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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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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. Make a topic meaningful - make topic accurate by using sources - make topic clear and easy to follow
informative speaking
attention
they think of a speech as a performance
inform
2. You can generally assume that adult audiences have cultural...
self-actualization
passive audience
jog your memory
literacy
3. Leave audience with something to think about (rhetorical question)
backyard appeal
organizes a speech's content
chronological
diminished ending
4. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get interest?
impressive sources
Heart rate
passive audience
organized audience
5. Audiences are likely to be impressed if you quote...
stage fright
impressive sources
relying on humor so the audience will like you
vocal process
6. 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.
demographic information
claims
Rhetoric
internal summaries
7. Use ________________ to move from the intro to body - from point to the next - and from the body to conclusion
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
reasoning
Confidence
attention-getter
8. If you are to become a truly effective speaker have strong ______ before you polish your speaking skills
symbol
values
Rhetoric
Chest
9. It is easier to _______ facts than to correct them.
vocal process
physiological
compile
three
10. Some of the most effective quotations are...
values
out loud
lighter
bandwagon appeal
11. __________ increases when we suffer from stage fright.
love/belonging
compile
self-actualization
Heart rate
12. This speech pattern conveys ideas through the medium of a story with characters - setting - and a plot
topical
narrative
satisfaction
Chest
13. An audience is more likely to pay attention if a speech has a...
impression
pattern
inductive reasoning
impromptu
14. Observations you make based on experiences and numerical data/information
more than half
facts and statistics
informative conclusion
compile
15. Group of people a speech is directed towards
conclusion
passive audience
chronological
target audience
16. Aristotle did not feel a speaker needed to have...
intrapersonal appeal
reasoning
definitions
more than half
17. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility is to foster conviction?
narratives
concerted audience
attention
self-esteem
18. Use a notecard as a security net to...
lighter
problem solution
jog your memory
need
19. A sneer is an example of...
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
narratives
nonverbal communication
they think of a speech as a performance
20. Call to action
narrative
relying on humor so the audience will like you
personal
persuasive conclusion
21. A good speaker...
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22. Speaking from _______ experience is usually a good idea.
causal
audience's attitudes
personal
narrative
23. What are the purposes for communicating?
attention-getter
spatial
personal
inform - persuade - and entertain
24. Stands for an idea
introductions
symbol
safety
attention
25. This speech pattern demonstrates a causal link between two or more events - demonstrate a topic in terms of its underlying causes and effects
persuasive conclusion
concerted audience
visual
causal
26. Since the ________ is not part of the outline - you do not need to write it on the outline page.
more than half
testimony
purpose statement
audience's attitudes
27. One way to close a speech is to return to your...
claims
organized audience
visual
attention-getter
28. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to make an impression on listeners?
selective audience
inform - persuade - and entertain
visualization
narratives
29. The ___________ is: first - second - third - next - then finally
Heart rate
transition order
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
they think of a speech as a performance
30. 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
more than half
Heart rate
Rhetoric
31. A good speaker shows enthusiasm physically and ...
verbally
dying
personal
demographic information
32. Arguing that something caused something else
impromptu
inform
spatial
causal reasoning
33. Where the speaker tells the audience that they 'should or shouldn't' be doing something.
backyard appeal
action
impromptu
policy
34. To find good speech ideas - you must sometimes break the rules and look for ideas in...
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
inform - persuade - and entertain
unusual places
diminished ending
35. Not a way to build a speech with solid content
conclusion
narratives
relying on humor so the audience will like you
passive audience
36. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - after solution - speaker's solution
bandwagon appeal
internal summaries
psychographic information
satisfaction
37. Applying the issue to the audience - making it seem real or in their backyard neutral audience
relying on humor so the audience will like you
introductions
literacy
backyard appeal
38. The best opening stories hold interest yet ________ into your speech topic.
action
stereotyping
interpersonal
lead clearly
39. You should practice a speech _______ rather than silently.
concerted audience
out loud
causal audience
right and wrong
40. Vocalized _______ tend to distract your audience.
lead clearly
Rhetoric
pauses
internal preview
41. Life experiences which affect a person's perception - is ultimately the place from which Context is constructed
conclusion
causal
fields of experience
crescendo ending
42. This speech pattern is useful for recounting the history of a subject - a sequence of events - or a step by step procedure
bandwagon appeal
inform - persuade - and entertain
examples
chronological
43. Psychological concepts - values - attitudes or beliefs.
policy
out loud
narrative
psychographic information
44. This speech pattern provides explaining the elements that make up a topic
attention-getter
backyard appeal
Chest
topical
45. A speaker should worry more about the ________ than the speech
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46. Ethics involoves one's sense of...
right and wrong
inductive reasoning
circular ending
values
47. A good speech has _____ main parts.
target audience
three
action
psychographic information
48. __________ is closely related to self-esteem.
Confidence
interpersonal
unusual places
demographic information
49. This speech pattern is useful for convincing audience to agree with a course of action
intrapersonal appeal
attention-getter
problem solution
love/belonging
50. What percentang of what others think of you is determined before you ever open your mouth?
testimony
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
Confidence
more than half