPT: Display visual aids only when discussing them, Pass small visual aids among the audience, Explain your visual aid clearly & concisely.
What is "pass small visual aids among the audience"?
The fallacy that assumes that because something is popular, it is therefore good, correct, or desirable is the ______ fallacy.
What is bandwagon?
According to your textbook, the branch of philosophy that deals with human issues of right and wrong is called _____.
What is ethics?
"To inform my audience about the history of the Super Bowl" is an example of a ________ ______.
What is specific purpose?
Margot is committed to animal rights.She was offended when she learned that the title for a required biology lecture was "The Importance of Animal Experimentation for Medical Advances" so she ignored everything the speaker said and spent the whole lecture tweeting to animal activists. The primary cause of her poor listening was _________ __ ____________.
What is jumping to conclusions?
According to your textbook, "To inform my audience how to prepare for a backpacking expedition" is a specific purpose statement for an informative speech about a(n)
What is process?
The main value of using statistics in a speech is to ________.
What is quantify the speaker's ideas?
When the main ideas in a speech follow a directional pattern, they are organized in _____ _____.
What is spatial order?
"Memories are like fingerprints--no two sets are ever the same" is an example of __________.
What is simile?
How fast you speak
What is rate?
The three types of questions that give rise to persuasive speeches are questions of ___, ____, and ____.
What are fact, value, and policy?
"If we give students vouchers to attend private schools, it won't be long until the entire public school system is eliminated" is an example of the ____________ ________ fallacy.
What is slippery slope?
One way to build confidence as a speaker is to create a vivid mental blueprint in which you see yourself succeeding in your speech. This is called ______.
What is visualization?
When the general purpose of your speech is to ____, you act primarily as a teacher or lecturer.
What is inform?
Two types of speech outlines discussed in your textbook are ____ and _____.
What are preparation outline and speaking outline?
The two types of audience analysis discussed in your textbook are ____ and _____.
What are demographic and situational?
Examples are especially helpful as supporting materials because they _______.
What is personalize your ideas?
When the main points of a speech follow a time pattern, they are organized in _____ ______.
What is chronological order?
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country" is an example of ______.
What is antithesis?
To deliver a speech with little or no immediate preparation is ______________.
What is impromptu?
A developer urging the city council to build a new convention center is an example of ____ speaking.
What is persuasive?
A(n) ______________ is a research aid that catalogs articles from a large number of scholarly journals.
What is academic database?
Because speech-making is a form of power, we must always be sure to speak ____.
What is ethically?
In an informative speech, the speaker acts as a ____________.
What is teacher?
A preparation outline does NOT include __________________.
What are directions for delivering the speech?
When analyzing demographic information about your audience, it is essential that you avoid _____.
What is stereotyping?
Which of the following statistical measures corresponds to what is popularly called "the average"?
What is the mean?
Which organizational method is used for these main points? I. Beijing and other Chinese cities are plagued with traffic jams. II. To combat the problem, officials have reduced the number of cars that can be driven each week.
What is problem-solution?
Which of the following words is the most concrete and specific: entertainment, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, classical music, music, symphony?
What is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony?
A speech that is fully prepared in advance but that is delivered from a brief set of notes or a speaking outline is called a(n) ________ speech.
What is extemporaneous?
When selecting fonts for a visual aid, you should usually use no more than ____ fonts.
What is two?
When giving a persuasive speech to an audience that opposes your point of view, it's especially important to use ______.
What is evidence?
Every person has a unique ______ __ _______ based on his or her own knowledge, experience, and values so the meaning of a message can never be exactly the same to a listener as to a speaker.
What is frame of reference?
"To persuade my audience that the National Park Service should reduce the number of camp sites by 50%" is a specific purpose for a persuasive speech on a question of ________.
What is policy?
People spend more time ____ than in any other communication activity.
What is listening?
One of the ways speakers analyze audiences is by looking at traits such as age, gender, and racial, ethnic, or cultural background. This is called _____.
What is demographic audience analysis?
The opinions of ordinary people who have firsthand experience on a topic are referred to as ____ testimony?
What is peer?
"Now that you know about Julio's interest in photography, let's look at his passion for snowboarding" is an example of a __________.
What is transition?
"My grandmother is the glue that holds our family together" is an example of ___________.
What is metaphor?
Changes in a speaker's rate, pitch, and volume are referred to as _____ _______.
What is vocal variety?
What are three things the textbook says to do when preparing PowerPoint slides?
What are use colors consistently, use a limited amount of text, and use images strategically?
The two most important factors affecting the credibility of a persuasive speaker are ___ and ____.
What are competence and character?