Basics of Public Speaking
As explained in your textbook, the three main parts of a speech are called:
A) the preview, the main points, and the close.
B) the beginning, the core, and the conclusion.
C) the opening, the center, and the end.
D) the introduction, the body, and the conclusion.
E) the attention-getter, the main section, and the ending.
D) the introduction, the body, and the conclusion.
What 4 types of listening are there?
a) comprehensive, passive, emphatic, and appreciative
b) comprehensive, passive, active, and critical
c) comprehensive, empathic, appreciative, and critical
d) empathic, appreciative, recognizing, and critical
C
Informative speeches about processes are usually arranged in ____ order.
a) chronological
b) topical
c) causal
d) spatial
a) chronological
Reference works include such items as encyclopedias, yearbooks, quotation books, and biographical aids.
a) True
b) False
a) True
Extemporaneous delivery means delivering a speech “off the cuff,” with no advance preparation.
a) True
b) False
b) False, this is the description of an impromptu speech
Audiences are usually critical of speakers for making minor mistakes.
A) True
B) False
B) False
In public speaking, sound ethical decisions involve weighing a potential course of action against
A) the frame of reference of the audience.
B) the personal opinions of the speaker.
C) the speaker’s strategic objectives.a socially accepted code of legal rules.
D) a set of ethical guidelines or standards.
D) a set of ethical guidelines or standards.
“To inform my audience about the major elements of a Chinese garden” is a specific purpose statement for an informative speech about a(n)
a) concept
b) object
c) event
d) transaction
b) object
What are the three criteria discussed in your textbook for assessing the soundness of documents found on the Internet?
a) authorship, sponsorship, and recency
b) recency, accuracy, and graphics
c) authorship, objectivity, and recency
d) creativity, reliability, and authorship
a) authorship, sponsorship, and recency
What is nonverbal communication?
Communication based on a speaker’s body and voice, rather than on the use of words, is called
What is ethnocentrism?
judging one's own culture against another culture
Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to steer clear of incremental plagiarism?
a) Do most of the research for your speech at the library.
b) Avoid paraphrasing the research materials you use in your speech.
c) When taking notes, distinguish between quotations, paraphrases, and your ideas.
d) Assign a number to each of the sources you use in your speech.
c) When taking notes, distinguish between quotations, paraphrases, and your ideas.
Crescendo is...
A) when you establish your credibility in your intro
B) a conclusion that builds force until reaching a peak of power and intensity.
C) part of the main body; it's peak
D) a type of connectives
B
If a Web page is not copyright protected, then it is ethical to cut and paste sections of the page into your speech without citing your source.
a) True
b) False
b) False
Even if the web page does not have copyright protection it is unethical to cut and paste sections of the page into your speech without citing the source.
The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication is called__.
a) Kinesics
b) Gesturals
c) Physiography
d) Anatomics
e) Mimetics
a) Kinesics
The sum of a person's knowledge, experience, goals, values, and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same...
What is the term?
Frame of reference
What are the 5 basic guidelines for ethical public speaking according to your book?
a) make sure your goals are ethically sound, be honest in what you say, put ethical principles into practice at all times
b) avoid name-calling and other forms of abusive language, avoid plagiarism
c) avoid name-calling and other forms of abusive language, be fully prepared for each speech
d) A and B
e) A and C
f) All the above
A and C
Identify the flaw in the following specific purpose statement for a classroom speech: “To inform my audience about the Pacific Ocean.”
a) It’s too informative.
b) It’s too remote.
c) It’s too impersonal.
d) It’s too shallow.
e) It’s too general.
e) It’s too general.
Yearbooks are reference works whose primary purpose is to help you find information about people.
A) True
B) False
B) False
Yearbooks serve as historical records, preserving educational institutions' traditions, successes, and trends.
Even when we are listening carefully, we usually grasp only about __________ percent of what we hear.
A) 20
B) 30
C) 40
D) 50
E) 60
D) 50
What are the 7 elements of the speech communication process?
a speaker, a message, a channel, a listener, a feedback, an interference, and a situation.
What 3 types of plagiarism are there?
global, incremental, and patchwork
What are the 4 objectives of an informative speech introduction?
1) to gain your audience's attention and interest;
2) to reveal your topic;
3) to establish credibility;
4) to preview the body of your speech.
Colin wants to find scholarly research on eating disorders. The best place for him to look is in
a) government resources;
b) encyclopedias;
c) biographical aids;
d) academic databases;
e) newspaper and periodical databases.
d) academic databases;
What do you call the highness or lowness of a speaker's voice?
pitch