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Public Speaking
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
narrative
value
relying on humor so the audience will like you
good example
2. A note card is often used in __________ speaking
informative speaking
extemporaneous
audience's attitudes
you were giving the speech before an audience
3. __________ increases when we suffer from stage fright.
symbol
bandwagon appeal
Heart rate
reasoning
4. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - things required for human survival: food - water - shelter - sleep
compile
informative speaking
reasoning
physiological
5. Which is communication apprehension?
conclusion
Afraid to speak in public situations
inductive reasoning
Rhetoric
6. Answers the question 'How are my supporting materials and assertions linked together?'
physiological
satisfaction
reasoning
analogical reasoning
7. Many have stage fright because...
transition order
stage fright
testimony
they think of a speech as a performance
8. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - simple and easy things the audience can do to enact the solution - answers= how? what? when?
concerted audience
transition order
values
action
9. A serious speaking problem
impromptu
stage fright
problem solution
personal
10. Use a notecard as a security net to...
love/belonging
policy
causal reasoning
jog your memory
11. This speech pattern is useful for convincing audience to agree with a course of action
out loud
problem solution
thinking over the future
pattern
12. Explain or describe what something is
values
organizes a speech's content
attention
definitions
13. Make a solid first...
values
satisfaction
impression
self-actualization
14. End with something from beginning
Confidence
unusual places
circular ending
love/belonging
15. Reiterate main points of speech
stereotyping
informative conclusion
internal preview
crescendo ending
16. Arguing from a general principle to a specific case
claims
deductive reasoning
problem solution
Afraid to speak in public situations
17. Life experiences which affect a person's perception - is ultimately the place from which Context is constructed
impromptu
attention-getter
extemporaneous
fields of experience
18. Leave audience with something to think about (rhetorical question)
self-esteem
psychographic information
love/belonging
diminished ending
19. Stands for an idea
symbol
inform - persuade - and entertain
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
compile
20. Anecdotes that describe events in a dramatic way - appealing to our emotions
narratives
out loud
Heart rate
personal
21. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - imagining the solution being implemented
literacy
visualization
need
self-esteem
22. 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.
informative conclusion
thinking over the future
lead clearly
internal summaries
23. Arguing that something caused something else
nonverbal communication
inform - persuade - and entertain
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
causal reasoning
24. What is the general purpose for chronological speech pattern?
circular ending
inform
Heart rate
safety
25. ____________ is closely related to empathy.
demographic information
safety
spatial
Common ground
26. Audiences are likely to be impressed if you quote...
backyard appeal
relying on humor so the audience will like you
impressive sources
extemporaneous
27. Applying the issue to the audience - making it seem real or in their backyard neutral audience
backyard appeal
attention-getter
stereotyping
introductions
28. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - feel good about yourself - responsible - competent
internal preview
self-esteem
thinking over the future
inform
29. This speech pattern conveys ideas through the medium of a story with characters - setting - and a plot
narrative
definitions
personal
values
30. Many fear the thought of giving a speech more than they do...
impressive sources
self-esteem
fields of experience
dying
31. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - after solution - speaker's solution
Afraid to speak in public situations
satisfaction
action
pattern
32. We pay more attention to ______ than to audio suggestions.
topical
visual
action
chronological
33. Ethics involoves one's sense of...
right and wrong
facts and statistics
action
thinking over the future
34. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility is to foster conviction?
concerted audience
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
Chest
purpose statement
35. Psychological concepts - values - attitudes or beliefs.
inductive reasoning
evidence
psychographic information
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
36. Some of the most effective quotations are...
reasoning
visual
lighter
claims
37. Good ___________ communication is preceded by intrapersonal communication.
crescendo ending
attention-getter
jog your memory
interpersonal
38. Review main points - reinforce your general purpose - provide closure
deductive reasoning
conclusion
problem solution
intrapersonal appeal
39. Aristotle did not feel a speaker needed to have...
inform - persuade - and entertain
intrapersonal appeal
psychographic information
relying on humor so the audience will like you
40. This speech pattern provides explaining the elements that make up a topic
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
impromptu
topical
examples
41. The power source for a speaker is the...
internal preview
vocal process
interpersonal
attention-getter
42. The communication process does not need...
topical
verbally
stereotyping
target audience
43. A sneer is an example of...
selective audience
nonverbal communication
passive audience
examples
44. Comparing 2 things that share similarities
analogical reasoning
causal reasoning
definitions
physiological
45. What are the purposes for communicating?
organized audience
inform - persuade - and entertain
impromptu
analogical reasoning
46. The ___________ is: first - second - third - next - then finally
transition order
backyard appeal
organized audience
purpose statement
47. Speaking from _______ experience is usually a good idea.
intrapersonal appeal
stereotyping
personal
symbol
48. Group of people a speech is directed towards
Heart rate
visual
need
target audience
49. Make a topic meaningful - make topic accurate by using sources - make topic clear and easy to follow
informative speaking
causal reasoning
more than half
diminished ending
50. 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
informative conclusion
internal preview
evidence
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