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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. A properly motivated speaker should want to treat others fairly and to set a...
good example
lead clearly
inform
backyard appeal
2. This speech pattern is useful for recounting the history of a subject - a sequence of events - or a step by step procedure
chronological
introductions
intrapersonal appeal
values
3. To practice effectively - you should practice as if...
you were giving the speech before an audience
evidence
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
impromptu
4. __________ is closely related to self-esteem.
reasoning
action
Confidence
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
5. Speaking from _______ experience is usually a good idea.
relying on humor so the audience will like you
definitions
analogical reasoning
personal
6. Some of the most effective quotations are...
selective audience
out loud
lighter
need
7. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get attention?
causal audience
examples
narrative
concerted audience
8. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - imagining the solution being implemented
self-actualization
impromptu
informative speaking
visualization
9. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - after solution - speaker's solution
bandwagon appeal
interpersonal
satisfaction
diminished ending
10. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - simple and easy things the audience can do to enact the solution - answers= how? what? when?
spatial
need
topical
action
11. This speech pattern conveys ideas through the medium of a story with characters - setting - and a plot
testimony
target audience
narrative
deductive reasoning
12. Ethics involoves one's sense of...
stage fright
facts and statistics
analogical reasoning
right and wrong
13. Since the ________ is not part of the outline - you do not need to write it on the outline page.
impressive sources
purpose statement
crescendo ending
stereotyping
14. Illustrations or cases that represent a larger group or class of things
diminished ending
examples
selective audience
narrative
15. Answers the question 'How are my supporting materials and assertions linked together?'
inductive reasoning
reasoning
organizes a speech's content
unusual places
16. Answers the question 'what am I asserting?' - Thesis of the speech - Includes at least one premise and a conclusion
you were giving the speech before an audience
examples
inform
claims
17. Vocalized _______ tend to distract your audience.
examples
self-actualization
organizes a speech's content
pauses
18. A note card is often used in __________ speaking
introductions
out loud
circular ending
extemporaneous
19. Call to action
vocal process
persuasive conclusion
selective audience
verbally
20. To find good speech ideas - you must sometimes break the rules and look for ideas in...
Afraid to speak in public situations
attention-getter
unusual places
internal summaries
21. Many fear the thought of giving a speech more than they do...
right and wrong
dying
they think of a speech as a performance
visual
22. This speech pattern is useful for convincing audience to agree with a course of action
examples
problem solution
concerted audience
Common ground
23. You can generally assume that adult audiences have cultural...
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
relying on humor so the audience will like you
literacy
circular ending
24. Make a topic meaningful - make topic accurate by using sources - make topic clear and easy to follow
informative speaking
pattern
persuasive conclusion
causal
25. Use ________________ to move from the intro to body - from point to the next - and from the body to conclusion
introductions
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
stage fright
vocal process
26. End with big impact on audience (idea - revelation - solution)
Confidence
inform
crescendo ending
pattern
27. Leave audience with something to think about (rhetorical question)
policy
diminished ending
more than half
informative speaking
28. The strongest argument is when speakers use all four appeals effectively - they are...
causal audience
verbally
lead clearly
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
29. This speech pattern demonstrates a causal link between two or more events - demonstrate a topic in terms of its underlying causes and effects
attention
crescendo ending
causal
transition order
30. Stands for an idea
verbally
symbol
attention-getter
conclusion
31. Maslow's hierarchy: ______ - security of body - employment - resources - morality - health - family
Afraid to speak in public situations
claims
evidence
safety
32. Where the speaker tells the audience that they 'should or shouldn't' be doing something.
psychographic information
internal preview
policy
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
33. Relying on an individual's opinions or experiences related to a particular topic
claims
stereotyping
testimony
Confidence
34. Aristotle did not feel a speaker needed to have...
impromptu
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
satisfaction
intrapersonal appeal
35. __________ increases when we suffer from stage fright.
definitions
introductions
Heart rate
informative speaking
36. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - friendship - family - acceptance
three
love/belonging
visual
fields of experience
37. Not a way to build a speech with solid content
Rhetoric
Heart rate
relying on humor so the audience will like you
internal preview
38. A good speech has _____ main parts.
purpose statement
conclusion
love/belonging
three
39. Many have stage fright because...
inform - persuade - and entertain
they think of a speech as a performance
safety
crescendo ending
40. This speech pattern provides explaining the elements that make up a topic
topical
fields of experience
deductive reasoning
extemporaneous
41. A good speaker shows enthusiasm physically and ...
chronological
narratives
verbally
need
42. Make a solid first...
out loud
value
impression
fields of experience
43. What are the purposes for communicating?
circular ending
inform - persuade - and entertain
bandwagon appeal
self-actualization
44. A speaker should worry more about the ________ than the speech
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45. Anecdotes that describe events in a dramatic way - appealing to our emotions
Afraid to speak in public situations
inform
narratives
lead clearly
46. Argument that if other people agree then the audience should also agree - everyone is doing it - favorable audiences
bandwagon appeal
narrative
value
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
47. Good ___________ communication is preceded by intrapersonal communication.
attention-getter
organizes a speech's content
satisfaction
interpersonal
48. 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
audience's attitudes
Chest
spatial
evidence
49. Which is communication apprehension?
Afraid to speak in public situations
organized audience
good example
more than half
50. Observations you make based on experiences and numerical data/information
love/belonging
right and wrong
facts and statistics
internal preview