1110 Midterm Practice

Composition

100

Avoiding unnecessary or redundant words and simplifying language help achieve ____ main points.

Parsimonious (or succinct)

200

True or False: A presentation outline is an outline that contains everything you plan to say during the speech verbatim

False

300

Between the following two main points, identify the most effective transition statement:
MP1: On campus eateries
MP2: Off-campus restaurants in Athens
a. There are a variety of places for UGA students to eat around Athens
b. Now, for places to eat off campus.
c. As you can see, there a variety of places to eat off campus, so now let's discuss on-
campus food
d. Now that you have a sense of where to eat on campus, lets explore off-campus favorites.

Now that you have a sense of where to eat on campus, lets explore off-campus favorites.

Delivery

100

One way to foster audience engagement is ___, or vocal variations that convey emotion or meaning in a speech

Inflection

200

As you watch Jim's speech, you notice he isn't making eye contact with anyone. Instead, his eyes 

seem to be flickering around the room. This is an instance of

Darting

300

A common technique for making eye contact during speeches is ____ which involves rotating eye contact between a handful of audience members

Anchoring

Comm Apprehension

100

When does speaking anxiety commonly peak for public speakers?

Anticipation phase, or immediately before and during the beginning of the speech

200

True or False: audiences can usually tell exactly how nervous a speaker is

False

300

One method of managing comm apprehension is __, which involves reprogramming cognitive patterns through techniques like visualization and positive self-talk

Cognitive Restructuring 

Informative Speaking

100

These are the three common strategies of informative speaking discussed in the textbook (Hint: the acronym for these terms is also the name of a character in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)

Describe, Define, Explain (DEE)

200

This organizational model is useful for informative speeches that deal with change over time, or a describing a sequence of events.

Chronological 

300

What's the biggest, or most pressing, issue with the following verbal citation in someone's speech? "Several polls indicate that the public is not in favor of vaccines." 

No date (when is the poll from?)

Misc

100

In audience analysis, this term refers to information you gather on an audience's physical or surface level identity markers (e.g. age, gender)

Demographics

200

According to the textbook, a thesis statement should:

Summarize and integrate the speech as a whole 

300

What part of an introduction does the following sentence represent? 

“Today we’re going to examine the video gaming industry by first discussing the history of video games, then by examining the current trends in video gaming, and lastly, by discussing 

the future of video games.”

a) attention-getter

b) link to topic

c) preview

d) thesis

e) significance of topic

Preview Statement