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The following comprise a positive ethos: |
C. Competence, good moral character, and goodwill |
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Research on speaker credibility reveals that people most trust those speakers who… |
D. Have a sound grasp of the subject, display sound resigning skills, and are honest and straightforward |
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Which of the following is a Greek word meaning "character’? |
B. Ethos |
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If a source used in a speech requires credit in written for, it also… |
D. Should be acknowledged orally as another person’s work |
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The study of moral conduct, or how people should act toward not another, is termed… |
A. Ethics |
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Which of the following countries does not rank high on individualism? |
A. Venezuela |
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According to Richard Lewis, which cultures are people-oriented, extroverted, and tend to do many things at once? |
B. Multi-active cultures |
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Which of the following would not be considered a demographic characteristic? |
C. Self-esteem |
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Interview questions that invite elaborations are _____ questions? |
A. Open-ended |
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Which cultures structure life more rigidly and formally for their members? |
B. High-uncertainty avoidance cultures |
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A speech topic is considered unethical if the topic… |
D. shows an audience how to perform illegal action, provides audience members with information that may physically or psychologically harm them, or is humiliating or degrading to the audience. |
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A persuasive speech topic is most appropriate when… |
A. the audience holds attitudes and beliefs about the topic similar to the speaker’s but needs direction in taking action |
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Topic mapping is useful for _____ ideas for speech topics. |
D. both visualizing and narrowing |
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The _________ speech purpose answers the question, "Why am I speaking on this topic for this particular audience and occasion?" |
A. general |
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Which of the following is not a common or effective brainstorming technique? |
B. refining topic purpose |
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Research indicates that audiences prefer speeches that contain _______ main points. |
B. two to five |
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Facts, statistics, testimonies, and narratives are all examples of…. |
C. supporting material |
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Which of the following helps to determine the number of main points for a speech? |
D. the topic, the amount of material to be covered, and the length of the speech |
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Effective transitions move listeners between… |
D. one main point and the next, a main point and a supporting point, and one supporting point and another supporting point |
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To demonstrate the nature and significance of a problem and provide justification for a proposed solution, a speaker should use which pattern of arrangement? |
D. problem-solution |
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To explain the physical arrangement of a place, a scene, or an object, a speaker should use which pattern of arrangement? |
B. spatial |
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If a speech consists of a story or series of short stores, which pattern of organization is the speaker using? |
C. narrative |
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To stress natural division in a topic, a speaker should use which patter of arrangement? |
A. topical |
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To discuss a topic in terms of its underlying causes, a speaker should use which pattern of arrangement? |
C. causal |
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The speaking outline should… |
D. be written on small notecards, be written in large print, and include transitions |
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Which of the following outlines uses a few words associated with each specific point? |
C. Key-word |
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Which of the following outlines uses a partial construction of the sentence form of each point? |
D. Phrase |
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The Athenians demonstrated their oratorical talent in a public space called a… |
D. Agora |
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The Greeks referred to legislative or political speech as… |
B. deliberative oratory |
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A form of communication between two people is called… |
C. dyadic communication |
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In this form of communication, the receiver is physically removed from the messenger, and feedback is delayed. |
A. mass communication |
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Factors that distinguish public speaking from other forms of communication include… |
D. opportunities for feedback, level of preparation, and degree of formality |
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Which of the following represents… the process a message goes through when it is received and interpreted? |
C. source ‘ encoding ‘ receiver ‘ decoding |
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Transforming ideas and thoughts into messages is called… |
A. encoding |
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The recipient of the source’s messages is… |
C. the receiver |
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The audience’s response to a message is referred to as… |
B. feedback |
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Anything that influences the speaker, the audience, the speech, the occasion, or the situation is called… |
A. context |
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When setting goals for a speech, the speaker should ask… |
C. both what do I want the audience to learn or believe and what do I personally want to achieve by delivering this speech? |
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Which of the following is true of spoken language… |
A. It is more conversational than written language |
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The belief that the ways of one’s own culture are superior to those of other cultures is called… |
C. ethnocentrism |
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The first step in the speech process is… |
D. selecting a topic |
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When selecting a speech topic, a speaker should first consider which of the following as a guide? |
B. his or her interests |
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The following four phrases pertain to a specific speech. Use the phrases to answer the question. Which phrase is the narrowed topic? |
B. Phrase 2 |
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The ______ is an explicit statement of what you expect your speech to accomplish. |
B. specific purpose |
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An effective speech should be organized around __________ main points. |
B. two or three |
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Which part of speech alerts audience members to your specific speech purpose? |
A. introduction |
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A speech would be practiced at least how many times? |
A. six |
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The literal, dictionary definition of a word is its… |
Denotative meaning |
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When used as supporting material in a speech, examples can… |
illustrate, describe, and represent things |
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Wen citing source material in References and orally, the speaker should include… |
the title and year of publication |
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How many people in the United States experience a mental or physical disability? |
one in five |
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Which type of reference work summarizes knowledge that is found in original form elsewhere? |
encyclopedias |
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Primary research does not include… |
information gathered by others |
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Newsweek and Time are examples of… |
periodicals |
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If a medical doctor gives cutting-edge information on the threat of high cholesterol, she is providing which type of supporting material? |
expert testimony |
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Which of the following represents a difference between spoken and written language? |
Spoken language is more interact with the audience |
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When citing testimony in a speech, the speaker should always… |
supply the name and qualification of the source |
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Listeners are likely to accept your claims if they believe the are derived from… |
sources that are both reliable and credible |
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A culturally sensitive speaker |
avoids language that is biased, doesn’t restrict the gender of the person or persons in question, and considers the issues that are important to person with disabilities |
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Firsthand oral or written histories, diaries, and recordings of meeting and other events are examples of _____ sources. |
primary |
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A speakers selectively presenting only those statistics that buttress his or her point of view while ignoring competing data is said to be… |
cherry-picking |
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When People disagree about the meaning of a word, they are responding to the word’s… |
connotative meaning |
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Which of the following is a potential drawback to polling audience member during the introduction? |
D. No one will respond, responses will be unexpected, and the speaker may be put on the spot to answer |
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The summary portion of the speech conclusion should not… |
C. mention each support point of the speech |
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Using a story as a speech introduction… |
A. personalizes issues |
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During the speech introduction, the audience decides whether or not they are interested in the topic and the speaker. To build credibility, a speaker should establish his or her… |
C. qualifications |
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When the speaker reiterates each main point in the conclusion, the audience… |
A. mentally checks off what they have heard during the speech |
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Speech conclusions fulfill which of the following functions? |
D. all the above |
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Listeners are most likely to remember and act on a speech that… |
B. ends with a strong conclusion |
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A speech introduction is designed to… |
D. arouse the audience’s attention, motivate the audience to accept the speaker’s goals, provide an in-depth discussion of he topic, and review and discuss al the main points of a speech |
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In her speech about friendship, Becca opened her speech by stating, "As Vanessa Smith has written, ‘Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.’" Becca bean her introduction by using… |
C. a quotation |
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A concluding challenge by a speaker that asks an audience to act in response or change their beliefs or actions to the speech is termed a… |
B. call to action |
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