Fluctuating the volume, pitch, or rate of your speech is a technique known as _____.
What is vocal variety
100
As a presentation aid, charts and tables are especially useful in _____.
What is summarizing a lot of information
100
The use of a physician’s testimony in your speech about asthma, is an appeal based on _____.
What is ethos
100
The organizational pattern that is best suited for a persuasive speech that calls for the audience to take an action is called ____.
What is Monroe's Motivated Sequence
100
Pedro's speech was about the university's policy regarding students living off campus. He considered several organizational strategies, but finally decided on ____.
What is problem-solution
200
The standard or commonly accepted way to make a word sound is referred to as correct ______.
What is pronunciation
200
For an impromptu speech, what is likely the BEST option for a presentation aid?
What is a chalkboard
200
You begin your speech about the gulf coast oil disaster with a narrative about a fisherman who has lost his entire livelihood. You are using an appeal based on _____.
What is pathos
200
If your speech is about the similarities and differences between tennis and racquetball, the most likely organizational strategy would be ____.
What is comparative
200
Audience adaptation begins _____.
What is before a topic is selected
300
What is an effective technique to sharpen enunciation before public speaking?
What is open mouth wide to stretch jaw muscles, then hum
300
When using PowerPoint in your presentation, consider _____, sketching out the content and arranging the sequence of your aids before you begin.
What is story boarding
300
The use of statistics to support a claim you make in your speech is an example of _____.
What is logos
300
Your speech is about your hometown. You decide to discuss its elements in terms of what is located in the north, south, east, and west parts of the city. You are using a ____ organizational strategy.
What is spatial
300
A brief sketch of your speech is detailed in a _____.
What is working outline
400
If you are having trouble pronouncing a particular word, and cannot break the habit, your text suggests _____.
What is using an alternative word.
400
The text suggests that you _____ when using PowerPoint as a presentation aid.
What is limit use of color
400
An appeal to patriotism is an example of this classical appeal _____.
What is mythos
400
Your speech is about President John F. Kennedy. Your main points are his family background his presidency, and his assassination. You are using a ____ organizational strategy.
What is topical
400
To inform museum visitors about the original river boats on the Mississippi River” is an example of a _____.
What is specific purpose
500
A type of filler _____.
What is pause
500
Presentation aids that are well made, used appropriately, and do not distract from the message will _____.
What is increase the speaker's credibility
500
This modern appeal is not used as frequently as the rest because of its potential for ethnocentrism.
What is mythos
500
An organizational strategy that lists main points in terms of least to most or easy to difficult is called
What is order of intensity
500
Which of the following steps comes first in the process of creating a successful speech?