public speaking final

When giving a special occasion speech, you should:

Use appropriate humor, Adapt your remarks to the audience, Be accurate

A formal report to share recommendations

Written reports

Which library resources include annually published work that contains an amazing amount of current information that would otherwise be all but impossible to track down.

Yearbook

When you move from a general principle to a specific conclusion, you are using which type of reasoning?

Principle

Everyone in a situation has the same frame of knowledge. (TorF)

False

Faking sincerity on a special occasion can get you in "trouble" with the audience. (TorF)

False

Hidden agenda encourages people to do less work as group members than they would as individuals.

False

How many main points you should have?

2-5

If you have been asked to give a 5 minute speech, how long should you rehearse?

5 hours

In order to take notes efficiently, you must do the following except? a. All of these are great tips b. Take plenty of notes c. Record in consistent format d. Make separate entries

A. All of these are great tips

There are three types of leaders including the following except: Select one: a. Devised leader b. Implied leader c. Emergent leader d. Designated leader

A. Devised leader

All of the following are considered to be nonverbal communication except? Select one: a. Telling someone to be quiet b. Putting your finger of your lips c. None of these are correct d. making the "shh!" sound

A. Telling someone to be quiet

Every member of a small group must assume certain responsibilities which can be divided into five major categories. Which is not a category of group responsibility? Select one: a. Value individual goals b. Avoid interpersonal conflicts c. Keep discussion on track d. Commit to group goals

A. Value individual goals

The following are types of informative speeches except for: Select one: a. Speeches about events b. All of these are correct c. Speeches about concepts d. Speeches about processes

B. All of these are correct

How can I make this abstract statement concrete? "I attend college." Select one: a. I attend school. b. I attend LSUE c. I attend LSU d. I attend an institution.

B. I attend LSUE

What is not a type of example? Select one: a. Brief b. Quasi c. Hypothetical d. Extended

B. Quasi

In a speech of acceptance you must:

Be sincere

The Degree of Persuasion includes all of the following except? Select one: a. Neutral b. Opposed c. All of these are correct d. Favor

C. All of these are correct

Why is a strategic organization important to the listener?

Coherence

Which key term is defined as the sounds spontaneous no matter how often rehearsed?

Conversation quality

What is a technique that can get the audience involved with your speech? Select one: a. Have a question and answer period b. Personalize your speech c. Asking for volunteers d. All options are correct

D. All options are correct

You can create imagery by all of the following tactics except? Select one: a. Parallelism b. Simile c. Metaphor d. Anthesis

D. Anthesis

Which is not a type of listening? a. Critical listening b. Empathetic listening c. Comprehensive listening d. Attentive listening

D. Attentive listening

Which is not apart of the five types of strategic orders for organizing main points? Select one: a. Casual b. Spatial c. Chronological d. Solution

D.Solution

When you are analyzing the audience based on gender you are partaking in which type of audience analysis?

Demographic audience analysis

What is, perhaps, the most difficult commemorative speech to make?

Euology

All special occasion speeches do not have a specific purpose. (TorF)

False

As long as you cite your sources in your outline, there is no need to cite your sources orally.

False

Derived credibility is stated before the speech?

False

During an informative speech, the speaker seeks to change attitudes and offer information.

False

Ethics deals with issues of right and wrong in all affairs. (TorF)

False

In order for a speaker to be audience-centered, they must compromise their beliefs to fit the beliefs of the audience members in order to gain a favorable response.

False

Informative speeches are different from persuasive topics because they are usually controversial.

False

Interviews are easy to conduct, you just need to prepare and avoid awkward silence.

False

It is ok for the speaker to speak to the audience while facing the presentation.

False

It is ok to endorse ethnocentrism because the pros outweigh the cons. (TorF)

False

It is okay for you to have eight main points.

False

It is okay to use clichés on special occasions. (TorF)

False

Personal inventory, a brainstorming strategy, includes dividing your ideas into nine categories including: people, place, thing, event, processes, concepts, natural phenomena, problems and plan and policies.

False

Public speaking is exact same to holding a conversation except it requires you to use formal language (TorF)

False

There five guidelines for using language.

False

When you are presenting your speech using the extemporaneous method, it is not necessary for you to know your content very well. This method allows you to wing it.

False

Wikipedia has become a trusted site for research. You can use their citations in your research.

False

You should jump on the bandwagon on a popular issue to make sure that it resigned with your audience?

