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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. Leave audience with something to think about (rhetorical question)
organizes a speech's content
audience's attitudes
pauses
diminished ending
2. Relying on an individual's opinions or experiences related to a particular topic
claims
facts and statistics
right and wrong
testimony
3. To practice effectively - you should practice as if...
you were giving the speech before an audience
conclusion
verbally
thinking over the future
4. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to make an impression on listeners?
attention
transition order
selective audience
three
5. Answers the question 'what am I asserting?' - Thesis of the speech - Includes at least one premise and a conclusion
claims
examples
crescendo ending
Chest
6. The ___________ speech calls for a quick mind and instant audience analysis.
problem solution
Common ground
impromptu
selective audience
7. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get interest?
passive audience
impressive sources
need
safety
8. Doing _______: get your audience's attention - indicate your purpose - establish your credibility (preview you main points) -> but not in persuasive speeches
you were giving the speech before an audience
interpersonal
extemporaneous
introductions
9. Aristotle did not feel a speaker needed to have...
pauses
analogical reasoning
literacy
intrapersonal appeal
10. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility is to foster conviction?
passive audience
love/belonging
lead clearly
concerted audience
11. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get attention?
causal audience
fields of experience
analogical reasoning
audience's attitudes
12. This speech pattern is useful for convincing audience to agree with a course of action
lighter
symbol
problem solution
narrative
13. Maslow's hierarchy: ______ - security of body - employment - resources - morality - health - family
safety
visual
lead clearly
Chest
14. This speech pattern provides explaining the elements that make up a topic
selective audience
persuasive conclusion
topical
reasoning
15. You can generally assume that adult audiences have cultural...
Chest
literacy
bandwagon appeal
inductive reasoning
16. An example of intrapersonal communication is...
literacy
thinking over the future
safety
organizes a speech's content
17. Psychological concepts - values - attitudes or beliefs.
inform
diminished ending
need
psychographic information
18. ____________ is closely related to empathy.
action
Common ground
good example
examples
19. End with big impact on audience (idea - revelation - solution)
visualization
bandwagon appeal
crescendo ending
conclusion
20. Use a notecard as a security net to...
jog your memory
backyard appeal
spatial
analogical reasoning
21. Group of people a speech is directed towards
attention-getter
target audience
action
inform
22. __________ increases when we suffer from stage fright.
crescendo ending
internal preview
Heart rate
evidence
23. Make a solid first...
impression
pattern
right and wrong
testimony
24. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - friendship - family - acceptance
physiological
nonverbal communication
topical
love/belonging
25. Argument that if other people agree then the audience should also agree - everyone is doing it - favorable audiences
bandwagon appeal
right and wrong
impressive sources
examples
26. One way to close a speech is to return to your...
attention-getter
more than half
inductive reasoning
personal
27. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - simple and easy things the audience can do to enact the solution - answers= how? what? when?
impressive sources
love/belonging
lighter
action
28. The strongest argument is when speakers use all four appeals effectively - they are...
chronological
organizes a speech's content
conclusion
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
29. Many fear the thought of giving a speech more than they do...
concerted audience
dying
internal summaries
causal reasoning
30. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility is to direct behaviors?
organized audience
self-actualization
love/belonging
spatial
31. What percentang of what others think of you is determined before you ever open your mouth?
more than half
thinking over the future
lighter
Heart rate
32. Life experiences which affect a person's perception - is ultimately the place from which Context is constructed
fields of experience
interpersonal
impromptu
bandwagon appeal
33. Applying the issue to the audience - making it seem real or in their backyard neutral audience
backyard appeal
more than half
value
extemporaneous
34. The communication process does not need...
three
stereotyping
relying on humor so the audience will like you
definitions
35. To find good speech ideas - you must sometimes break the rules and look for ideas in...
stage fright
unusual places
interpersonal
policy
36. Use ________________ to move from the intro to body - from point to the next - and from the body to conclusion
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
backyard appeal
deductive reasoning
action
37. Arguing that something caused something else
backyard appeal
self-actualization
causal reasoning
Afraid to speak in public situations
38. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - imagining the solution being implemented
internal preview
visualization
claims
backyard appeal
39. Good ___________ communication is preceded by intrapersonal communication.
policy
fields of experience
interpersonal
inform - persuade - and entertain
40. Vocalized _______ tend to distract your audience.
self-esteem
pauses
dying
impromptu
41. Since the ________ is not part of the outline - you do not need to write it on the outline page.
organizes a speech's content
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
purpose statement
conclusion
42. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - realizing your full potential - discovering passion
action
causal audience
self-actualization
they think of a speech as a performance
43. Answers the question 'what is the support for my assertion?') - Supporting materials presented to back up the claim
reasoning
crescendo ending
physiological
evidence
44. Make a topic meaningful - make topic accurate by using sources - make topic clear and easy to follow
informative speaking
transition order
narratives
intrapersonal appeal
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.
internal summaries
dying
causal reasoning
organized audience
46. Comparing 2 things that share similarities
analogical reasoning
inform
more than half
demographic information
47. The ___________ is: first - second - third - next - then finally
transition order
safety
you were giving the speech before an audience
claims
48. Anecdotes that describe events in a dramatic way - appealing to our emotions
circular ending
claims
stage fright
narratives
49. End with something from beginning
values
Confidence
circular ending
passive audience
50. A serious speaking problem
stage fright
evidence
pauses
internal summaries