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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Make a topic meaningful - make topic accurate by using sources - make topic clear and easy to follow
informative speaking
symbol
claims
nonverbal communication
2. This speech pattern conveys ideas through the medium of a story with characters - setting - and a plot
action
verbally
lighter
narrative
3. We pay more attention to ______ than to audio suggestions.
right and wrong
Confidence
inform - persuade - and entertain
visual
4. The ___________ speech calls for a quick mind and instant audience analysis.
impromptu
more than half
inform - persuade - and entertain
lead clearly
5. Doing _______: get your audience's attention - indicate your purpose - establish your credibility (preview you main points) -> but not in persuasive speeches
introductions
internal preview
causal audience
bandwagon appeal
6. Illustrations or cases that represent a larger group or class of things
examples
causal reasoning
right and wrong
physiological
7. Arguing from a general principle to a specific case
organized audience
they think of a speech as a performance
deductive reasoning
causal
8. __________ increases when we suffer from stage fright.
Heart rate
visual
testimony
purpose statement
9. If you are to become a truly effective speaker have strong ______ before you polish your speaking skills
values
informative speaking
thinking over the future
inform
10. Not a way to build a speech with solid content
relying on humor so the audience will like you
psychographic information
organized audience
inform - persuade - and entertain
11. Answers the question 'what am I asserting?' - Thesis of the speech - Includes at least one premise and a conclusion
visualization
symbol
stage fright
claims
12. The ___________ is: first - second - third - next - then finally
inductive reasoning
visualization
transition order
intrapersonal appeal
13. Aristotle did not feel a speaker needed to have...
organized audience
causal
backyard appeal
intrapersonal appeal
14. The power source for a speaker is the...
right and wrong
vocal process
evidence
concerted audience
15. Concisely tells audience what the main points of the speech will be and what will be addressed
extemporaneous
internal preview
psychographic information
testimony
16. The communication process does not need...
diminished ending
crescendo ending
vocal process
stereotyping
17. This speech pattern demonstrates a causal link between two or more events - demonstrate a topic in terms of its underlying causes and effects
causal audience
causal
analogical reasoning
selective audience
18. Call to action
persuasive conclusion
conclusion
psychographic information
circular ending
19. To find good speech ideas - you must sometimes break the rules and look for ideas in...
evidence
concerted audience
impressive sources
unusual places
20. End with something from beginning
organizes a speech's content
topical
lighter
circular ending
21. Maslow's hierarchy: ______ - security of body - employment - resources - morality - health - family
safety
target audience
causal reasoning
evidence
22. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - realizing your full potential - discovering passion
concerted audience
interpersonal
self-actualization
literacy
23. Where the speaker tells the audience that they 'should or shouldn't' be doing something.
policy
organizes a speech's content
pattern
causal
24. The best opening stories hold interest yet ________ into your speech topic.
Rhetoric
lead clearly
need
stage fright
25. A serious speaking problem
organizes a speech's content
inform - persuade - and entertain
stage fright
interpersonal
26. Anecdotes that describe events in a dramatic way - appealing to our emotions
organized audience
narratives
Common ground
lead clearly
27. Use ________________ to move from the intro to body - from point to the next - and from the body to conclusion
informative speaking
bandwagon appeal
organizes a speech's content
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
28. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - feel good about yourself - responsible - competent
self-esteem
examples
transition order
Rhetoric
29. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - things required for human survival: food - water - shelter - sleep
satisfaction
right and wrong
physiological
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
30. Comparing 2 things that share similarities
symbol
spatial
persuasive conclusion
analogical reasoning
31. __________ is closely related to self-esteem.
self-esteem
internal preview
visualization
Confidence
32. A properly motivated speaker should want to treat others fairly and to set a...
good example
attention
visual
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
33. Answers the question 'How are my supporting materials and assertions linked together?'
out loud
inductive reasoning
testimony
reasoning
34. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - imagining the solution being implemented
informative conclusion
conclusion
visualization
you were giving the speech before an audience
35. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to make an impression on listeners?
chronological
more than half
definitions
selective audience
36. The art or study of public speaking
narrative
bandwagon appeal
Rhetoric
stage fright
37. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - there is a problem
testimony
need
evidence
fields of experience
38. What are the purposes for communicating?
inform
inform - persuade - and entertain
pauses
symbol
39. Use a notecard as a security net to...
bandwagon appeal
jog your memory
inform
circular ending
40. Relying on an individual's opinions or experiences related to a particular topic
reasoning
testimony
Heart rate
selective audience
41. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility is to foster conviction?
self-actualization
concerted audience
evidence
testimony
42. Arguing that something caused something else
visualization
concerted audience
causal reasoning
target audience
43. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get interest?
Chest
problem solution
passive audience
evidence
44. You can generally assume that adult audiences have cultural...
organizes a speech's content
literacy
jog your memory
bandwagon appeal
45. Psychological concepts - values - attitudes or beliefs.
stereotyping
visualization
inductive reasoning
psychographic information
46. End with big impact on audience (idea - revelation - solution)
crescendo ending
psychographic information
lighter
facts and statistics
47. ____________ is closely related to empathy.
examples
bandwagon appeal
love/belonging
Common ground
48. Many have stage fright because...
organized audience
they think of a speech as a performance
organizes a speech's content
compile
49. Many fear the thought of giving a speech more than they do...
inductive reasoning
lead clearly
visualization
dying
50. The strongest argument is when speakers use all four appeals effectively - they are...
pattern
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
self-esteem
crescendo ending