False

You should repeat all of your main points throughout your speech because humans forget 50% of what is told to them in conversation.

False

You should use unfamiliar information to introduce the familiar.

False

Your classmates are not a real audience. You should concentrate on speaking to your instructor since she will be the one grading your speech.

False

How can I make this abstract statement concrete? "I attend college."

I attend LSUE

Failing to give credit for a particular part of your speech that are borrowed from other people such as quotes and paraphrases is which kind of plagiarism?

Incremental plagiarism

"In short, palm reading is an ancient art. Developed in China more than five thousand years ago, it was practiced in classical Greece and Rome, flourished during the Middle Ages, survived the Industrial Revolution, and remains popular today in many parts of the world." is an example of which type of connective?

Internal summary

The reflective-thinking method is derived from the writings of which American philosopher?

John Dewey

What are the reasons for poor listening?

Listening too hard,Not concentrating, Focusing on delivery and personal appearance

Speech presenting the group's findings, decisions, etc.

Oral reports

A structured conversation among people in front of an audience.

Panel discussion

Whenever you are getting a testimony from ordinary people with firsthand experience and insight which type of testimony are you using?

Peer

The best way to define the problem is by phrasing it as a:

Question of policy

What type of persuasive speech deals with worth, the rightness of idea or action?

Question of policy

Which type of questions include responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.

Scale Questions

Which of the following options is not a guideline for building a central idea/thesis statement?

Should be a generalized statement

Which strategic order means that you organize your main points according to a directional pattern?

Spatial

When you move from a particular fact to a general conclusion, you are using which type of reasoning?

Specific instances

When you are presenting your speech you should use the following except?

Starting your speech, gestures, and eye contact

Public presentation in which people give speeches on different aspects of the topic.

Symposium

When you arrange the body of your speech using the method of dividing the topic into logical and consistent subtopics you are organizing it by which method?

Topical order

An informative speech is designed to convey knowledge and understanding.

True

As a special occasion speaker, you must tailor your remarks to the audience and the occasion. (TorF)

True

Connectives and transitions can be considered the same thing?

True

Denotative meanings refer to the literal meaning of a word.

True

Ethos is the name for credibility which was coined by Aristotle?

True

Good listeners focus on listening for main points, supporting evidence, and techniques. (TorF)

True

Groups should avoid hasty group decisions.

True

If you are using a signpost, you are giving brief statements that show where the speaker is or focusing attention.

True

If you have too many main points, it is ok for you to condense them into main categories.

True

In order for the listener to believe the speaker, the speaker must present their ideas with supportive material.

True

Librarians are highly knowledgeable professionals that should be utilized when looking for research material.

True

Listening requires you to not only hear what is being said but to pay close attention to the speaker in an effort to make sense of whatever he/she is trying to convey. (TorF)

True

Most likely, you will be called upon to give a special-occasion speech at least once in your lifetime. (TorF)

True

Outlines allow you to organize your argument, views, or story in a way that can be communicated effectively.

True

Persuasion is the process of creating, reinforcing, or changing people's beliefs or action.

True

Policy can be organized as Monroe's Motivated Sequence and Problem-cause-solution just to name two?

True

Preliminary biography is a list compiled early in the research process of work that look as if they might contain helpful information about the speech topic.

True

Small groups are collections of three to twelve people who assemble for a specific purpose.

True

Social loafing is the tendency of some people to do less work as group members than they would as individuals.

True

Speechmaking becomes more difficult as cultural diversity increase. (TorF)

True

Supporting material is used to support a speaker's ideas. There are three major kind of supporting materials: Example, Statistics, and Testimony.

True

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states that you have the right to express any opinion without censorship or restraint. (TorF)

True

The Reflective-Thinking Method is comprised of five-step for directing the discussion.

True

The presentation speech recognizes an individual or group chosen for special honors. (TorF)

True

The speaker, in an informative speech, is seeking to alleviate information anxiety.

True

There are five advantages of visual aids which include Clarity, Interest, Retention, Credibility, and Persuasiveness.

True

There are only two types of informative speaking —content and purpose.

True

Using personal anecdotes and appropriate humor makes your speech more intimate and fitting to the occasion. (TorF)

True

While presenting with visual aids the speaker should use their body to demonstrate the procedure.

True

You should do your best to avoid using red herring because it will divert the attention from the actual subject matter.

True