Foundations of Public Speaking
According to the text, public speaking is
A) A casual group conversation
B) An organized, face-to-face, prepared, intentional attempt to inform, entertain, or persuade a group of people through words, physical delivery, and visual or audio aids
B) An organized, face-to-face, prepared, intentional attempt to inform, entertain, or persuade a group of people through words, physical delivery, and visual or audio aids
Plagiarism is:
A) Forgetting a visual aid
B) The act of using another person’s words or ideas without giving credit to that person
B) The act of using another person’s words or ideas without giving credit to that person
A main point is:
A) A random fact
B) A central claim that supports the thesis
B) A central claim that supports the thesis
Delivery is:
A) How the speaker uses voice and body to convey the message
B) How the speaker writes the message
A) How the speaker uses voice and body to convey the message
The purpose of informative speaking is:
A) To influence a change in the beliefs of your audience
B) To teach your audience about a topic in a way that increases their understanding
B) To teach your audience about a topic in a way that increases their understanding
Noise in communication means:
A) Only loud background sound
B) Anything that disrupts, interrupts, or interferes with the communication process
B) Anything that disrupts, interrupts, or interferes with the communication process
Audience analysis is:
A) Analyzing the speech outline
B) The process of gathering information about the audience to better understand their needs, expectations, and demographics”
B) The process of gathering information about the audience to better understand their needs, expectations, and demographics
Supporting materials include:
A) Examples, statistics, testimony, and definitions
B) Only stories and opinions
A) Examples, statistics, testimony, and definitions
The four methods of delivery are:
A) Manuscript, memorized, impromptu, and extemporaneous
B) Handwritten, digital, vocal, and projected
Answer: A
A) Manuscript, memorized, impromptu, and extemporaneous
Persuasion Speech is:
A) A speech meant to influence the attitudes, beliefs, values, or behaviors of audience members.
B) A speech that gives neutral information to an audience
A) A speech meant to influence the attitudes, beliefs, values, or behaviors of audience members.
The channel refers to:
A) The means through which a message gets from sender to receiver.
B) The emotional reaction to the message
A) The means through which a message gets from sender to receiver.
Modern scholars of communication and persuasion speak more about “credibility” as:
A) How entertaining the speaker is
B) An attitude the audience has toward the speaker, based on both reality and perception
B) An attitude the audience has toward the speaker, based on both reality and perception
A connective is:
A) A visual aid that helps describe something
B) A phrase or sentence that connects various parts of a speech and shows the relationship between them.
B) A phrase or sentence that connects various parts of a speech and shows the relationship between them.
Presentation aids:
A) Replace the speaker’s explanation for specific parts of the speech
B) Help the audience understand and remember information
B) Help the audience understand and remember information
Deductive reasoning is:
A) Drawing conclusions about an object or phenomenon based on its similarities to something else
B) A type of reasoning in which a conclusion is based on the combination of multiple premises that are generally assumed to be true
B) A type of reasoning in which a conclusion is based on the combination of multiple premises that are generally assumed to be true
Communication is a process that means sharing meaning between two or more people :
A) True
B) False
A. True
Original research involves:
A) Guessing based on experience
B) Interviews, surveys, or experiments done by the speaker
B) Interviews, surveys, or experiments done by the speaker
Effective language should be:
A) Clear, accurate, vivid, and appropriate
B) Slang-heavy and casual
A) Clear, accurate, vivid, and appropriate
Examples of visual aids are:
A) The smell of fresh food
B) Pictures, diagrams, charts and graphs, maps
B) Pictures, diagrams, charts and graphs, maps
The three main types of persuasive appeals are:
A) Ethos, pathos, and logos
B) Storytelling, humor, and repetition
A) Ethos, pathos, and logos
A message is:
A) The verbal and nonverbal ideas a source conveys to another person
B) The physical location of the speaker
A) The verbal and nonverbal ideas a source conveys to another person
Which is a primary source?
A) Information directly from the original source, unfiltered and first-hand
B) Information that has been compiled, edited, or interpreted by someone else”
A) Information directly from the original source, unfiltered and first-hand
The introduction should:
A) Gain the audience’s attention, establish credibility, and preview the speech
B) Give the full spill on what the WHOLE speech is about
A) Gain the audience’s attention, establish credibility, and preview the speech
A gustatory aid is:
A) A aid of or relating to the sense of taste
B) A aid of or relating to the sense of smell
A) A aid of or relating to the sense of taste
Special occasion speeches include:
A) Speeches of introduction, presentation, acceptance, tribute, eulogy, and after-dinner
B) Only graduation and tribute speeches
A) Speeches of introduction, presentation, acceptance, tribute, eulogy, and after-dinner