COMM 151 Exam

Audience-centeredness involves keeping your audience foremost in mind...

At every step of speech preparation and presentation.

The following visual aid is an example of a ________ graph.

Bar

A _________ is a list of the sources used in preparing a speech.

Bibliography

The __________ is the longest and most important part of the speech.

Body

_________ is a method of generating ideas for speech topics by free association fo words and ideas.

Brainstorming

Here are the main points for a speech about the major steps of treating a person in shock: I. First, you must position the victim to prevent further injury. II. Second, you need to keep the victim warm. III. Third, you should administer fluids if the victim is conscious. These main points are arranged in __________ order.

Chronological

According to your textbook, the tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values, beliefs, and well-being is called...

Egocentrism

"To persuade my audience that eating yogurt prolongs human life" is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of __________.

Fact

A persuasive speech is on a question of fact is essentially the same as an informative speech. T/F?

False

Although the specific purpose statement for a speech should not be phrased as a question, it is acceptable to phrase the central idea as a question. T/F?

False

Because listeners recognize that public speakers are promoting their self-interest, it is acceptable for speakers to alter evidence. T/F?

False

Because persuasion aims to change the beliefs and/or actions of listeners, speaking to persuade is one of the few cases in which a speaker does not need to consider her or his ethical obligations. T/F?

False

In a preparation outline, main points are identified by capital letters. T/F?

False

In a preparation outline, you should state your main points in brief phrases. T/F?

False

It is crucial to fit all the information you want your audience to retain on a single chart. T/F?

False

It is only necessary for a speaker to identify his or her source when quoting verbatim--not when paraphrasing. T/F?

False

Listeners usually realize how tense a speaker is. T/F?

False

One key to successful speaking is determining which audiences are worthy of your best efforts to communicate your ideas. T/F?

False

Taking account of your listeners' racial, ethnic, or cultural background is an important factor in situational audience analysis. T/F?

False

The central idea of a speech is usually formulated before the specific purpose. T/F?

False

To improve your listening, you should think of listening as a passive process. T/F?

False.

The primary purpose of speechmaking is to...

Gain a desire response from listeners.

Even if your speech as a whole is ethical, you can still be guilty of _________ plagiarism if you fail to give credit for quotations, paraphrases, and other specific parts of the speech that are borrowed from other people.

Incremental

When your general purpose is to ________, you act as a teacher or lecturer.

Inform

According to your textbook, if the following statement occurred in the body of a speech, it would be an example of what kind of connective? So far we have seen that Lyme disease is caused by the bite of deer ticks and that it continues to spread throughout the United States.

Internal Summary

Identify the flaw in the following specific purpose statement: "Why should the university raise tuition?"

It's expressed as a question.

What is a major factor to consider when deciding whether to use an object as a visual aid?

Its size

The following visual aid is an example of a _______ graph.

Pie

A ________ is a list, compiled early in the research process, of works that look as if they might contain helpful information about a speech topic.

Preliminary Bibliography

Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers are called __________ questions.

Scale

What does critical thinking include?

Seeing the relationships among ideas, Judging the credibility of statements, and Assessing the soundness of evidence.

The __________ is a single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in her or his speech.

Specific Purpose Statement

If there is no clearly identified author for a document on the Internet, you should try to determine the _________ that is responsible for the document.

Sponsoring Organization

__________ is anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.

Stage Fright

_____________ organization involves putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.

Strategic

The ____________ audience is the portion of the whole audience that the speaker most wants to persuade.

Target.

Persuasive speeches on questions of value are usually organized in...

Topical Order

Because people have different frames of reference, a public speaker must take care to adapt her or his message to the particular audience being addressed. T/F?

True

Even though there can be gray areas when it comes to assessing a speaker's goals, it is still necessary to ask ethical questions about those goals. T/F?

True

In a preparation outline, the most important ideas are placed farthest to the left and the less important ideas are placed progressively father to the right. T/F?

True

People spend more time listening than doing any other communicative activity. T/F?

True

Questions are particularly effective as signposts because they invite subliminal answers and thereby get the audience more involved in the speech. T/F?

True

Research shows that a well-organized speech can increase the speaker's competence and trustworthiness in the minds of listeners. T/F?

True

Sometimes you can use your own body as a visual aid. T/F?

True

Speechmaking becomes more complex as cultural diversity increases. T/F?

True

The central idea for a speech should be stated as a full sentence. T/F?

True

When taking research notes, you should distinguish among direct quotations, paraphrases, and your own ideas. T/F?

True

You should never cite an article in your speech on the basis of the abstract alone. T/F?

True

"To persuade my audience that discrimination on the basis of genetic traits is unfair" is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of ____________.

Value

If you want to use a photograph as a visual aid for a speech, your textbook recommends that you...

show the photograph to the audience by using presentation technology.