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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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1. Key characteristics of populations - i.e. sex - age - race
demographic information
target audience
Afraid to speak in public situations
impromptu
2. 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
deductive reasoning
purpose statement
pattern
spatial
3. ____________ is closely related to empathy.
passive audience
Common ground
causal audience
three
4. Which is communication apprehension?
facts and statistics
Afraid to speak in public situations
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
narratives
5. Concisely tells audience what the main points of the speech will be and what will be addressed
definitions
intrapersonal appeal
physiological
internal preview
6. Reiterate main points of speech
fields of experience
passive audience
informative conclusion
Confidence
7. Make a solid first...
unusual places
impression
facts and statistics
dying
8. The strongest argument is when speakers use all four appeals effectively - they are...
literacy
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
causal reasoning
evidence
9. This speech pattern demonstrates a causal link between two or more events - demonstrate a topic in terms of its underlying causes and effects
value
audience's attitudes
causal
informative speaking
10. End with big impact on audience (idea - revelation - solution)
crescendo ending
internal preview
love/belonging
more than half
11. Psychological concepts - values - attitudes or beliefs.
diminished ending
conclusion
psychographic information
selective audience
12. If you are to become a truly effective speaker have strong ______ before you polish your speaking skills
values
facts and statistics
lighter
reasoning
13. This speech pattern conveys ideas through the medium of a story with characters - setting - and a plot
narrative
internal preview
Rhetoric
Common ground
14. To find good speech ideas - you must sometimes break the rules and look for ideas in...
pattern
unusual places
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
demographic information
15. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - friendship - family - acceptance
facts and statistics
love/belonging
right and wrong
pattern
16. Professional examples - gives a specific importance to a claim - giving quality (good vs. bad). Addresses individual opinions and cultural beliefs rather than proving something is true or false
backyard appeal
causal
target audience
value
17. End with something from beginning
circular ending
values
narratives
analogical reasoning
18. To practice effectively - you should practice as if...
physiological
you were giving the speech before an audience
transition order
purpose statement
19. Answers the question 'what is the support for my assertion?') - Supporting materials presented to back up the claim
passive audience
evidence
Afraid to speak in public situations
causal reasoning
20. We pay more attention to ______ than to audio suggestions.
bandwagon appeal
organizes a speech's content
visual
policy
21. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility is to foster conviction?
concerted audience
deductive reasoning
causal reasoning
persuasive conclusion
22. The best opening stories hold interest yet ________ into your speech topic.
Confidence
jog your memory
internal preview
lead clearly
23. A speaker should worry more about the ________ than the speech
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24. Life experiences which affect a person's perception - is ultimately the place from which Context is constructed
fields of experience
extemporaneous
inform - persuade - and entertain
action
25. This speech pattern provides explaining the elements that make up a topic
topical
informative speaking
compile
out loud
26. Leave audience with something to think about (rhetorical question)
love/belonging
jog your memory
causal audience
diminished ending
27. One way to close a speech is to return to your...
topical
attention-getter
compile
purpose statement
28. A good speech has _____ main parts.
evidence
visualization
three
audience's attitudes
29. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - there is a problem
compile
physiological
persuasive conclusion
need
30. Aristotle did not feel a speaker needed to have...
intrapersonal appeal
testimony
interpersonal
stereotyping
31. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get attention?
selective audience
causal audience
they think of a speech as a performance
nonverbal communication
32. Some of the most effective quotations are...
lighter
values
organized audience
selective audience
33. The communication process does not need...
policy
inform
jog your memory
stereotyping
34. Vocalized _______ tend to distract your audience.
pauses
chronological
definitions
claims
35. Not a way to build a speech with solid content
relying on humor so the audience will like you
testimony
demographic information
topical
36. Arguing that something caused something else
internal preview
causal reasoning
stereotyping
circular ending
37. Make a topic meaningful - make topic accurate by using sources - make topic clear and easy to follow
crescendo ending
informative speaking
you were giving the speech before an audience
impressive sources
38. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - imagining the solution being implemented
vocal process
thinking over the future
Common ground
visualization
39. _______ breathers are short of breath and weak in volume.
Chest
Afraid to speak in public situations
compile
more than half
40. You should practice a speech _______ rather than silently.
value
out loud
lead clearly
compile
41. The power source for a speaker is the...
vocal process
internal preview
impromptu
problem solution
42. Applying the issue to the audience - making it seem real or in their backyard neutral audience
reasoning
Common ground
backyard appeal
causal
43. A note card is often used in __________ speaking
Confidence
transition order
need
extemporaneous
44. Stands for an idea
Chest
persuasive conclusion
symbol
jog your memory
45. 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.
self-actualization
internal summaries
informative conclusion
backyard appeal
46. Anecdotes that describe events in a dramatic way - appealing to our emotions
visualization
narratives
visual
causal reasoning
47. Group of people a speech is directed towards
examples
inform
introductions
target audience
48. A serious speaking problem
personal
stage fright
selective audience
lighter
49. What are the purposes for communicating?
causal reasoning
dying
persuasive conclusion
inform - persuade - and entertain
50. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get interest?
passive audience
organized audience
narrative
safety