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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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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. Explain or describe what something is
diminished ending
definitions
Confidence
causal reasoning
2. Make a solid first...
nonverbal communication
impression
organized audience
analogical reasoning
3. 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
internal preview
attention-getter
facts and statistics
value
4. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - friendship - family - acceptance
you were giving the speech before an audience
inform
love/belonging
internal summaries
5. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - after solution - speaker's solution
satisfaction
out loud
passive audience
literacy
6. Key characteristics of populations - i.e. sex - age - race
audience's attitudes
satisfaction
transition order
demographic information
7. Use ________________ to move from the intro to body - from point to the next - and from the body to conclusion
inductive reasoning
fields of experience
satisfaction
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
8. An audience is more likely to pay attention if a speech has a...
pattern
personal
claims
analogical reasoning
9. What are the purposes for communicating?
unusual places
inform - persuade - and entertain
purpose statement
narrative
10. The power source for a speaker is the...
lighter
vocal process
reasoning
pauses
11. Make a topic meaningful - make topic accurate by using sources - make topic clear and easy to follow
right and wrong
informative speaking
inform
concerted audience
12. One way to close a speech is to return to your...
lead clearly
pattern
three
attention-getter
13. Maslow's hierarchy: ______ - security of body - employment - resources - morality - health - family
bandwagon appeal
causal
safety
unusual places
14. You can generally assume that adult audiences have cultural...
personal
right and wrong
Chest
literacy
15. An example of intrapersonal communication is...
attention-getter
physiological
thinking over the future
purpose statement
16. The ___________ is: first - second - third - next - then finally
transition order
out loud
bandwagon appeal
fields of experience
17. Review main points - reinforce your general purpose - provide closure
attention-getter
spatial
physiological
conclusion
18. Use a notecard as a security net to...
pattern
jog your memory
interpersonal
stage fright
19. Audiences are likely to be impressed if you quote...
Common ground
Chest
impressive sources
self-actualization
20. Doing _______: get your audience's attention - indicate your purpose - establish your credibility (preview you main points) -> but not in persuasive speeches
fields of experience
introductions
right and wrong
pauses
21. End with big impact on audience (idea - revelation - solution)
personal
reasoning
diminished ending
crescendo ending
22. Illustrations or cases that represent a larger group or class of things
problem solution
examples
need
facts and statistics
23. The ___________ speech calls for a quick mind and instant audience analysis.
reasoning
causal reasoning
impromptu
attention
24. Reiterate main points of speech
jog your memory
target audience
informative conclusion
crescendo ending
25. The art or study of public speaking
Rhetoric
claims
love/belonging
causal audience
26. Answers the question 'How are my supporting materials and assertions linked together?'
inform - persuade - and entertain
impression
reasoning
personal
27. Arguing from a specific fact - make a general claim
safety
inductive reasoning
spatial
purpose statement
28. Relying on an individual's opinions or experiences related to a particular topic
testimony
compile
spatial
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
29. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility is to direct behaviors?
organized audience
purpose statement
right and wrong
jog your memory
30. Where the speaker tells the audience that they 'should or shouldn't' be doing something.
literacy
organizes a speech's content
policy
out loud
31. Psychological concepts - values - attitudes or beliefs.
psychographic information
three
relying on humor so the audience will like you
jog your memory
32. Answers the question 'what am I asserting?' - Thesis of the speech - Includes at least one premise and a conclusion
reasoning
causal
claims
fields of experience
33. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get attention?
problem solution
safety
causal audience
dying
34. This speech pattern demonstrates a causal link between two or more events - demonstrate a topic in terms of its underlying causes and effects
physiological
introductions
Confidence
causal
35. Anecdotes that describe events in a dramatic way - appealing to our emotions
narratives
topical
stage fright
interpersonal
36. Aristotle did not feel a speaker needed to have...
literacy
stereotyping
self-actualization
intrapersonal appeal
37. To practice effectively - you should practice as if...
analogical reasoning
you were giving the speech before an audience
vocal process
examples
38. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to make an impression on listeners?
audience's attitudes
symbol
safety
selective audience
39. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - feel good about yourself - responsible - competent
three
problem solution
interpersonal
self-esteem
40. A good speech has _____ main parts.
persuasive conclusion
three
values
unusual places
41. ____________ is closely related to empathy.
Common ground
psychographic information
diminished ending
problem solution
42. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - things required for human survival: food - water - shelter - sleep
persuasive conclusion
right and wrong
value
physiological
43. The strongest argument is when speakers use all four appeals effectively - they are...
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
transition order
examples
selective audience
44. A good speaker...
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45. This speech pattern conveys ideas through the medium of a story with characters - setting - and a plot
narrative
compile
selective audience
pauses
46. 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
inform - persuade - and entertain
inductive reasoning
deductive reasoning
47. Which is communication apprehension?
internal preview
problem solution
bandwagon appeal
Afraid to speak in public situations
48. Life experiences which affect a person's perception - is ultimately the place from which Context is constructed
claims
unusual places
fields of experience
inform
49. Comparing 2 things that share similarities
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
self-actualization
analogical reasoning
Heart rate
50. Ethics involoves one's sense of...
causal
pattern
definitions
right and wrong