Public Speaking BS

When writing your note cards plan to put ___ on the middle cards

A main points with key words and phrases and citations for sources

As a audience member, listening to and critiquing other student speeches you should be ____

Actively focused during speeches with attention on the speaker to understand the meanings he/she expresses

Giving equal support to all your main points or ____ is one of the five important factors to consider when you create a logical outline

Adequacy

Which of the following statements is not true about the dialogue theory of public speaking proposed by Ronald Arnett and Pat Arneson.

Approaching public speaking as dialogue is more likely to alienate the audience

It is easier to conduct research when you are prepared. Which of the following is NOT effective research preparations.

Arrange to meet a librarian so you can shift the responsibility to someone else and delay speech preparation.

If your audience analysis shows the listeners will be a homogenous audience you don't need to worry about audence diversity

False

If you want to recite someone elses sources in your speech (for example, by citing a source you found in the footnotes of your textbook) you need to ______

Go to the original source and read the section carefully before deciding to paraphrase or quote from either of the authors.

Saylor describes three divisons of rhetoric based on three classes of speech listeners, drawn from the three elements of speech making speaker subject and person addressed/ hearer. The __ can judge about things past or future and observe the speakers oration skills.

Hearer

Good listening skills help you build public speaking skills by

Helping you understand how others form arguments and present information

Being ____ with an audience requires using logical arguments supported by facts from clearly stated sources to build a trusting relationships with them.

Honest

Mikhail Bahktin said human interactions take place based on cultural norms and rules. Therefore ______

How we engage others depends on speaking contexts and social situations

You can use several methods to find an appropriate speech topic. Which is the methods below is NOT described in the Saylor text

Ignore speech constraints when you first consider speech topic then use the constraints to narrow your search

Public speaking has been used across history to find and bring to light the situations of _____ within our society. Many social justice movements have started when young speakers decided to stand up for what they believe is fair and just.

Inequality and injustice

Ethical concerns in public speaking involve both listeners and speakers. Tilley proposed a structured approach using her ethics pyramid which involves three basic concepts

Intent, Means, End

You can improve your ____ or your ability to focus on something, through practice.

Listening appreciation

Listening and hearing are not the same thing ___ is purposeful and focused while ___ is an accidental and automatic brain response to sound

Listening hearing

Speech delivery should be selected based on the needs of the speech. For example, ____ or ____ delivery works best if the wording of the speech is important, such as sharing quotes, lists of figures or other detailed information, but requires a skilled, experienced speaker.

Manuscript; Memorized

The tools and behaviors we use to reach a desired outcome are the ____ we use

Means

Modern public speaking scholars generally classify speech types into three general purposes. Which of the following is NOT one of those speech purposes

Misdirect

Use effective evaluation criteria when selecting support for your speech one type of support is to use ___ when considerable knowledge of a topic or consideration skill in a field

One or more authorities people

______ Listeners focus on what the speaker want and are eager to get the bottom line. They appreciate a clear message describing what needs to be done

People-oriented

Noise is organized into four categories. _____ happens when a listener is confused by the speaker intended meaning and struggles to understand the message

Phychological noise

______ creates relatively stable proof because they involve measuring weight and observing physical components to create databases properties and statements of fact. In short anything that can be expressed as a number or quantified

Qualitative research

Your support your sources must be as unbiased as you can find. Which of the following sources is NoT likely to be biased

Results of experiments determining at what temperature water boils on the international space station

When we consider the desired outcome of the ethical pyramid we meed to consider the ___ and ___ of the message or behavior because an outcome can be good for one but not the other

Source or speaker/ Receiver or audience

When selecting a speech topic, try to find a controversial topic you know your audience will care passionately about and argue for the popular side. You can reinforce their establishing beliefs and be assured of supported listeners

True

Which is a fact that you do not need to consider when analyzing an audience and preparing to give a speech

Was your speech topic important to your audience in the past

Your main point or take home message in the conclusion should create ___ by coming back to the initial thesis statement in the introduction thus proving your intial argument or statement

a circular journey

One way to clarify a description of an abstract ideas you can use, ____ to make the idea more concreate to the audience. A _____ is a problem story or specific situation created to illustrate a principle, phenomenon or method

a nonexample

In public speaking support is used to ____ content so the audience has a clear mental picture of the point the speaker wants to make

add credibility to

Outlines help you to

all of these statements are true

If you need help with research, a librarian can

all these statements are true

As you write your first outline review your work regularly for __ with each main point equally important and with about the same number of supporting points in each point

balance and proportion

Weinston defined expertise as someone with skills in one of two categories ____ In or about a specific field or _____ in an area.

