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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. This speech pattern conveys ideas through the medium of a story with characters - setting - and a plot
facts and statistics
narrative
informative speaking
pattern
2. Arguing that something caused something else
interpersonal
jog your memory
causal reasoning
organized audience
3. Arguing from a specific fact - make a general claim
verbally
lead clearly
inductive reasoning
informative conclusion
4. A speaker should worry more about the ________ than the speech
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5. This speech pattern provides explaining the elements that make up a topic
love/belonging
topical
causal
diminished ending
6. Monroe motivated sequence: _________ - relating the topic to the audience
Rhetoric
concerted audience
informative conclusion
attention
7. This speech pattern demonstrates a causal link between two or more events - demonstrate a topic in terms of its underlying causes and effects
passive audience
causal
visual
attention-getter
8. __________ is closely related to self-esteem.
safety
personal
Confidence
audience's attitudes
9. 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
symbol
impromptu
spatial
inform - persuade - and entertain
10. A serious speaking problem
attention
stage fright
relying on humor so the audience will like you
nonverbal communication
11. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - imagining the solution being implemented
interpersonal
impromptu
visualization
inductive reasoning
12. Many have stage fright because...
they think of a speech as a performance
introductions
relying on humor so the audience will like you
thinking over the future
13. To practice effectively - you should practice as if...
intrapersonal appeal
you were giving the speech before an audience
inductive reasoning
circular ending
14. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get attention?
causal audience
spatial
policy
audience's attitudes
15. Maslow's hierarchy: ______ - security of body - employment - resources - morality - health - family
literacy
safety
circular ending
inform
16. Some of the most effective quotations are...
internal summaries
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
lighter
stereotyping
17. This speech pattern is useful for recounting the history of a subject - a sequence of events - or a step by step procedure
Chest
testimony
chronological
psychographic information
18. Not a way to build a speech with solid content
relying on humor so the audience will like you
transition order
narrative
crescendo ending
19. To find good speech ideas - you must sometimes break the rules and look for ideas in...
Rhetoric
impressive sources
values
unusual places
20. What is the general purpose for chronological speech pattern?
nonverbal communication
Heart rate
inform
introductions
21. Illustrations or cases that represent a larger group or class of things
analogical reasoning
examples
interpersonal
reasoning
22. Which is communication apprehension?
claims
right and wrong
Afraid to speak in public situations
inform - persuade - and entertain
23. Good ___________ communication is preceded by intrapersonal communication.
interpersonal
psychographic information
internal preview
intrapersonal appeal
24. End with something from beginning
more than half
three
fields of experience
circular ending
25. The strongest argument is when speakers use all four appeals effectively - they are...
extemporaneous
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
Heart rate
out loud
26. Anecdotes that describe events in a dramatic way - appealing to our emotions
more than half
definitions
concerted audience
narratives
27. An audience is more likely to pay attention if a speech has a...
visual
pattern
introductions
deductive reasoning
28. The power source for a speaker is the...
dying
personal
vocal process
intrapersonal appeal
29. ____________ is closely related to empathy.
Common ground
organizes a speech's content
more than half
persuasive conclusion
30. Call to action
persuasive conclusion
thinking over the future
visual
impromptu
31. It is easier to _______ facts than to correct them.
informative speaking
Heart rate
compile
thinking over the future
32. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility is to direct behaviors?
Common ground
organized audience
pauses
policy
33. Answers the question 'what am I asserting?' - Thesis of the speech - Includes at least one premise and a conclusion
diminished ending
organized audience
claims
Common ground
34. What are the purposes for communicating?
inform - persuade - and entertain
impromptu
analogical reasoning
value
35. If you are to become a truly effective speaker have strong ______ before you polish your speaking skills
values
Heart rate
internal summaries
they think of a speech as a performance
36. The best opening stories hold interest yet ________ into your speech topic.
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
you were giving the speech before an audience
internal summaries
lead clearly
37. The ___________ speech calls for a quick mind and instant audience analysis.
right and wrong
self-esteem
symbol
impromptu
38. Since the ________ is not part of the outline - you do not need to write it on the outline page.
value
purpose statement
stage fright
unusual places
39. Arguing from a general principle to a specific case
Confidence
causal audience
psychographic information
deductive reasoning
40. Audiences are likely to be impressed if you quote...
impressive sources
self-actualization
physiological
definitions
41. You should practice a speech _______ rather than silently.
topical
evidence
fields of experience
out loud
42. The art or study of public speaking
bandwagon appeal
values
Rhetoric
reasoning
43. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - simple and easy things the audience can do to enact the solution - answers= how? what? when?
backyard appeal
internal summaries
action
diminished ending
44. A good speaker shows enthusiasm physically and ...
passive audience
verbally
topical
dying
45. Aristotle did not feel a speaker needed to have...
facts and statistics
intrapersonal appeal
informative speaking
satisfaction
46. You can generally assume that adult audiences have cultural...
organizes a speech's content
literacy
concerted audience
unusual places
47. Applying the issue to the audience - making it seem real or in their backyard neutral audience
diminished ending
crescendo ending
backyard appeal
satisfaction
48. Ethics involoves one's sense of...
unusual places
verbally
satisfaction
right and wrong
49. The communication process does not need...
physiological
stereotyping
organized audience
dying
50. Argument that if other people agree then the audience should also agree - everyone is doing it - favorable audiences
three
extemporaneous
bandwagon appeal
attention