Argumentation
Organization
Fancy Speaking
Ethics and Basics
Misc.
100

Which one of Aristotle's artistic forms of proof uses appeal to emotion?

Pathos

100

What ordering principle is defined as: Whichever point or idea in your speech is the strongest or most important should go last.

Recency Principle

100

Define extemporaneous speaking

a speech delivered with preparation from a loose set of notes and ideas

100

"Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are the best type of sandwich because they are versatile, easy to make, and taste good." - This is an example of what type of statement?

Thesis/Preview statement

100

Which of the following is a myth about public speaking?

1. You can never not be persuasive

2. Speed solves everything

3. A speech without a thesis statement is hard to follow

4. Never wing it


Speed solves everything.

200

Which one of the logical fallacies attacks a person instead of challenging the person's argument?

Ad Hominem

200

Delivering a speech word-for-word is an example of what type of manuscript speaking?

Manuscript

200

Name at least five dimensions of delivery

Eye contact, facial expression, articulation, pronunciation, rate, vocal variety, posture, breathing and volume, gestures, proxemics.

200

What is the difference between an academic source and a non-academic source?

Academic sources feature research produced by professional scholars and published in peer-reviewed academic journals whereas Non-academic sources feature ideas, reporting, and opinions from writers, critics, leaders and comment members that express their viewpoint or experience.

200

"______ produces anxiousness around general categories of human experience because of our distinct personalities or experiences." This statement defines which type of public speaking anxiety?

Trait anxiety
300

This type of warrant uses a general principle to reason what happened in a particular case.

Deduction

300

What are the elements of a proper introduction, in order.


  1. Attention getter

  2. Thesis Statement

  3. Relevance Statement

  4. Credibility Statement

  5. Preview

300

Why use a speaking aid?

To bring clarity to your speech or allow your audience to connect with the content more.

300

Taking the statements or ideas from many different people's working and combining them into our own without properly citing them is an example of which type of plagiarism?

Patchwork plagiarism 

300

Define public deliberation

a form of communication that features "open spaces for citizens to come together, good and fair information to help structure the conversation, and skilled facilitators to guide the process."

400
"Reasoning from _____ works by showing that a person, event, or object reasonably produced a change in the world." This statement explains which type or warrant?

Cause

400

What are the four organizational patterns for persuasive speaking?

Monroe's Motivated Sequence, Comparative Advantage, Problem-Cause-Solution, Problem-Solution

400

You hope to give a speech on the benefits of making homemade bread. What types of speaking aids could you use for this speech?

Olfactory - bring bread to smell. Visual - bring bread or pictures of bread. Haptic aids - bring bread dough or bread maker for people to touch.

400

What is the difference between a safe space and a brave space?

Safe space = locations or spaces where one can take refuge from the opinions, expectations, and assumptions other people make about them. Brave space = sites in which we emphasize need for courage rather than illusion of safety in public discourse. Brave spaces recognize disagreements and mistakes within its realm.

400

Name and describe three strategies for managing public speaking anxiety

Be confident (pick topic you care about, prepare and practice, be flexible), be in control (select time, date, order, know requirements), get to know your audience and environment (know audience, visit speech site in advance), anticipate and relieve stress (be well rested, eat healthy and consistently, provide an outlet for stress), Introduce comfort items, Be realistic

500

Develop a sentence involving the False Dilemma fallacy.

False dilemma fallacy claims that just because one event happened prior to another event, the first event must have directly caused the second event.

500

What are the three key topoi mentioned in your book? Give an example of one of them.

Possible/impossible, Cause and effect, Past fact/future fact.

500

Name and defines the three tropes of speaking for entertainment

Ambiguity - the undefined, unclear, a vague description of a situation. Irony - used when implying a meaning different or opposite of the literal meaning. Self-deprecation - the making or poking fun at oneself in order to make a larger entertaining comedy about the world.

500

Draw the Standard Model of Communication and label its parts. Then, describe how it works.

sender, message, channel, receiver, encoding, decoding, feedback, noise.

500

What are the six dimensions of the public speaking situation?

Speaker, audience, occasion, time, place, immediacy