be knowledge demonstrable skills

Theoretically a persuasive speaker can change audience behavior by changing individual ____ or the propositions or positions a person holds to be true or false without positive knowledge or proof

beliefs

There are three categories of public speaking and any speech

can have elements of all three

There are five important factors to consider when creating a logical outline. One is ____ which requires you maintain grammatical requirements for subject very agreements and a consistent organization pattern and langauge

consistency

A ___ belief is a belief that people are actively engaged in and have created across their lifetimes

core

Analyzing gender, age, marital status race and other demographic factors is

demographic analysis

One way to analyze a audience is through ____ by watching as people arrive to studying their nonverbal communication and interactions

direct observation

Deliberately taking facts or information out of context to purposefully reshape the original meaning to serve your own ends is

distortion

Which statement is NOT true about. Listening is ___

effortless

A _____ speech is designed to distract the audience from their everyday lives. It can be funny or serious but the context or theme requires on audience enjoyment

entertaining

A ___ compares two objects or ideas from different groups to highlight similarities or differences. While they can create vivid images, listeners might dismiss them as unrealistic and they don't offer support from solid evidence

figurative analogy

Interviews are usually conducted as one on one or as a ___ where you gather a group of people from the proper demographic so they can answer questions and you can watch their interactions

focus group

As citizens we need to know the protections and limitations given us by____ so we can be articulate speakers and critical listeners when important issues are discussed in our communities

free speech

Willingness to listen to dissenting messages even when we disagree with the speakers message

honors our right to free speech

The dialogue theory of public speaking recognizes that contexts and social situations ____ perceived meanings

impact

To give a successful _____ speech, the speaker must select and remain focused on one main point, thank the person who invited the speaker to speak, cover the point as briefly as possible, say thanks again for the opportunity to speak, then sit down.

impromptu

Research is fun because

it can lead to new ideas and activities

There are four types of definitions you can use to clarify or identify ideas that are critical for your audience to understand so they can follow your reasoning. A ____ definition specifically states how a word is used in a specific langauge as in a dictionary definition.

lexical

For a ___ speech the speaker gives a rote recitation of a written message the speaker has committed to memory

memorized

Anything that interferes with ability to attend to and understand message is called

noise

O'hart, stewart, and Rubenstein identified common speech topics for informative speeches. Speeches about _____ can include how things are designed how they function, and what they mean.

objects

The term meaning are in people not words means

people must agree on the meaning of words for communications to take place.

A _____ is an attempt to change how someone thinks or feels about a topic, generally to change individual behavior

persuasive

Stories a speaker uses to persuade to audience to accept or reject a specific attitudes, value, belief or behavior are ___

persuasive narratives

One of the principles of argumentation, ______ is a statement designed to provide evidence or support

premise

Once you have your audience analysis you can

prepare the speech content with audience in mind your approach based on the analysis

Outlines allow you to develop a creative thoughtful well-organized speech by

providing a structure for you to build your ideas into a creative, coherent speech.

Considering the values, opinions, attitudes, and beliefs as part of the audience evaluation is

psychographic analysis

For your persuasive speech, you are expected to give a speech based on the ___ for ethical reasons.

pure form of persuasion

There are two main categories of persuasion, determined by the intent of the speaker, In ____ the speaker urges listeners to engage in particular behavior or to change their perspective on an issue because the person sincerely believes this change is the best interests of the audience memembers.

pure persuasion

One of the four primary constraints to public speaking is ___ or why the speaker is giving a speech. it could be to inform persuade or entertain an audience

purpose

It is important to ___ as you build your speech outline

read your speech out loud and make corrections so the words come naturally to you

One of the three functions of research is _____ or accumulate information about a atopic and report to others

reporting

A research group is a big undertaking so it is important to have a ___ to guide you from devolping your these statement and through initial research to your final decison regarding which sources images and quotes to use

research strategy

One function of research is ____ is to reconsider existing facts, theories and applications to improve old discoveries

revison

Research is usually organized into two categories. ______ is conducted to find or revise facts, theories, and applications reported by researchers other than one conducting the new research it is the most common type of research conducted

secondary research

Because people form opinions quickly a speaker must ___ to appear credible

speak loudly and confidently

Developing a speech moves through three main stages in the _____ stage you sit down and begin to develop your speech. Genrally you should plan for on day of work for each minute you are speaking

speech preparation

If your speech involves abstract ideas, you can use ___ to make the idea more concreate to the audience. A ____ is a problem, story or specific situation created to illustrate a principle, phenmomenon or method.

statistic

If you urge a group of people to take action you need to be sure you understand or at least consider

the consequences

Public Speaking is

the process of designing and delivering a message to and audience

When writing your note cards plan to put ____ on the first card

the thesis statement and key components of the introduction

One Primary speech constraint is the ___ or how long the speaker can talk

time frame

When writing and delivery a speech must rememeber that audience are diverse in more than racial or ethnic differences. Be respectful and assume some differences are not obvious

true

Use a __ to develop your speech content. You begin with a speech purpose and thesis statement, then add main points with sources and citations.

working outline