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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. __________ is closely related to self-esteem.
analogical reasoning
impressive sources
good example
Confidence
2. 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
thinking over the future
dying
spatial
Confidence
3. Audiences are likely to be impressed if you quote...
organized audience
causal
impressive sources
passive audience
4. Observations you make based on experiences and numerical data/information
backyard appeal
compile
facts and statistics
demographic information
5. It is easier to _______ facts than to correct them.
attention
causal
compile
action
6. The ___________ speech calls for a quick mind and instant audience analysis.
persuasive conclusion
internal summaries
impromptu
visual
7. Key characteristics of populations - i.e. sex - age - race
persuasive conclusion
psychographic information
organizes a speech's content
demographic information
8. To practice effectively - you should practice as if...
visualization
attention
fields of experience
you were giving the speech before an audience
9. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - things required for human survival: food - water - shelter - sleep
love/belonging
physiological
informative conclusion
compile
10. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - friendship - family - acceptance
Chest
love/belonging
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
Afraid to speak in public situations
11. Review main points - reinforce your general purpose - provide closure
purpose statement
love/belonging
conclusion
causal reasoning
12. Aristotle did not feel a speaker needed to have...
stage fright
vocal process
Heart rate
intrapersonal appeal
13. To find good speech ideas - you must sometimes break the rules and look for ideas in...
reasoning
more than half
unusual places
love/belonging
14. Arguing from a specific fact - make a general claim
causal
inductive reasoning
attention-getter
internal summaries
15. A good speaker shows enthusiasm physically and ...
three
Common ground
verbally
impromptu
16. Answers the question 'what am I asserting?' - Thesis of the speech - Includes at least one premise and a conclusion
concerted audience
claims
persuasive conclusion
analogical reasoning
17. Where the speaker tells the audience that they 'should or shouldn't' be doing something.
passive audience
symbol
policy
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
18. This speech pattern is useful for recounting the history of a subject - a sequence of events - or a step by step procedure
three
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
chronological
evidence
19. This speech pattern demonstrates a causal link between two or more events - demonstrate a topic in terms of its underlying causes and effects
causal
facts and statistics
values
internal summaries
20. The best opening stories hold interest yet ________ into your speech topic.
lead clearly
safety
testimony
impromptu
21. __________ increases when we suffer from stage fright.
safety
Heart rate
vocal process
audience's attitudes
22. Argument that if other people agree then the audience should also agree - everyone is doing it - favorable audiences
demographic information
lighter
definitions
bandwagon appeal
23. Not a way to build a speech with solid content
relying on humor so the audience will like you
backyard appeal
crescendo ending
stereotyping
24. A properly motivated speaker should want to treat others fairly and to set a...
good example
narratives
evidence
persuasive conclusion
25. An example of intrapersonal communication is...
causal reasoning
stereotyping
evidence
thinking over the future
26. Good ___________ communication is preceded by intrapersonal communication.
testimony
interpersonal
inform
internal preview
27. Use a notecard as a security net to...
jog your memory
organizes a speech's content
self-actualization
safety
28. Maslow's hierarchy: ______ - security of body - employment - resources - morality - health - family
evidence
safety
causal reasoning
audience's attitudes
29. Many have stage fright because...
transition order
introductions
they think of a speech as a performance
action
30. This speech pattern provides explaining the elements that make up a topic
topical
attention
lead clearly
causal reasoning
31. 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
value
persuasive conclusion
attention
attention-getter
32. Make a topic meaningful - make topic accurate by using sources - make topic clear and easy to follow
informative speaking
introductions
visual
dying
33. Many fear the thought of giving a speech more than they do...
dying
literacy
pattern
causal
34. What are the purposes for communicating?
selective audience
more than half
Heart rate
inform - persuade - and entertain
35. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - imagining the solution being implemented
narrative
visualization
passive audience
unusual places
36. A speaker should worry more about the ________ than the speech
37. Illustrations or cases that represent a larger group or class of things
compile
testimony
examples
lighter
38. You should practice a speech _______ rather than silently.
internal preview
out loud
policy
analogical reasoning
39. Arguing from a general principle to a specific case
deductive reasoning
concerted audience
satisfaction
problem solution
40. An audience is more likely to pay attention if a speech has a...
persuasive conclusion
selective audience
action
pattern
41. Answers the question 'what is the support for my assertion?') - Supporting materials presented to back up the claim
transition order
evidence
intrapersonal appeal
pattern
42. Stands for an idea
symbol
impression
selective audience
verbally
43. Ethics involoves one's sense of...
right and wrong
backyard appeal
causal audience
stage fright
44. The strongest argument is when speakers use all four appeals effectively - they are...
physiological
self-actualization
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
testimony
45. Doing _______: get your audience's attention - indicate your purpose - establish your credibility (preview you main points) -> but not in persuasive speeches
passive audience
spatial
unusual places
introductions
46. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - after solution - speaker's solution
right and wrong
satisfaction
need
target audience
47. End with big impact on audience (idea - revelation - solution)
fields of experience
self-actualization
out loud
crescendo ending
48. Make a solid first...
evidence
impression
lead clearly
narratives
49. Some of the most effective quotations are...
attention-getter
pauses
lighter
stage fright
50. Applying the issue to the audience - making it seem real or in their backyard neutral audience
backyard appeal
physiological
informative conclusion
chronological