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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. ____________ is closely related to empathy.
Common ground
internal preview
evidence
organizes a speech's content
2. Use a notecard as a security net to...
informative conclusion
informative speaking
jog your memory
visualization
3. Argument that if other people agree then the audience should also agree - everyone is doing it - favorable audiences
bandwagon appeal
impromptu
psychographic information
self-esteem
4. Doing _______: get your audience's attention - indicate your purpose - establish your credibility (preview you main points) -> but not in persuasive speeches
introductions
Common ground
three
concerted audience
5. Since the ________ is not part of the outline - you do not need to write it on the outline page.
purpose statement
pattern
Rhetoric
Common ground
6. An example of intrapersonal communication is...
values
thinking over the future
evidence
relying on humor so the audience will like you
7. End with something from beginning
conclusion
symbol
circular ending
evidence
8. A properly motivated speaker should want to treat others fairly and to set a...
good example
concerted audience
lighter
psychographic information
9. Applying the issue to the audience - making it seem real or in their backyard neutral audience
problem solution
backyard appeal
Confidence
internal summaries
10. Answers the question 'what am I asserting?' - Thesis of the speech - Includes at least one premise and a conclusion
interpersonal
relying on humor so the audience will like you
nonverbal communication
claims
11. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - there is a problem
organizes a speech's content
need
thinking over the future
introductions
12. Answers the question 'How are my supporting materials and assertions linked together?'
values
reasoning
selective audience
visualization
13. Life experiences which affect a person's perception - is ultimately the place from which Context is constructed
psychographic information
fields of experience
narrative
selective audience
14. You should practice a speech _______ rather than silently.
out loud
internal preview
satisfaction
lighter
15. Many fear the thought of giving a speech more than they do...
inform - persuade - and entertain
dying
concerted audience
unusual places
16. Maslow's hierarchy: ______ - security of body - employment - resources - morality - health - family
transition order
safety
demographic information
intrapersonal appeal
17. What is the general purpose for chronological speech pattern?
facts and statistics
dying
action
inform
18. 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
pattern
spatial
literacy
demographic information
19. A note card is often used in __________ speaking
extemporaneous
psychographic information
right and wrong
diminished ending
20. The communication process does not need...
stereotyping
jog your memory
Heart rate
inductive reasoning
21. _______ breathers are short of breath and weak in volume.
organizes a speech's content
audience's attitudes
claims
Chest
22. This speech pattern demonstrates a causal link between two or more events - demonstrate a topic in terms of its underlying causes and effects
diminished ending
causal
policy
psychographic information
23. The strongest argument is when speakers use all four appeals effectively - they are...
passive audience
inform
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
Afraid to speak in public situations
24. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get interest?
internal preview
extemporaneous
passive audience
dying
25. The power source for a speaker is the...
stage fright
target audience
vocal process
deductive reasoning
26. To find good speech ideas - you must sometimes break the rules and look for ideas in...
demographic information
inform
extemporaneous
unusual places
27. You can generally assume that adult audiences have cultural...
literacy
visual
Common ground
compile
28. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - imagining the solution being implemented
verbally
visualization
more than half
deductive reasoning
29. What are the purposes for communicating?
narrative
inform - persuade - and entertain
lighter
selective audience
30. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - after solution - speaker's solution
action
selective audience
bandwagon appeal
satisfaction
31. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility is to direct behaviors?
symbol
analogical reasoning
inform - persuade - and entertain
organized audience
32. 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.
satisfaction
self-esteem
internal summaries
transition order
33. Group of people a speech is directed towards
narratives
internal preview
target audience
fields of experience
34. Aristotle did not feel a speaker needed to have...
more than half
verbally
intrapersonal appeal
inductive reasoning
35. Monroe motivated sequence: _________ - relating the topic to the audience
unusual places
internal summaries
attention
out loud
36. Concisely tells audience what the main points of the speech will be and what will be addressed
demographic information
internal preview
definitions
conclusion
37. The ___________ speech calls for a quick mind and instant audience analysis.
informative conclusion
audience's attitudes
self-esteem
impromptu
38. Psychological concepts - values - attitudes or beliefs.
visual
verbally
psychographic information
informative speaking
39. If you are to become a truly effective speaker have strong ______ before you polish your speaking skills
topical
narrative
crescendo ending
values
40. The ___________ is: first - second - third - next - then finally
circular ending
fields of experience
Rhetoric
transition order
41. One way to close a speech is to return to your...
evidence
Rhetoric
visualization
attention-getter
42. This speech pattern is useful for convincing audience to agree with a course of action
interpersonal
good example
problem solution
Common ground
43. Good ___________ communication is preceded by intrapersonal communication.
testimony
interpersonal
physiological
dying
44. To practice effectively - you should practice as if...
jog your memory
right and wrong
analogical reasoning
you were giving the speech before an audience
45. A good speech has _____ main parts.
right and wrong
narrative
examples
three
46. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get attention?
thinking over the future
inform - persuade - and entertain
causal audience
pauses
47. This speech pattern is useful for recounting the history of a subject - a sequence of events - or a step by step procedure
bandwagon appeal
chronological
love/belonging
introductions
48. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - simple and easy things the audience can do to enact the solution - answers= how? what? when?
action
three
testimony
inform - persuade - and entertain
49. Some of the most effective quotations are...
lighter
literacy
audience's attitudes
internal summaries
50. Key characteristics of populations - i.e. sex - age - race
internal preview
lead clearly
self-actualization
demographic information