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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. Answers the question 'what am I asserting?' - Thesis of the speech - Includes at least one premise and a conclusion
definitions
claims
facts and statistics
persuasive conclusion
2. Life experiences which affect a person's perception - is ultimately the place from which Context is constructed
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
pauses
concerted audience
fields of experience
3. Many fear the thought of giving a speech more than they do...
inform
deductive reasoning
dying
vocal process
4. Review main points - reinforce your general purpose - provide closure
conclusion
more than half
concerted audience
need
5. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - feel good about yourself - responsible - competent
out loud
causal audience
self-esteem
problem solution
6. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - realizing your full potential - discovering passion
self-actualization
informative conclusion
right and wrong
you were giving the speech before an audience
7. Some of the most effective quotations are...
inductive reasoning
deductive reasoning
claims
lighter
8. The art or study of public speaking
internal summaries
verbally
Rhetoric
organized audience
9. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - friendship - family - acceptance
love/belonging
bandwagon appeal
Rhetoric
compile
10. Group of people a speech is directed towards
extemporaneous
organized audience
target audience
chronological
11. Key characteristics of populations - i.e. sex - age - race
transition order
demographic information
extemporaneous
chronological
12. One way to close a speech is to return to your...
narratives
more than half
causal reasoning
attention-getter
13. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility is to direct behaviors?
impression
audience's attitudes
love/belonging
organized audience
14. Arguing from a general principle to a specific case
impressive sources
definitions
attention-getter
deductive reasoning
15. You can generally assume that adult audiences have cultural...
visualization
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
literacy
inform
16. This speech pattern provides explaining the elements that make up a topic
causal reasoning
inform - persuade - and entertain
topical
need
17. Use a notecard as a security net to...
reasoning
personal
audience's attitudes
jog your memory
18. Argument that if other people agree then the audience should also agree - everyone is doing it - favorable audiences
definitions
three
bandwagon appeal
vocal process
19. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get interest?
persuasive conclusion
passive audience
Afraid to speak in public situations
evidence
20. What are the purposes for communicating?
inform - persuade - and entertain
Chest
literacy
narrative
21. A sneer is an example of...
diminished ending
vocal process
compile
nonverbal communication
22. It is easier to _______ facts than to correct them.
purpose statement
compile
testimony
facts and statistics
23. Answers the question 'what is the support for my assertion?') - Supporting materials presented to back up the claim
more than half
evidence
inform - persuade - and entertain
deductive reasoning
24. _______ breathers are short of breath and weak in volume.
Chest
claims
symbol
literacy
25. Arguing from a specific fact - make a general claim
psychographic information
selective audience
Heart rate
inductive reasoning
26. Observations you make based on experiences and numerical data/information
internal preview
nonverbal communication
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
facts and statistics
27. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - things required for human survival: food - water - shelter - sleep
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
backyard appeal
physiological
lead clearly
28. Many have stage fright because...
they think of a speech as a performance
examples
selective audience
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
29. __________ is closely related to self-esteem.
Confidence
crescendo ending
narratives
self-actualization
30. A good speech has _____ main parts.
interpersonal
love/belonging
three
organizes a speech's content
31. Maslow's hierarchy: ______ - security of body - employment - resources - morality - health - family
circular ending
fields of experience
safety
more than half
32. You should practice a speech _______ rather than silently.
impression
out loud
Common ground
love/belonging
33. The strongest argument is when speakers use all four appeals effectively - they are...
literacy
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
narrative
impression
34. The ___________ speech calls for a quick mind and instant audience analysis.
bandwagon appeal
organizes a speech's content
testimony
impromptu
35. This speech pattern is useful for recounting the history of a subject - a sequence of events - or a step by step procedure
love/belonging
Common ground
chronological
thinking over the future
36. Make a topic meaningful - make topic accurate by using sources - make topic clear and easy to follow
testimony
you were giving the speech before an audience
extemporaneous
informative speaking
37. A good speaker...
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38. The power source for a speaker is the...
satisfaction
vocal process
action
dying
39. 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.
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
diminished ending
psychographic information
internal summaries
40. We pay more attention to ______ than to audio suggestions.
visual
bandwagon appeal
literacy
nonverbal communication
41. What is the general purpose for chronological speech pattern?
impressive sources
inform
Rhetoric
inform - persuade - and entertain
42. Aristotle did not feel a speaker needed to have...
testimony
vocal process
intrapersonal appeal
more than half
43. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to make an impression on listeners?
selective audience
narrative
persuasive conclusion
stereotyping
44. Doing _______: get your audience's attention - indicate your purpose - establish your credibility (preview you main points) -> but not in persuasive speeches
introductions
satisfaction
pattern
safety
45. Psychological concepts - values - attitudes or beliefs.
problem solution
transition order
psychographic information
internal summaries
46. Leave audience with something to think about (rhetorical question)
diminished ending
Common ground
inform - persuade - and entertain
reasoning
47. Monroe motivated sequence: _________ - relating the topic to the audience
spatial
satisfaction
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
attention
48. Illustrations or cases that represent a larger group or class of things
examples
right and wrong
facts and statistics
self-esteem
49. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - there is a problem
action
need
three
Confidence
50. This speech pattern conveys ideas through the medium of a story with characters - setting - and a plot
narrative
dying
analogical reasoning
inform