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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. Observations you make based on experiences and numerical data/information
unusual places
claims
diminished ending
facts and statistics
2. Answers the question 'what am I asserting?' - Thesis of the speech - Includes at least one premise and a conclusion
inductive reasoning
persuasive conclusion
claims
lighter
3. 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
selective audience
values
causal
4. Speaking from _______ experience is usually a good idea.
personal
purpose statement
stage fright
value
5. Where the speaker tells the audience that they 'should or shouldn't' be doing something.
personal
analogical reasoning
Confidence
policy
6. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility is to direct behaviors?
fields of experience
organized audience
attention-getter
vocal process
7. Maslow's hierarchy: ______ - security of body - employment - resources - morality - health - family
safety
personal
topical
bandwagon appeal
8. Monroe motivated sequence: _________ - relating the topic to the audience
attention
analogical reasoning
stage fright
Heart rate
9. Not a way to build a speech with solid content
relying on humor so the audience will like you
nonverbal communication
internal preview
attention
10. Review main points - reinforce your general purpose - provide closure
circular ending
right and wrong
conclusion
attention-getter
11. 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
pauses
target audience
problem solution
12. Stands for an idea
value
lighter
satisfaction
symbol
13. This speech pattern is useful for recounting the history of a subject - a sequence of events - or a step by step procedure
diminished ending
definitions
selective audience
chronological
14. This speech pattern demonstrates a causal link between two or more events - demonstrate a topic in terms of its underlying causes and effects
physiological
more than half
psychographic information
causal
15. Relying on an individual's opinions or experiences related to a particular topic
attention
testimony
passive audience
organizes a speech's content
16. Since the ________ is not part of the outline - you do not need to write it on the outline page.
purpose statement
love/belonging
Confidence
right and wrong
17. Life experiences which affect a person's perception - is ultimately the place from which Context is constructed
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
pauses
policy
fields of experience
18. Many fear the thought of giving a speech more than they do...
pauses
introductions
dying
self-esteem
19. Group of people a speech is directed towards
topical
target audience
unusual places
symbol
20. A good speaker shows enthusiasm physically and ...
selective audience
verbally
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
psychographic information
21. It is easier to _______ facts than to correct them.
inform
jog your memory
Heart rate
compile
22. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - imagining the solution being implemented
attention-getter
self-actualization
visualization
satisfaction
23. A sneer is an example of...
right and wrong
good example
nonverbal communication
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
24. Ethics involoves one's sense of...
spatial
right and wrong
you were giving the speech before an audience
symbol
25. Answers the question 'How are my supporting materials and assertions linked together?'
reasoning
policy
impromptu
Rhetoric
26. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility is to foster conviction?
causal audience
impromptu
concerted audience
lighter
27. Argument that if other people agree then the audience should also agree - everyone is doing it - favorable audiences
concerted audience
bandwagon appeal
informative conclusion
Chest
28. What percentang of what others think of you is determined before you ever open your mouth?
backyard appeal
impromptu
more than half
policy
29. An audience is more likely to pay attention if a speech has a...
definitions
satisfaction
pattern
topical
30. A speaker should worry more about the ________ than the speech
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31. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get interest?
relying on humor so the audience will like you
passive audience
attention
love/belonging
32. 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
problem solution
value
concerted audience
unusual places
33. Comparing 2 things that share similarities
conclusion
attention
analogical reasoning
diminished ending
34. The best opening stories hold interest yet ________ into your speech topic.
demographic information
thinking over the future
right and wrong
lead clearly
35. This speech pattern provides explaining the elements that make up a topic
topical
causal reasoning
evidence
out loud
36. A good speech has _____ main parts.
right and wrong
relying on humor so the audience will like you
three
psychographic information
37. An example of intrapersonal communication is...
thinking over the future
evidence
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
crescendo ending
38. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - there is a problem
need
visual
inductive reasoning
pattern
39. Applying the issue to the audience - making it seem real or in their backyard neutral audience
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
demographic information
backyard appeal
organizes a speech's content
40. Audiences are likely to be impressed if you quote...
value
stage fright
impressive sources
Confidence
41. Explain or describe what something is
satisfaction
verbally
inductive reasoning
definitions
42. _______ breathers are short of breath and weak in volume.
need
psychographic information
Chest
inform - persuade - and entertain
43. Which is communication apprehension?
Afraid to speak in public situations
vocal process
pauses
verbally
44. Arguing that something caused something else
definitions
facts and statistics
Confidence
causal reasoning
45. Aristotle did not feel a speaker needed to have...
intrapersonal appeal
testimony
transition order
nonverbal communication
46. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - simple and easy things the audience can do to enact the solution - answers= how? what? when?
Heart rate
action
problem solution
definitions
47. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get attention?
internal preview
selective audience
causal audience
bandwagon appeal
48. Many have stage fright because...
they think of a speech as a performance
more than half
selective audience
jog your memory
49. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to make an impression on listeners?
target audience
action
pattern
selective audience
50. Illustrations or cases that represent a larger group or class of things
impressive sources
self-esteem
examples
physiological