Select Topic and Purpose, Body, Speaking to Inform
Intros and Conclusions, Speaking to Persuade
Speaking in Groups, Wording the Speech, Presentation Aids
100
The ___________________________ is the context—the time and place—in which communication occurs.
What is situation
100
While listening to a speech, you should focus on main ideas and ___________________________ materials.
What is support
100
The goal of a persuasive speech is to change listeners’ minds and/or their ___________________________.
What is behavior
100
Telling the audience about your expertise on your topic is a good way to establish __________________.
What is credibility
100
If you say, “Your bread and butter will be snatched from under your feet,” you are guilty of using mixed ___________________________.
What is metaphor
200
Simplistic images that humans carry in their minds about groups of people are called ___________________________.
What is stereotypes
200
Many listeners take notes during a speech and throw them away at the end. They didn’t waste their time because note taking kept them from ___________________________.
What is daydreaming
200
How many central ideas should each speech have? ___________________________
What is one
200
When is a clincher used in a speech? ___________________________
What is conclusion
200
When people use the specialized language of a group or profession— for example, using terms such as AWOL—they are using ___________________________.
What is jargon
300
The ___________________________ is the medium used to communicate a message to an audience
What is the channel
300
The major types of distractions during a speech are mental, physical, visual, and ___________________________.
What is auditory
300
A central idea should make a/an ___________________________ rather than an announcement or a statement of fact.
What is assertion
300
The text says that when you prepare a speech, you should work on which part first: the introduction, the body, or the conclusion? ___________________________
What is body
300
The ___________________________ method is the problem-solving technique derived from the writings of the American philosopher John Dewey.
What is reflective thinking
400
The text cites an old saying, “Speakers who say they are as cool as a cucumber usually give speeches about as interesting as a ___________________________.”
What is cucumber.
400
To be an audience-centered speaker, your first step in preparing a speech is to ___________________________ your listeners.
What is analyze
400
If you describe a robot from top to bottom, you are using the ___________________________ pattern of organization.
What is spatial
400
The speech that has five steps—attention, need, satisfaction, visualization, and action—uses a pattern that is known as ___________________________.
What is Motivated Sequence
400
In group meetings, one of the best ways to generate ideas is ___________________________, a technique wherein participants rapidly throw out ideas and the group leader writes them on a chalkboard.
What is brainstorming
500
Positive ___________________________ is a technique used by golfers as well as public speakers to visualize success.
What is imagery
500
The belief that one’s own cultural group is superior to other groups is known as ___________________________.
What is ethnocentrism
500
Many speeches are boring because speakers deal primarily with generalities instead of ___________________________.
What is specifics
500
If you show the advantages of alternative sentences over prison terms, you are using the ___________________________ pattern of organization.
What is comparative-advantage
500
According to the text, the most frequent audiovisual mistake is creating a graphic that is difficult for everyone to ____________ clearly.