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Public Speaking
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Subject
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A properly motivated speaker should want to treat others fairly and to set a...
policy
circular ending
good example
inductive reasoning
2. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility is to direct behaviors?
love/belonging
organized audience
unusual places
attention-getter
3. __________ is closely related to self-esteem.
visualization
pauses
Confidence
attention
4. Use a notecard as a security net to...
circular ending
inductive reasoning
jog your memory
three
5. Applying the issue to the audience - making it seem real or in their backyard neutral audience
backyard appeal
internal summaries
extemporaneous
informative speaking
6. Answers the question 'How are my supporting materials and assertions linked together?'
need
impression
selective audience
reasoning
7. This speech pattern describes or explain the physical arrangement of a place - scene - event - or object - useful for describing an object - a place - or how something is - provides your audience with a sense of how a topic unfolds over time
inform
purpose statement
spatial
problem solution
8. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - imagining the solution being implemented
deductive reasoning
three
lead clearly
visualization
9. This speech pattern is useful for convincing audience to agree with a course of action
problem solution
impressive sources
causal
extemporaneous
10. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - after solution - speaker's solution
good example
causal reasoning
causal audience
satisfaction
11. Aristotle did not feel a speaker needed to have...
visual
personal
examples
intrapersonal appeal
12. Make a topic meaningful - make topic accurate by using sources - make topic clear and easy to follow
relying on humor so the audience will like you
demographic information
unusual places
informative speaking
13. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - simple and easy things the audience can do to enact the solution - answers= how? what? when?
concerted audience
pattern
purpose statement
action
14. Maslow's hierarchy: ______ - security of body - employment - resources - morality - health - family
safety
introductions
verbally
pauses
15. Since the ________ is not part of the outline - you do not need to write it on the outline page.
purpose statement
causal
causal audience
you were giving the speech before an audience
16. Reiterate main points of speech
stage fright
selective audience
need
informative conclusion
17. Use ________________ to move from the intro to body - from point to the next - and from the body to conclusion
literacy
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
diminished ending
visual
18. Review main points - reinforce your general purpose - provide closure
personal
interpersonal
unusual places
conclusion
19. Call to action
Common ground
love/belonging
lighter
persuasive conclusion
20. Which is communication apprehension?
spatial
Afraid to speak in public situations
bandwagon appeal
causal
21. The ___________ speech calls for a quick mind and instant audience analysis.
circular ending
crescendo ending
vocal process
impromptu
22. Vocalized _______ tend to distract your audience.
backyard appeal
pauses
nonverbal communication
concerted audience
23. Answers the question 'what am I asserting?' - Thesis of the speech - Includes at least one premise and a conclusion
self-actualization
persuasive conclusion
claims
target audience
24. End with something from beginning
dying
circular ending
impressive sources
thinking over the future
25. A good speaker shows enthusiasm physically and ...
verbally
causal
facts and statistics
impromptu
26. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get attention?
Rhetoric
causal audience
purpose statement
informative conclusion
27. Doing _______: get your audience's attention - indicate your purpose - establish your credibility (preview you main points) -> but not in persuasive speeches
out loud
examples
introductions
Afraid to speak in public situations
28. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to make an impression on listeners?
selective audience
thinking over the future
policy
internal summaries
29. Illustrations or cases that represent a larger group or class of things
right and wrong
examples
visual
bandwagon appeal
30. Longer transitions that also help listeners move from one main point to the next. Reminds listeners of previously presented information so that they have a solid grasp of those ideas before you move onto the next point.
three
internal summaries
demographic information
audience's attitudes
31. An example of intrapersonal communication is...
thinking over the future
need
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
jog your memory
32. Anecdotes that describe events in a dramatic way - appealing to our emotions
lead clearly
narratives
Chest
inform
33. You can generally assume that adult audiences have cultural...
claims
attention
literacy
more than half
34. You should practice a speech _______ rather than silently.
impromptu
thinking over the future
stereotyping
out loud
35. ____________ is closely related to empathy.
visual
vocal process
Common ground
physiological
36. End with big impact on audience (idea - revelation - solution)
satisfaction
good example
right and wrong
crescendo ending
37. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility is to foster conviction?
concerted audience
policy
Afraid to speak in public situations
self-esteem
38. A good speaker...
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39. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - things required for human survival: food - water - shelter - sleep
values
physiological
problem solution
stage fright
40. Audiences are likely to be impressed if you quote...
nonverbal communication
impressive sources
relying on humor so the audience will like you
bandwagon appeal
41. Life experiences which affect a person's perception - is ultimately the place from which Context is constructed
out loud
fields of experience
causal reasoning
thinking over the future
42. One way to close a speech is to return to your...
topical
attention-getter
analogical reasoning
you were giving the speech before an audience
43. A speaker should worry more about the ________ than the speech
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44. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - there is a problem
unusual places
informative conclusion
lighter
need
45. If you are to become a truly effective speaker have strong ______ before you polish your speaking skills
demographic information
introductions
out loud
values
46. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get interest?
action
intrapersonal appeal
facts and statistics
passive audience
47. To find good speech ideas - you must sometimes break the rules and look for ideas in...
love/belonging
personal
unusual places
introductions
48. A good speech has _____ main parts.
examples
symbol
three
impression
49. _______ breathers are short of breath and weak in volume.
causal reasoning
organized audience
Chest
relying on humor so the audience will like you
50. The best opening stories hold interest yet ________ into your speech topic.
right and wrong
reasoning
lead clearly
attention-getter