CMST 2060 Midterm

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It is important to arrange your points strategically because their arrangement

can aid or hinder listener understanding

The 4 types of informative speeches are about

concepts, events, objects, and processes

The strategic organization of a speech is closely related to

critical thinking

An effective central idea is stated as a(n) ________ sentence

declarative

Your first responsibility as a speaker is to

determine whether your speech goals are ethically sound

The process of communication begins with _____

A speaker

Experienced speakers are most likely to view nervousness as

A way to generate mental vitality for a speech

Brief statements that help listeners follow your ideas by indicating exactly where you are in your speech

Signposts

The time and place of the communication

Situation

Effectively adapting your speech to your audience normally occurs

before and during your speech

The nervousness and anxiety you feel at the start of your speech is a normal consiquence of your bodes production of __________

Adrenalin

The most important ancient work on public speaking

Aristotle's Rhetoric

As a speaker you must always relate the topic to the ________

Audience

A concise statement of what you expect to say in a speech

Central speech idea

Words or phrases that join not thought to another to indicate the relationship between them

Connectives

The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values, beliefs, and well-being is called

Egocentrism

The oldest know handbook on effective speech was written 4,500 years ago in ______

Egypt

Believing that your group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures

Ethnocentrism

In general the larger your audience is the more _______ your speech must be

Formal

To avoid incremental plagiarism in your speech you should

Identify the source of any unoriginal words or ideas

Speakers are expected to behave ethically

In every speech

Manipulating statistics in a speech

Is unethical

Constructing a speech out of language from two or three sources without crediting the sources or including much original language

Patchwork plagiarism

Ethical decisions are an important part of public speaking because

Public speaking is a form of power and it can be abused

What are some examples of channel

The Internet, television, radio, live voice

This is what is communicated by the speaker

The Message

The channel is defined as

The means by which a message is communicated

If you decide to use a chronological order of main points in your speech, you are using an arrangement bases on a(n) ________ pattern

Time

A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has completed one thought and is moving on to another is a

Transition

To inform or to persuade would be examples of the ______ purpose of a speech

general

A connective statement in the middle of a speech that explains what you are are about to discuss

internal preview

A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speakers preceding point or points

internal summary

Personal Inventory, clustering, reference, and internet searches are

methods of brainstorming

Informative speeches about concepts are normally _________

more abstract than other types

Public speakers who do not consider cultural differences before speaking

run the risk of alienating their audiences

In the process of communication, feedback is defined as

the message that is sent back to the speaker


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