General Purpose Statements and Topics
Researching/Supporting Material
Miscellaneous/Any Category
Structuring Main Idea and Outlining Speech
Introduction, Conclusion, and Rehearsal
100
T/F Persuasive speeches teach, demonstrate, or instruct and audience on some topic or process.
False; Informative speech
100
T/F Yahoo is the preferred search engine for many people.
False; Google has become the preferred search engine for many people.
100
T/F Factual examples are more useful for illustration than persuasion.
False, Hypothetical examples are more useful for illustration than persuasion because they do not prove anything
100
T/F Parallel order means that the same words or phrases are repeated in previews, main ideas, and sub points.
False, Parallel language
100
T/F It is helpful to save the introduction and conclusion until last.
True
200
The first step in preparing a presentation is (A) Selecting topic (B) Deciding on general purpose (C) Developing main idea (D) Researching the topic
B. Deciding on general purpose
200
T/F Conducting interviews should be done at the beginning of the research process?
False, You should conduct research first so you have thorough knowledge of the topic prior to interview.
200
T/F The main idea serves as a guide for outlining the body of the speech.
True
200
Explain spatial structure
Follows a geographic or directional pattern
200
T/F If the audience believes the speaker is knowledgeable and trustworthy, a credibility step is necessary.
False, It is NOT necessary
300
T/F The following Specific purpose statement is clear to my audience. I want to convince my audience that McDonald's food is unhealthy.
False
300
According to the reading, which is a better source of interviewing to save time? (A) Face-to-face (B) E-mail (C) Telephone (D) None of the above
B. E-mail
300
T/F Audience feedback is important in developing a speech.
True
300
T/F Topical structure picks one topic and articulates its speech beneath it.
False, Speaker divides a topic into logical categories
300
A capstone statement can be a (A) startling statement (B) question (C) quotation (D) all of the above
D. all of the above
400
T/F Selection of topic is always determined by the speaker
False; Many or even most are determined by superiors
400
_________are specific instances that illustrate a larger point.
Examples
400
Unlike other search engines, which search documents for key terms, _______ searches by questions?
Ask. com
400
Explain the difference between the preparation outline and the delivery outline.
Preparation outline is a full sentence outline of virtually everything the speaker will say. Delivery outline is an abbreviated form that allows more adlib.
400
If a hypothetical story is told to gain the audience's attention, (A) it should be explained with many details. (B) it should be funny. (C) the audience must be able to easily understand that it isn't real. (D) the audience must be informed it isn't real.
D. the audience must be informed it isn't real.
500
Speaker should consider all of the following when selecting a topic EXCEPT (A) Audience outcome (B) Audience interest (C) Personal experience (D) Audience expectations
A. Audience outcome; The specific purpose statement states the audience outcome
500
T/F Periodical indexes and abstracts are paper or electronic databases that list and/or abstract (detailed) articles in popular and academic periodicals.
False, Summerized
500
__________provides a set of guidelines for asking relevant questions about audience needs and expectations.
Audience Analysis Checklist
500
Explain the chronological structure
Following a pattern of time that moves from earliest to latest or vice versa
500
Which of the following statements about delivery of presentations is NOT true? (A) Nonverbal cues account for 90% of the total meaning. (B) A single mispronunciation will not destroy the speakers credibility. (C) Presentations always need to be louder and slower than normal conversation. (D) Slow speakers are not boring, it is actually the lack of vocal energy that makes a speaker dull.
B. ( one mispronunciation will destroy the credibility of the speaker).
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