SPCH 1315 Test 1

Material intended to leave your audience with a memorable impression at the end of a speech is a:

"wow" statement/clincher

A speech should have _______ main points.

2-5

You should look at your visual aid _____% of the time.

20

The audience will take away _____ things at most.

3

You should make eye contact with the audience ______% of the time.

80

What is an example of a speech with the purpose "to inform"?

a speech on the history of the modern Olympics

In brainstorming, do you evaluate ideas as they come up or after?

after

When selecting the best type of visual aid, consider

all of the above

When you give a speech, you should use an oral style of speech that is

all of the above

Which of the following are true for creating an outline?

all of the above

When you write your main points, they should be:

all of the above (in complete sentences, in declarative sentences, coordinated, parallel)

Which audience members should you make eye contact with?

all of them

An ________________ helps explain the unfamiliar by comparing and contrasting it to what is familiar.

analogy

"Noise" is

any physical or psychological barrier that interferes with communicating a message

How completely and clearly you say words and phrases is

articulation

Material intended to capture an audience's interest in the beginning of a speech is known as an:

attention grabber

These are psychological responses, predispositions, or inclinations to act or feel a particular way -usually positive or negative- towards something.

attitudes

These speakers create and deliver speeches while considering the unique characteristics of their listeners.

audience centered

These are graphs with vertical or horizontal blocks that represent sets of data.

bar graphs

This contains most of the speech, including the main points and sub-points.

body

This process will help you think of a topic by stimulating creative thinking through "free-association" or "clustering".

brainstorming

This organizational pattern organizes main points by sequence of time and can be traced on a clock or calendar.

chronological

Overused words or phrases that have lost their effect are

cliches

These cultures stress competitiveness, assertiveness, ambition, and wealth.

competitive

This ends your speech and leaves your audience with a "wow".

conclusion

The emotional and personal reaction that you might have to a word is

connotative meaning

Learned patterns of beliefs, values, attitudes, norm, practices, customs, and behaviors shared by a large group of people is

culture

EBSCO, JSTOR, LexisNexis, ERIC, and OVID are examples of

databases

The literal meaning of a word found in the dictionary is

denotative meaning

These relate to the arrangement and placement of various elements (color, text, line, images, space, etc.) for optimum effect.

design principles

Pathos is appealing to the audience's

emotion

This occurs when your purpose is to give the speaker emotional support.

empathetic listening

The part of the communication process where the speaker creates a message is called

encoding

A set of standards that guide you to good and honorable behavior is called

ethics

The belief that your culture is superior to all others is called

ethnocentrism

A description grounded in a justified judgement is an

evaluation

These are specific instances or cases that illustrate points in your speech.

examples

Quoting a neurologist on the topic of epilepsy is

expert testimony

An audience-centered delivery style that is the most acceptable contemporary method of delivery where you plan out, rehearse, and deliver your speech from an outline is

extemporaneous speaking

These are any barriers to effective listening that originates outside of the listener's body and mind.

external noise

Verifiable bits of information about people, events, places, dates, and times are

facts

TRUE/FALSE: In the modern communication model, public speaking is a one-way process that emphasizes turn-taking between the speaker and the audience.

false

True/false: Use different fonts, backgrounds, colors, and symbols throughout your visual aid.

false

True/false: books are typically more current than other sources.

false

Sounds, words, or phrases that serve no purpose and dont help your audience to understand the message including um, like, you know, uh and actually are

fillers

This happens when sound waves strike the eardrum and spark a chain reaction that ends with the brain registering the sound.

hearing

What determines the general purpose of your speech?

how you present your main points

Cultures that stand for the self and celebrate personal achievement and accomplishments are

individualistic

The United States culture is

individualistic & competitive

When you listen because you want to gain insight or comprehension it's called

informative listening

Any barrier to effective listening that originates within the body or mind of the listener is

internal noise

Another word for decoding is

interpreting

Information-gathering sessions where you ask a subject matter expert a series of prepared questions is an

interview

This opens the speech, grab's the audience's attention, and states the topic.

introduction

Specialized or technical vocabulary of a certain occupation or profession is

jargon

Academic and professional publications issued at regular intervals, such as monthly, or quarterly are:

journals

Is public speaking more formal or less formal than written communication?

less formal

The conscious learned act of paying attention and assigning meaning to an acoustic message is

listening

Logos refers to

logic

This means being consciously aware and paying attention to whats distinct about an audience.

mindfulness

A citation from the Wall Street Journal online is an example of a citation from a

newspaper

For every minute speaking, you should spend ______ hour(s) practicing.

one

These are brief verbal overviews describing what the evaluator saw and felt about the speech.

oral evaluations

A good guideline for where to put your hands is

palms up

Audience members who believe that the speaker is entirely responsible for the effectiveness of the message are falling to victim to

passivity syndrome

Audience members age, gender, sexual orientation, educational background, occupation, and income are

personal traits or demographics

These are two-dimensional representations of places, concepts, people, animals, or objects.

photographs

According to Maslow, our most basic need are

physiological

These are bar graphs that use pictures instead of bars to represent sets of data.

pictogrpahs

These are circular graphs with sections representing a percentage of a given quantity.

pie graphs

Taking credit for someone else's words is called

plagiarism

Is public speaking prepared or spontaneous?

prepared

Panning is

scanning the audience

Guidelines for visual aids:

simple & easy to read

This organizational pattern organizes main points by physical location or direction. Main points can progress up and down, or side to side.

spatial

This combines your general purpose, your audience, and your objective.

specific purpose

Numerical facts that are summarized, organized, and tabulated are

statistics

This occurs when you apply a false or oversimplified generalization to an individual based on group characteristics.

stereotyping

This is similar to outlining a speech and is the act of sketching out the content and arranging the sequence of your aids.

storyboarding

This is the overriding goal of your whole speech. It can be to introduce, to inform, to persuade, or to mark a special occasion.

the general purpose

What is an example of internal noise?

thinking negative thoughts about the speaker

This organizational pattern organizes main points by category. Main points are divided by natural divisions of the topic or subtopics.

topical

TRUE/FALSE: The main points in your speech should be equal in importance to each other and take roughly the same amount of time to present.

true

True/false: If you have objects, items, pictures, or hand-outs, don't pass them around while you're speaking.

true

This occurs when you apply meaning to a sound and is where communication really begins.

understanding

These relate to what a person sees as right or wrong.

values

Two or three-dimensional visual items, video footage, audio recordings, and/or multimedia segments that support and enhance your speech are

visual aids

Use this to fluctuate, change, or adjust your volume, pitch, rate, and pauses:

vocal variety

Before you start, what should you think about?

what you want your audience to take away

This is a brief sketch of the body of your speech.

working outline