Beginnings and Endings
Can You Hear Me?
Look at Me
Did You Know?
Anything Goes
100

The number of main points suggested in a talk.

What is 3?

100
When you listen to someone's talk and give helpful criticism to improve their performance.

What is feedback?

100

This student's TED Talk was about school meals.

Who is Amy?

100

The number one fear of Americans(it is the same around the world!)

What is public speaking?

100

The numbers of hours we have spend on Zoom together including al  of tonight's class.

What is 20 hours?

200
One of the ways suggested in week 6 to end a talk.

What is :

  • Work backwards

  • Call to Action

  • Summarize

  • Tell a Story

  • Make them Laugh

  • Inspire 

200

The word for the fear of public speaking.

What is Glossophobia?

200

This student was planning to talk about animals.

Who is Wenbin?

200

This is the number of TED Talks we watched over all 10 weeks.

What is 11? (only if we watched both in week 10, if 1 answer is 10.)

200

The official name for this class...hint it changed along the way.

What is TED Talks & Writing?

300

A technique used at the beginning of a talk to grab the listeners' attention.

What is a Hook?
300

In week two we talked about voice and presence. This is the definition for what word - 

It's not about what you say, but rather the way you say it

What is tone?

300

This student gave a talk about homework and study skills.

Who is Selina?
300

What the T.E.D. stands for in TED Talks

What is Technology, Entertainment and Design

300

An example of _______ is when the person who you are talking to listens actively, absorbs your point and understands it.

What is effective communication?

400

According to TED research this is the number one way great TED Talks start.

What is a personal story?

400

Name one of the 3 reasons good public speaking skills are important. Hint this is from week 9.

1. To win over a crowd

2. To motivate

3. To inform

400

This student gave a talk about balancing work and play for students.

Who is Yiyi?

400

Part of the rhetorical appeal triangle that appeals to emotions (everything from humor to horror) in order to sway an audience

What is Pathos?

400

Organizational style that uses time to put together speech.

What is Chronological?

500

One of the three ways NOT to end a talk.

What are:

  • Have no ending to your talk

  • Tell audience you are done

  • Abruptly say thank you and walk away

500

Studies showed that this type of memory is stronger - auditory or visual.

What is visual?

While most of us can read for hours, our ability to focus on a speech is more constrained.

500

This is the week number in which we heard the majority of student talks.

What is week 9?

500

True or False - The average viewing number for the talks we watched is higher than 6 million views.

What is true, it is 12 million!

500

This is the biggest reason people are nervous about public speaking.

What is that they will be judged, not the content of the talk?

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