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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. Answers the question 'what am I asserting?' - Thesis of the speech - Includes at least one premise and a conclusion
demographic information
claims
stage fright
pauses
2. Make a topic meaningful - make topic accurate by using sources - make topic clear and easy to follow
visualization
Afraid to speak in public situations
Chest
informative speaking
3. A speaker should worry more about the ________ than the speech
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4. What percentang of what others think of you is determined before you ever open your mouth?
narrative
problem solution
diminished ending
more than half
5. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility is to foster conviction?
need
problem solution
concerted audience
pauses
6. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - friendship - family - acceptance
causal
psychographic information
love/belonging
nonverbal communication
7. Not a way to build a speech with solid content
relying on humor so the audience will like you
satisfaction
organized audience
Chest
8. Psychological concepts - values - attitudes or beliefs.
extemporaneous
psychographic information
fields of experience
intrapersonal appeal
9. Key characteristics of populations - i.e. sex - age - race
internal summaries
impressive sources
demographic information
vocal process
10. Leave audience with something to think about (rhetorical question)
diminished ending
purpose statement
selective audience
passive audience
11. Vocalized _______ tend to distract your audience.
pauses
selective audience
causal audience
Chest
12. Life experiences which affect a person's perception - is ultimately the place from which Context is constructed
extemporaneous
deductive reasoning
fields of experience
analogical reasoning
13. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get attention?
Heart rate
symbol
causal audience
more than half
14. A good speaker...
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15. This speech pattern provides explaining the elements that make up a topic
examples
stereotyping
topical
need
16. One way to close a speech is to return to your...
policy
self-actualization
Afraid to speak in public situations
attention-getter
17. Some of the most effective quotations are...
purpose statement
concerted audience
out loud
lighter
18. This speech pattern demonstrates a causal link between two or more events - demonstrate a topic in terms of its underlying causes and effects
causal
crescendo ending
organizes a speech's content
lighter
19. A sneer is an example of...
lighter
introductions
nonverbal communication
concerted audience
20. What are the purposes for communicating?
inform
self-esteem
inform - persuade - and entertain
psychographic information
21. To find good speech ideas - you must sometimes break the rules and look for ideas in...
analogical reasoning
narrative
unusual places
selective audience
22. Speaking from _______ experience is usually a good idea.
organizes a speech's content
visualization
problem solution
personal
23. End with big impact on audience (idea - revelation - solution)
crescendo ending
passive audience
self-actualization
definitions
24. A note card is often used in __________ speaking
claims
extemporaneous
love/belonging
introductions
25. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility is to direct behaviors?
dying
organized audience
persuasive conclusion
action
26. 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
spatial
dying
relying on humor so the audience will like you
physiological
27. ____________ is closely related to empathy.
bandwagon appeal
internal preview
you were giving the speech before an audience
Common ground
28. It is easier to _______ facts than to correct them.
compile
narrative
inform
literacy
29. This speech pattern conveys ideas through the medium of a story with characters - setting - and a plot
personal
narrative
extemporaneous
causal reasoning
30. Group of people a speech is directed towards
Confidence
lead clearly
target audience
internal summaries
31. The art or study of public speaking
Rhetoric
action
impression
informative conclusion
32. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - after solution - speaker's solution
compile
claims
satisfaction
good example
33. __________ increases when we suffer from stage fright.
safety
Heart rate
examples
causal
34. We pay more attention to ______ than to audio suggestions.
visual
bandwagon appeal
fields of experience
reasoning
35. Monroe motivated sequence: _________ - relating the topic to the audience
safety
attention
psychographic information
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
36. This speech pattern is useful for recounting the history of a subject - a sequence of events - or a step by step procedure
narratives
chronological
stereotyping
introductions
37. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - simple and easy things the audience can do to enact the solution - answers= how? what? when?
thinking over the future
psychographic information
action
literacy
38. You should practice a speech _______ rather than silently.
internal preview
narratives
out loud
you were giving the speech before an audience
39. Aristotle did not feel a speaker needed to have...
policy
intrapersonal appeal
introductions
stage fright
40. Doing _______: get your audience's attention - indicate your purpose - establish your credibility (preview you main points) -> but not in persuasive speeches
conclusion
passive audience
introductions
impressive sources
41. Audiences are likely to be impressed if you quote...
safety
bandwagon appeal
impressive sources
literacy
42. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - realizing your full potential - discovering passion
transition order
good example
self-actualization
compile
43. Make a solid first...
visual
impression
topical
transition order
44. An audience is more likely to pay attention if a speech has a...
stereotyping
thinking over the future
pattern
reasoning
45. Where the speaker tells the audience that they 'should or shouldn't' be doing something.
literacy
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
policy
out loud
46. A properly motivated speaker should want to treat others fairly and to set a...
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
facts and statistics
good example
audience's attitudes
47. If you are to become a truly effective speaker have strong ______ before you polish your speaking skills
unusual places
values
conclusion
analogical reasoning
48. Maslow's hierarchy: ______ - security of body - employment - resources - morality - health - family
relying on humor so the audience will like you
safety
Chest
inform
49. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get interest?
passive audience
spatial
selective audience
more than half
50. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - imagining the solution being implemented
visualization
backyard appeal
satisfaction
definitions